Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adj] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sparks fly as quick as the pirouettes . |
| 2 | Bargain set menus change with the market and are the best choice : Connaught-trained chef whisks up ultra-light leek terrine layered like lasagne , heaps of appley duck with green pasta tower , and neatly balanced fish casserole a la Dieppoise ; there 's also a meaty crab tart ( £3.95 ) and a choc pave as rich as the neighbourhood . |
| 3 | These are all stereo originals and sound as fresh as the day they were made . |
| 4 | PENNED-IN by steel barriers between a noisy crowd of gay liberationists and the lonely emissary of the oppressed African Dinkas , few of the street-corner causes besieging this week 's conference seem as hopeless as the campaign for Labour to organise in Ulster . |
| 5 | Many of the new rules seem as arbitrary as the old familiar ones . |
| 6 | Despite the opulence of the surroundings , they look as wooden as the chairs they sit in . |
| 7 | I know as good as the next man what is hip but we decided to forget all that and just concentrate on good songs . |
| 8 | PEG : I feel as old as the hills . |
| 9 | I 've played back-to-back rugby for four years now and I feel as fresh as the day that I started . |
| 10 | No way was Dorigo 's goal vs Sheff Wed as good as the one vs Sheff Utd . |
| 11 | However , for a variety of reasons animals become less similar as the evolutionary process continues and molecule patterns begin to differ . |
| 12 | These things can happen on the smallest scale — within one family , when a husband treats his wife as a breeding machine — or on a national or international scale , when entire ‘ populations ’ come under pressure from the planners , and individual human rights become as invisible as the individual people the word ‘ population ’ conveniently obscures . |
| 13 | These things can happen on the smallest scale — within one family , when a husband treats his wife as a breeding machine — or on a national or international scale , when entire ‘ populations ’ come under pressure from the planners , and individual human rights become as invisible as the individual human people the word ‘ population ’ conveniently obscures . |
| 14 | But these are cropping up everywhere , and it can only be a matter of time before they become as common as the cold . |
| 15 | The vines immediately below the village , facing Dizy , have an elevation of between 100 and 180 metres , and lie on east and south-facing slopes which become increasingly steep as the village approaches . |
| 16 | I was going to Grant Development have come here er because they are interested in our views , er I think as far as the access goes I take your point that visibility is required , but I would imagine that that the highways department will have stipulated what is required , as they have indeed for the development next door , er where the hedge , the present hedge is going to be er set back , erm I I ca n't tell you whether , what stipulation has been made , perhaps these two gentlemen |
| 17 | Insulation in lofts which has blocked the natural ventilation of the roof at the eaves can cause condensation and wreak damage as great as the heaviest gales , but with no insurance to cover it . |
| 18 | The rest of her sentence died on her lips as Penry took her in his arms with a sound somewhere between a sigh and a groan as their lips met and their bodies flowed together in a deep , primeval need which united them almost at once in a storm of love and need as fierce as the one which raged , unheard , outside . |