Example sentences of "[is] as [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , that is as wide as a sword blade . |
| 2 | The final weapon is the tongue , which is as rough as a rasp and is used for stripping hair and skin from the flesh , though the tiger eats plenty of both , probably as roughage . |
| 3 | Levy 's voice is as rough as a shag on the floor of a sandpaper factory , the lyric is utterly ridiculous , describing the popularity and stylishness of a certain fashionable item , and the soprano sax added to that tender little guitar lick from the Arrested Development record just upsets your soul . |
| 4 | The hair used is a special polyester filament that is as firm as a very good quality hog , but with a more sensitive feel . |
| 5 | Nothing is as powerful as a two-way dialogue , the proposition countered by the ‘ Yes , but … ’ which in turn can be satisfactorily answered by the proposer . |
| 6 | The government feels it can rely on er auditors to protect the interests of share holders and the creditors and the other stake holders but I have to tell the minister that that reliance which is now er strengthened by the regulations b by the er the order today has always proved er inadequate in the er in in the past er because poor auditing practices always get covered up , there 's no way for anybody to know how bad or how good er the audit is as long as a company er survives and we have n't developed in this country , the proper institutional framework to regulate auditors er effectively and to actually make them er er accountable . |
| 7 | In the bleak brick corridor that , tonight , the three of them are obliged to call a dressing room , the atmosphere is as buoyant as a funeral . |
| 8 | From Sicilian wide-boys and regency rakes , to upright City chaps and downright nasty mobsters , the inspiration is as varied as a Hollywood archive . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not able to acquit the Scots of this fault ( pride ) ’ , he wrote ; and ‘ ill est fier comme ung Escossoys ’ ( he is as proud as a Scot ) was his record of what the French thought of the matter . |
| 10 | Why , he is as proud as a regimental stallion . |
| 11 | The pattern of spots is as individual as a person 's finger prints . |
| 12 | Grief is as individual as a fingerprint . |
| 13 | All this may be for the locals , but in Cologne you 'll find the welcome extended to visitors is as warm as a schnapps downed in one . |
| 14 | She is as gentle as a lamb and while most people are cautious when meeting her , they soon think she 's wonderful . |
| 15 | It is as useful as a dictionary . |
| 16 | Our argument is that a discussion about whether positivist or natural law theories are correct is as useful as a discussion about whether Italian or Greek is the correct language to speak : it is however useful to recognise that someone is an Italian speaker if one wants to communicate with him . |
| 17 | Human psychology reckons that a 1 per cent chance of a $1 million dollar gain is as real as a 100 per cent chance off $1,000 gain . |
| 18 | The whole scene is as lifeless as a huge painted canvas . |
| 19 | His tip is ponderously broad , half the size of the cue-ball ; mine is as slender as a sting — excellent for spins and miscues . |
| 20 | It has often been claimed that English speech is rhythmical , and that the rhythm is detectable in the regular occurrence of stressed syllables ; of course , it is not suggested that the timing is as regular as a clock — the regularity of occurrence is only relative . |
| 21 | With design in Germany racing forward , some of their ideas for coordinating fabrics in the bedroom with colours in your wardrobes can create an image which is as cool as a stroll in the Black Forest . |
| 22 | Writing of the work of Chardin , whose most profoundly moving paintings are revelations of how trivial , homely , everyday scenes and objects are transformed for us when we see them through the eyes of a great painter , Proust says , " Chardin has taught us that a pear is as living as a woman , a kitchen crock as beautiful as an emerald . " |
| 23 | This bass is as versatile as a … well , a particularly versatile thing . |
| 24 | Our preference is to have the lines so matched that , when the two handles are held together , the stunt kite soars overhead and is as stable as a single line kite . |
| 25 | A virus is as impersonal as a bullet or a shell . |
| 26 | He is as daft as a brush and had to be persuaded ours was a worthwhile cause . |
| 27 | It also means that the irritability level is as small as a speedfreak 's willy and therefore ‘ Playing With My Heart ’ is n't exactly hit city . |
| 28 | A good liar and a bold thief he may be , but on most counts Tutilo is as innocent as a babe . |
| 29 | The African is as strong as a ploughox , each man can do the work in this clime of two or three of men like us . |
| 30 | Hotman points out that while " they may be a people without a king … a king without a people is as inconceivable as a pastor without a flock , " and suggests that the supposed ancient kingdom of Francogallia " was not subject to the law of inheritance as if it were a private patrimony but was habitually transferred by the votes and decisions of the people . " |