Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adv] [adj] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing so absolute as sex . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing so little as grace at first , and nothing more glorious afterward : things of greatest perfection are longest in coming to their growth … |
| 3 | Passing swiftly over the visual arts bit — a series of paintings of living artists by Zsuzsi Roboz suggestive of nothing so much as chalk drawings on the pavements of Charing Cross Road — Mr Roosen is also offering ‘ complementary and holistic programmes for use in the private and corporate sectors worldwide ’ . |
| 4 | There 's nothing so lonely as unemployment , even if you 're on a queue with a thousand others . |
| 5 | To someone as proud as Angel , this , and the result of the war , had been the ultimate humiliation . |
| 6 | Well , go on , do n't stop there , I 'm sure the rest is just as fascinating — presumably that , yes , you knew Ryan , but when you flew over to find out why the hell he could n't get something so simple as planning permission you decided to do something about it yourself , and there was gullible little Hilary , all ready and waiting to fall into your arms . |
| 7 | With my husband 's increasing involvement with homoeopathy , I viewed with interest the impressive , but off-putting , tomes which contained the gems of homoeopathic philosophy and materia medica , but had no enthusiasm for taking up yet another area of study , and particularly not one as arduous as homoeopathy . |
| 8 | Any research on something as complex as intelligence or the biological effects of very low levels of a substance is bound to be difficult , not least because so many factors are involved . |
| 9 | The detailed exploration of how the brain can support something as complex as discourse understanding is arguably one of the most interesting scientific questions of today . |
| 10 | An enmity that goes back to the battle of Manzikert in the wilds of Anatolia 922 years ago will not vanish just because something as ephemeral as communism has gone away . |
| 11 | Strange that something as solemn as death should make so little impression on her , while this trivial memory should pierce her through and through . |
| 12 | If people actually accuse you of something as serious as cruelty and neglect , is n't it worth a listen ? |
| 13 | I gazed at the pistons , the steam , the vats and the slopping trays : so much wetness to produce something as dry as paper . |
| 14 | The voice went on to say that , when you were faced with something as frightening as death , you needed the right people around you , and the right people were the Paradise Corporation etc. etc . |
| 15 | In England obituaries regretted that he had not appeared more regularly for his country , while in Dunedin cricketers could only dream of the great things Jack Crawford might have done for Otago cricket … if only a World War had not interfered with something as important as cricket . |
| 16 | But , Mr Boldwood , any woman would hesitate before deciding on something as important as marriage . |
| 17 | Remember though , if you are unaccustomed to vigorous exercise and are over 35 , it is a good idea to consult your doctor if you want to try something as vigorous as squash for the first time . |
| 18 | I think that erm even something as basic as motorway service areas have improved over the past few years , and this is simply my own personal experience , not particularly Fodors . |
| 19 | It is therefore interesting to discover that something as basic as fashion in furniture has been altered by a single cold winter . |
| 20 | Until now he had never believed it to be true , that something as heavy as gold could fall naturally from the sky . |
| 21 | Indeed , how you measure something as sensitive as intelligence poses problems . |
| 22 | She 'd said something about being careful with her blood sugar ; nothing as serious as diabetes , but something she had to watch . |
| 23 | He did not refer to anything so vulgar as payment , of course , because the Gnomes would not expect it . |
| 24 | Hardly anything so grand as horology I expect you 're thinking . |
| 25 | I do n't think Sophie had ever felt anything so complicated as guilt , so she must have done these things because she was fond of him . |
| 26 | The US Federal Trade Commission is still trying to put together a case against Microsoft Corp that will win support from its commissioners , US PC Week reports , and will be collecting final depositions this week : the complaint is now expected to be drastically simplified in an effort to make it acceptable to at least three of the four voting commissioners , and the latest depositions are primarily focused on allegations that Microsoft intentionally built incompatibilities into its software so it would n't work well with offerings from competitors — a complaint set off by Novell Inc , which alleged DR DOS would n't work with Windows 3.1 because Microsoft deliberately added incompatible code ; Microsoft said it had ‘ never developed a product to be intentionally incompatible with some other product ’ ; the Commission is also expected to address the manner in which Microsoft disseminates technical information to developers , and the manner in which it has capitalised on operating system monopoly to build applications sales ; if at least three of the four commissioners agree with the complaint , the case will go to administrative court and Microsoft will be sued by the federal government for anti-trust violations , but the company is not expected to be asked to do anything so drastic as sell units . |
| 27 | This almost utopian-sounding conclusion — that niceness and forgivingness pay — came as a surprise to many of the experts , who had tried to be too cunning by submitting subtly nasty strategies ; while even those who had submitted nice strategies had not dared anything so forgiving as Tit for Two Tats . |
| 28 | It seemed to me that he was colder now , disappointed that I should have been found to have anything so hostile as escape equipment in my pockets . |
| 29 | What if , just like me , you generally desire to be fitter and thinner but are certainly not going to do anything as ludicrous as measure your pulse or rate of oxygen depletion ? |
| 30 | And why was a country like Germany interested in anything as spasmo as ballet ? |