Example sentences of "diverse as the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This year we are engaged in projects as diverse as the Bill of Rights , delays caused by the interaction between domestic and European law , exemplified by the Sunday Trading cases ; and Long Fraud Trials .
2 Audiences are as diverse as the music itself , with all ages represented .
3 As diverse as the music may be , there is a seam of despondency in Stipe 's words , a world-weary tone of resignation .
4 The universal nature of enthalpy/entropy compensation is manifested in many phenomena as diverse as the sublimation of organic crystals , and agonist/antagonist binding to membrane bound receptors [ 6 ] .
5 It is a cross disciplinary topic , offering data in fields as diverse as the psychology of perception , hallucinations , sociology of belief , atmospheric physics , geophysics and several others .
6 In his prime Burn had built , substantially reconstructed or enlarged as many as six country houses a year for clients as diverse as the Marquis of Westminster and I.K. Brunel .
7 Such a rich source of food gives an ecosystem almost as diverse as the Coral Seas .
8 For , although the methods by which different animal species obtain their food are about as diverse as the number of animal species , there are certain broad patterns to be seen .
9 Over 100 environmental groups , representing interests as diverse as the World Wide Fund for Nature , Earth First , the Women 's Environment Network and the ( N. American ) Algonquin Nation , agreed that present logging practises were wholly unsustainable , and that only a significant reduction in the consumption of pulp , paper and timber products would create conditions for a shift to sustainable forestry .
10 Contrasted with that prospect of classical elegance is the tangle which the visitor sees ahead down the older thoroughfare : the spire of St Giles 's cathedral , entrances to courtyards in which lived men as diverse as the philosopher David Hume and the Jekyll-and-Hyde rogue Deacon Brodie , and high tenement blocks wedged against one another as if to prevent them toppling backwards into a chasm .
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