Example sentences of "high as [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are as high as a 10-storey building . |
| 2 | Aunt Goldie points to a moon-faced infant in a perambulator as high as a royal coach . |
| 3 | As high as a 30 storey building , it then extends above a sea level , clearing the 100 year storm level and forms the base structure housing accommodation areas , power plants , processing equipment , helideck and other topside modules . |
| 4 | By 1970 the generosity of tax concessions for new investment was such that they wiped out the effect of corporation tax and rendered the post-tax rate of profit virtually as high as the pre-tax rate . |
| 5 | I suppose on the studio engineer evolutionary scale I rate about as high as the average amoeba , which makes me the perfect test pilot for this series of videos . |
| 6 | A minute later her head was as high as the tallest tree in the wood , and she was looking at a sea of green leaves . |
| 7 | Only in areas of very high unemployment was there any substantial proportion for whom the ending of temporary jobs was the reason for unemployment ( it was given by nearly 14 per cent of the sample in areas where unemployment was at least twice as high as the national average ) . |
| 8 | Interest rates had risen in recent months as high as an annualized rate of 1,200 per cent as banks struggled to retain their funds , and the move initially froze the savings of thousands of Argentinians and also affected major corporations . |