Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionalists may huff and puff and say there is nothing like the real thing ; aesthetes may deplore the destruction of mystery ; but for most of us it proves as enthralling as exploring a maze . |
| 2 | But constructing a plot for a crime short story can on occasion be as demanding as constructing a plot for a whole crime novel . |
| 3 | There 's nothing as exciting as having a new baby , I keep thinking , as I gaze into other mums ' prams at their new arrivals . |
| 4 | Having a wardrobe of fragrances is as exciting as owning a vast array of stylish clothes ( with the advantage , after you 've made your initial choice , that perfumes always fit ) . |
| 5 | Colour-blind casting would be as pointless as translating the libretto into Home Counties English . |
| 6 | And should the conditions about availability of , or taking of , food be national or for the local Licensing Justices to attach as appropriate when granting the Children 's Certificate ? |
| 7 | Installing Taos then , is as simple as copying the files to your hard disk , typing TAOS and you 're in . |
| 8 | Installing Taos then , is as simple as copying the files to your hard disk , typing TAOS and you 're in . |
| 9 | If buying a horse was as simple as buying a car , life would be much easier . |
| 10 | It 's as simple as riding a bicycle . |
| 11 | It was as simple as catching a falling cup . |
| 12 | This could be as simple as entering the drama as a messenger and passing on information . |
| 13 | Where appropriate , pointing to the area on one 's own body is helpful or using visual aids , which can be as simple as drawing a diagram while explaining the location of the part . |
| 14 | Changing to bridged mono operation , which is as simple as flicking a switch , allows the CF-200 to kick out something in the region of 200 watts into 8 ohms — and all this from a 1U rack space . |
| 15 | This need not follow the pattern laid down by Zacchaeus but can be something as simple as turning the back on the past and seeking reconciliation with God and other people . |
| 16 | If the issue of bias in psychological research were as simple as turning the methods and instruments prized by psychology into the service of defeating bias , many battles would have been won long ago . |
| 17 | This is not as simple as adding a cassette tape and storing the messages — the sort of companies looking for voice record storage are often in a highly regulated environment . |
| 18 | It is not as simple as saying an embryo has a value equal to one human life which it is entitled to cash in . |
| 19 | It is not always as simple as following the chain back until we come to a name or a noun . |
| 20 | Paul Coggins , a Dallas criminal lawyer who represents Mr McBirney , complains that the trials can be compared to drug-dealing trials in the 1960s when winning a conviction was as easy as dropping the dope on the courtroom table , . |
| 21 | Ripping off her Englishness and casting it aside was as easy as unfastening the collar of her dress . |
| 22 | Drawing three-dimensional objects is quite difficult , but for computers the task is almost as easy as drawing a two dimensional object . |
| 23 | Looking back at your career to , say , the last years of the Great War I am reminded of that poem quoted at the end of Pasternak 's Dr Zhivago , ‘ To live one 's life is not as easy as crossing a ploughed field' ! |
| 24 | Some larger churches can be so impersonal that to think in terms of ‘ joining ’ is as meaningless as joining the cinema ! |
| 25 | Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’ |
| 26 | Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’ |
| 27 | Repair was very expensive , nearly as much as purchasing a new unit . |
| 28 | ‘ … without even as much as touchin' the peak ! |
| 29 | The software installation is as straightforward as installing the card . |
| 30 | Even in the rich world , childbirth is between one and a half to three times as dangerous as taking the pill and nearly 11 times as dangerous as being sterilised or using the IUD , whereas early , legal abortion carries a mortality rate similar to the pill . |