Example sentences of "every [noun sg] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dislike he put into that word was every bit as strong as her parents ' could ever have been . |
| 2 | A look of imprisonment and confinement which spoke of a need to escape every bit as strong as that felt by the eagles . |
| 3 | This trowel is every bit as strong as a knife or bayonet , and will easily prize up any large stones ( I have done this often , even in rock-hard clay ) . |
| 4 | Goods stations had their aficionados , every bit as keen as the devotees of passenger stations . |
| 5 | He was as tall as the Great Wall behind her , but with a lean solidity that was every bit as impressive as the policeman 's sheer bulk . |
| 6 | He looked every bit as ridiculous as he feared . |
| 7 | The chef warrant officer was every bit as odious as Ingrid had been told to expect . |
| 8 | She must be every bit as cruel as they say , my lady . ’ |
| 9 | These are every bit as fattening as the calories in solid food , and must be taken into account in reaching your daily total calorie intake . |
| 10 | He saw the state not merely as a division but as a combination of labour , an economic community or union every bit as real as the household or firm , and far more powerful . |
| 11 | The number of different ‘ yous ’ — all every bit as real as you are , even though they inhabit a different universe — that have been generated since you read that last sentence is literally uncountable . |
| 12 | It is every bit as easy as teaching it that chickens , ducks , turkeys and sheep are taboo . |
| 13 | Yet raping a woman when you have just drugged her senseless is every bit as premeditated as the rapist who hides behind a hedge then jumps on a passing woman . |
| 14 | The town is full of Tyrolean charm , and the naturally extended welcome to be found in this corner of Austria is every bit as warm as it 's reputed to be . |
| 15 | At first it was part of a dream , which vanished as soon as I woke and knew that I was alone on the broch island , lying on the turf in a sleeping-bag , with my head pillowed on my rolled-up sweater , but seemingly connected with the earth itself , from which , apparently right below my head , came a sound every bit as strange as the mermaids ' song of the seals . |
| 16 | Terry Nation had succeeded in carving a foreign world every bit as believable as Lucarotti 's carefully researched account of life in twelfth-century Cathay . |
| 17 | We find that it is every bit as effective as the natural service , in fact , though I have n't seen the figures , it might just be slightly better because the mares are inseminated when they are at their most receptive . ’ |
| 18 | But whereas Paul Dukas seems to have seen the error of his ways when he edited a second volume ( vol.1 ) , d'Indy persisted with his ‘ improvements ’ : his Dardanus ( vol.10 ) and Zaïs ( vol.16 ) are every bit as misleading as Hippolyte . |
| 19 | The social behaviour of the despised house sparrow is every bit as intriguing as that of the bird of paradise to the serious animal-watcher . |
| 20 | She was quiet as they made their way to the beach , which was every bit as packed as she had known it would be . |
| 21 | Cannelini beans replaced tinned and a bechamel mixed with Pecorino Romano from Lina Stores , Brewer Street , London W1 , stood in for the cottage cheese , It was every bit as good as the original , if somewhat more sophisticated . |
| 22 | He had taken a group of talented individuals and moulded them into a superb team , ridding them of their old factions and weaknesses , and showing the disbelievers that black men were every bit as good as white . |
| 23 | Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions . |
| 24 | It is every bit as good as I remember and so are the other two ballets . |
| 25 | Would you like to feel every bit as good as the next person ? |
| 26 | Two more on the other side : the rambling ‘ Where The Pigs Do n't Fly ’ and ‘ He 's Dead ’ , which is every bit as good as ‘ Metal Mickey ’ , and as catchy . |
| 27 | Well , I did n't hate anybody , but the change of running away to be a lady actress was every bit as good as a rest . |
| 28 | Nescafé decaffeinated tastes every bit as good as the Nescafé you know and love . |
| 29 | I bought some of more recent manufacture in an auction earlier this year , and these seem every bit as good as the originals . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm really looking forward to linking up with David because I believe we can go on to become every bit as good as the partnership I had with Ian . ’ |