Example sentences of "of [pron] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the bars and foyers are reminiscent of nothing so much as an airport lounge , an impression reinforced by the tannoy announcements of five , three and one minute calls for Casablanca . |
| 2 | In another , she was a small speck overwhelmed by a vast and writhing darkness that reminded her of nothing so much as pictures she had seen on the cover of Tcherkassoff 's album Black Holes , and Other Singularities . |
| 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 | The grey ovoid , some distance away , expanded and contracted in a movement which reminded Ace of nothing so much as chewing , although there was no way that she could see whereby the fruit could have been transmitted from one part of Legion to another . |
| 5 | But when she quickly added a white lace fichu and a long , lacy shawl , the effect reminded her of nothing so much as the icing on her daughter 's wedding cake . |
| 6 | He spoke of nothing so much as his guilt at having depended only upon his own staff for security . |
| 7 | That , as may be said in tones suitable to the objection , is the conception of something so complete as to necessitate by itself its effect . |
| 8 | But having h done that and having gone off his toe , he the wardrobe was n't in front of him so much as it was down there by now , and he 'd still got hold of it you see , so because of the momentum , of going that way down two steps and one further one he shot forward and went right over the edge of the wardrobe . |