Example sentences of "large as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these guns were on the top of the submarine pens , others were on concrete towers as large as a couple of houses but far more strongly built . |
| 2 | The likely profit for most individuals is likely to be as large as a percentage point or two in the wage settlement made by their unions , or offered by their employer . |
| 3 | This huge opening in the moor , as large as a tennis court , has been caused by a collapse of the surface coming to rest in a debris of fallen boulders twenty to thirty feet lower . |
| 4 | There had never been enough personnel to form anything as large as a squadron . |
| 5 | The way Pomiane chose to convey the necessary quantity to his listeners — he must have been a compelling radio talker — and later to his readers was in terms of " a bunch as large as a bunch of violets " . |
| 6 | ‘ It is as large as a galaxy itself and may be the original material of a potential star system that never really formed , ’ says Terzian . |
| 7 | A knight broke through on his way to a local joust or tournament , his steel codpiece carved as large as a bull 's whilst the helmet which swung from his saddle bow was fashioned in the macabre mask of a hangman . |
| 8 | Next the wife came to the second cavern , where there sat a fearsome bird , large as a mountain ; her feathers were of brass and her beak of iron . |
| 9 | This was the archaic picture of a king ten times as large as a noble , a noble ten times as large as a merchant — and so on down to the almost imperceptible peasant woman . |
| 10 | The road gradually descends into kinder surroundings , the sight of trees being welcome after the barren crossing from Gruinard , and arrives at a car park as large as a football field , usually well patronised by cars and coaches and obviously indicating the presence of a major attraction . |
| 11 | My hand was as large as a football and throbbed with a pain that extended to the shoulder blade . |
| 12 | Frogs , lizards and small mammals are all hunted on the ground ; and the largest rattlesnakes , such as the diamondbacks , which may exceed 2 m ( 6l/2 ft ) in length , feed on animals as large as a hare . |