Example sentences of "as [adj] as [art] sun " in BNC.
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| 1 | His smile was as warm as the sun . |
| 2 | Note that the orbit is only as large as the Sun 's diameter and in addition the separation r of the stars varies by a factor over any orbit . |
| 3 | One would have been the creation of a new light source , about as great as the sun . |
| 4 | Epsilon consists of an extremely luminous supergiant , perhaps over 100000 times as powerful as the Sun , together with a mysterious companion which has never been seen , and is known only because it periodically passes in front of the supergiant and dims it by about a magnitude . |
| 5 | It is very luminous — at least 50000 times as powerful as the Sun , and therefore much superior to Betelgeux , though it is much further away ( over 1500 light-years ) . |
| 6 | Zeta Persei is very luminous and remote ( over 15000 times as powerful as the Sun ) . |
| 7 | These are colossal outbursts : at its peak a supernova may become at least fifteen million times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 8 | Both Alpha and Beta are very distant , and are well over 5000 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 9 | It is 42 light-years away , and over 150 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 10 | Eta is a normal white B-type star , about 400 times as luminous as the Sun and 200 light-years away . |
| 11 | The companion is a B-type star , 400 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 12 | It is one of the closer stars , at a distance of only 36 light-years , and is 115 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 13 | It is ‘ only ’ 26 times as luminous as the Sun , and owes its pre-eminence to the fact that it is a mere 8½ light-years away from us . |
| 14 | At its peak it was perhaps 6000000 times as luminous as the Sun , and this is still true today , though its light is dimmed by intervening nebulosity ; in infra-red it is one of the strongest sources in the sky . |
| 15 | If it is , then it must be well over 200000 times as luminous as the Sun , much more powerful than Rigel or Deneb . |
| 16 | Agena , at 460 light-years , is over 10000 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 17 | It is 68 light-years away , and 60 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 18 | Alpha is an M-type giant , 120 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 19 | The distance has been given as 4500 light-years , but may be as much as 7000 , in which case it must be more than a million times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 20 | However , it is worth noting that Sigma ( 4.7 ) , between Delta and Epsilon and in the same field with Epsilon , is one of the nearer stars , only 19 light-years away and only about a third as luminous as the Sun . |
| 21 | It is bluish-white , and 780 times as luminous as the Sun ; its distance is 85 light-years . |
| 22 | It is a huge red supergiant , 218 light-years away and over 700 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 23 | It is well over 1000 light-years away , and it is at least 500 times as luminous as the Sun , but its surface is very cool for a normal star — hence the crimson colour . |
| 24 | Beta has a B8-type spectrum , and is about 100 times as luminous as the Sun ; it is often said to be the only naked-eye star which is greenish in colour , though I have never noted this either with or without optical aid , and to me Beta always looks white . |
| 25 | It is 26 light-years away and 52 times as luminous as the Sun ; it is certainly the bluest of the brilliant stars . |
| 26 | It is almost one degree away from the polar point ; it is 120 light-years away and only about six times as luminous as the Sun , so that it is by no means the equal of the northern hemisphere 's Polaris . |
| 27 | It is reddish , with a K-type spectrum , and has been strongly suspected of variability ; it is over 500 light-years away , and 5000 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 28 | Mirphak is an F5-type giant , 620 light-years away and 6000 times as luminous as the Sun . |
| 29 | Fomalhaut is a pure white star , 13 times as luminous as the Sun and 22 light-years away ; in 1983 the IRAS satellite found that it is associated with cool material which may be planet-forming . |
| 30 | Iota¹ ; may look unspectacular , but it is immensely powerful , and may be more than 150000 times as luminous as the Sun . |