Example sentences of "it 's as [adj] as " in BNC.
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1 | Crikey it 's as tall as you . |
2 | if it 's as close as you like to zero , |
3 | Probably because it 's as close as I have ever come to seeing myself and my friends up on the screen . |
4 | But given the opposing demands made on film productions before they are shown , I believe it 's as close as we may get towards an insight into the rank and file members of a movement that had a profound influence on Liverpool politics for a decade . |
5 | ‘ IT 'S AS disappointing as baked beans for Christmas dinner . |
6 | ‘ It 's as sure as hell you 're not getting engaged to him ! ’ he grated . |
7 | There are three worlds to explore : a tropical beach littered with lovely palm trees and lovelier nudists ( do n't get too excited — there are n't any graphics ) , a chilly Arctic zone , and of course the real world — well it 's as real as you 'll ever get in an Avery game ! |
8 | ‘ Do n't know what it 's like inside but it 's as black as the ace of spades outside . ’ |
9 | It 's as Norwegian as roast beef is British . |
10 | As a business it 's as circumscribed as any other , with A&R departments answerable to what Jeff Young describes as ‘ men in grey suits ’ shouting , ‘ Bottom line ! |
11 | ‘ Well , it 's as far as I 'll go . ’ |
12 | A laid-back little seaside resort regarded by Perth 's residents as being on their doorstep — although it 's as far as Aberdeen is from London — Kalbarri has a remote , island feel . |
13 | ‘ It 's as far as we can go . |
14 | That it 's expensive ; it 's as expensive as you want to make it . |
15 | ‘ It 's as dark as death out there . |
16 | You know it 's it 's as possible as it always has been . |
17 | ‘ It 's as good as The Living Body , is n't it ? ’ said Elinor . |
18 | I did n't want to use print film ; I just do n't think it 's as good as a slide film where you can get the saturation . |
19 | ‘ I call this my Holy Water , it 's as good as a tonic . |
20 | Then it 's as good as done , is n't it ? " |
21 | Well , it 's as good as any other . |
22 | The obvious two are Kevin Keegan — he 'd be crap … he 's just a jumped up little Geordie who still has n't shown he can produce a really imaginative team ; and Glen Hoddle — now , hed be my choice … why ? because he 's young , has the respect of the players , would introduce the concept of playing football into the national team ( after all , if you look at the individual skill level of English players it 's as good as just about anywhere in the world … it 's just that managers have refused to let them play ) . |
23 | ‘ It 's as good as any , ’ said Juliet . |
24 | ‘ Well , if it 's as good as your imagination … |
25 | ‘ It 's as good as you 're going to get , ’ he said silkily . |
26 | Generally , though , management 's view of the process had become ‘ it 's as good as it 's going to get . ’ |
27 | It 's as good as anywhere . |
28 | and now it 's as good as new ! |
29 | It 's as good as watching a video watching your holiday programmes and everything else . |
30 | My brain 's not defunct — it 's as sharp as it was when I was 21 . |