Example sentences of "and [adj] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But even as the idea occurred to her , she dismissed it ; from the athletic way Fernand had cleared the rail it was likely that his legs were as strong and muscular as his sinewy arms and he would probably catch her long before she reached the house . |
| 32 | He was slim and attractive , certainly , but his body was not quite as tense and muscular as he felt it ought to be . |
| 33 | It appears to have escaped Berkeley 's attention that not all imaginary things , for example a drunkard 's pink rats , are voluntary and lack the vivacity of the real thing , and also that , when I set myself to imagine something , I can make my ideas as orderly and coherent as I like . |
| 34 | She felt frightened and strange as she thought of greeting her first-born , who would not know her and might recoil with horror and cry for Ellen . |
| 35 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 36 | Any surface you choose should be as tough and durable as you can afford . |
| 37 | Be as clear and concise as you can , not concealing your shortcomings ( age , time spent away from the work-place , and so on ) but equally making the most of your qualifications , experience and other assets . |
| 38 | She continued to lean against the gravestone , sick and shaking , her teeth chattering , her stomach as knotted and tormented as it had been in childbirth . |
| 39 | If she was going to do the job at all , professional pride demanded she do it properly and , for hair as thick and luxuriant as his , ‘ just chopping a bit off ’ would n't do at all . |
| 40 | ‘ Do you know what the problem is really , Andy ? ’ she asked , making her voice as sweet and low as she could . |
| 41 | The spectre of the great apostasy was always a threat to the more ideologically committed evangelicals but Terence O'Neill 's reforms , tepid and half-hearted as they were , raised the spectre to a power and status from which it threatened a far greater number of rural Presbyterians who saw the proposed changes as proof that Paisley had been right all along . |
| 42 | And if I had I would n't lend it to anyone as rotten damn patronizing , stupid and heartless as you . ’ |
| 43 | The scattered efforts made during the eighteenth century to develop some form of systematic training continued ; but they were almost as desultory and short-lived as their predecessors , and little more effective . |
| 44 | Paddy 's voice was firm and resonant as he uttered the opening phrases of the Mass . |
| 45 | Her shops are called Shabby Chic and the most successful one to date is in New York , where ‘ life is so hectic and claustrophobic that people aspire to making their home as comfortable and pleasant as they can . ’ |
| 46 | To Bradford from Helen Craig : ‘ How pleasant and easy it is to shop at Sainsbury 's in comparison to other supermarkets … please do n't change anything , just keep it simple and pleasant as it is . ’ |
| 47 | Distinctions are not made between poor working class , middle class and rich as they are in research on white people . |
| 48 | The shift of Amis 's mind , thoughtful and unphilosophical as it is , has been broadly a pattern to others of his age . |
| 49 | Indeed , Sombro was not long back from the town when he arrived at North Point and he appeared tired and wan as he looked up with those big eyes he inherited from the Labrador side of his lineage . |
| 50 | Between half an hour and 40 minutes for each side ( to be divided between leader and junior as they think fit ) is enough time . |
| 51 | Vile and contemptuous as it is , mimicry is not a crime , though it should be , the worst . |
| 52 | Everyone looked at everyone else , except for Zöe the environmental lawyer , who was as eager and friendly as your dad 's new girlfriend . |
| 53 | Hoomey was being towed along over the field by an animal that was scarcely recognizable as a horse , so thin and sway-backed as it was . |
| 54 | Battered and windblown as we were , we had to laugh when a coachload of tourists spilled out and hurried to the cliff-top . |
| 55 | ‘ No , ’ I thought , ‘ he could never love anyone as plain and coarse as she is . |
| 56 | The wide choice of theatres , cinemas , museums , art galleries , leisure centres and parks is as exciting and interesting as one would expect in the province 's leading city . |
| 57 | The wide choice of theatres , cinemas , museums , art galleries , leisure centres and parks is as exciting and interesting as one would expect in the province 's leading city . |
| 58 | Alyssia blew some of the flyaway blonde strands away from her face and followed them to a small table at the back of the café , hoping that she would not have to endure half an hour of French conversation while she sat on the sidelines , wondering whether what they were discussing was really as animated and interesting as it appeared . |
| 59 | She 'd meant her tone to be clipped and dismissive , but even to her own ears it sounded slurred and indistinct as she made a mental attempt to regain conscious control over the increased rhythm of her heart . |
| 60 | Outside the post office he made no apology for the roughness of his appearance but he was as friendly and charming as he had always been . |