Example sentences of "[adj] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 2 | The giggling subsided and Geoff came in , meek as a lamb . |
| 3 | As glossy as a fashion-plate , Karl jumped up , grasped Herr Nordern 's hand , and beamed into his face . |
| 4 | as glossy as an aubergine , |
| 5 | This seemed if anything as purposeful as the gathering of the clan on the previous night . |
| 6 | Also the latter sfumato technique that Ramsay favoured , in which smokily smooth and imperceptible transitions are effected between areas of colour , did not lay emphasis on the linear as the early style had . |
| 7 | One option that had been canvassed was for staffing ratios and care standards merely to be maintained rather than improved as the hospitals declined . |
| 8 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |
| 9 | This indicates that the polyethylene chain is twice as extended as the freely jointed chain model when short range interactions are considered . |
| 10 | But there never has been anything as sensible as a planned , rolling programme of electrification . |
| 11 | The idea was certainly sensible as the club gained valuable experience , finished bottom , and were relegated to Division One . |
| 12 | The captain assembled with his fellows in the Dominican monastery next to the Palace , watching bright-eyed as the notables arrived for the procession that would march eastwards from the Porta Santo Domenico to the Cathedral of Santa Sofia . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm as fresh as a daisy , ’ he declared brightly . |
| 14 | It 's not that the jokes are not funny , but just that they are about as fresh as a tin of those pineapple chunks . |
| 15 | Whichever room you choose , you can make it feel as fresh as a coat of fresh paint — with a coat of paint . |
| 16 | That was solved by the delicious Jane Birbeck , a girl as pretty and as fresh as a primrose . |
| 17 | I was given the opportunity to have a rehearsal with him but I declined because I am not like the professionals who can rehearse in detail and then put it over as fresh as a daisy when the time comes . |
| 18 | ‘ In Denmark we say that aquavit is strong as a Viking , fiery as a lover , cold as an iceberg and fresh as a virgin . |
| 19 | She was wearing a man 's sweater back to front , and under her hair — cut high and short now at the back — there was a triangle of white skin as soft and fresh as a newly broken bread-roll . |
| 20 | In the nick of time , fresh as a daisy despite the punishing schedule , he arrives , the gear is set up , and I 'm on . |
| 21 | In the middle of the long teak dining table lay Lilian Hatton 's wedding hat , an elaborate confection of satin leaves and tulle as green and fresh as the real leaves he could see through the picture window in the Kingsbrook meadows . |
| 22 | These are all stereo originals and sound as fresh as the day they were made . |
| 23 | I 've played back-to-back rugby for four years now and I feel as fresh as the day that I started . |
| 24 | Their colours and patterns seemed as fresh as the day they were made and she was amazed at their richness compared with the wartime materials she was used to . |
| 25 | Judging from his recent contributions to the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh and to Robert Storr 's ‘ Dislocations ’ for MOMA in New York , Bruce Nauman is working in top gear and his new wax or metal sculptures and his video installations look as sharp and fresh as the art of any of his contemporaries . |
| 26 | The beast was frozen in a running posture and looked as fresh as the proverbial daisy . |
| 27 | Conversation at table is as superfluous as a sermon in church ; all is still but for the ping of the latest microwave masterpiece . |
| 28 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |
| 29 | I 've brought out a pack of cards , but when you know you 've got them only to while away the hours , they are as exciting as a stack of washing up . |
| 30 | ‘ That water … as exciting as a sludge pit in a sewage works . ’ |