21.   A full moon illuminating the sea at midnight was as beautiful as ever.

22.   But for Burke, parts of southern Louisiana remain as beautiful as when God made them.

23.   But seen through a train window, America is as beautiful as its song.

24.   By shaving it into thin disks with frilly edges, he made it look as beautiful as lace, as sheer as lingerie.

25.   Even at these prices, they are so beautiful as to be irresistible.

26.   Fall blooms are often as beautiful as spring blooms.

27.   FBI Special Agent Cate Cuevas is also beautiful, but not as beautiful as Irina.

28.   Few landscapes are as undramatically beautiful as the Limousin, the rolling countryside around Limoges in the heart of France.

29.   For another, many Champagne buckets are as beautiful as the effervescent drink of dreams.

30.   From this it follows that soap opera is valuable as a site from which we may gain perspective on the true and beautiful as gendered constructs.