"After 27 years of riding motorcycles I don't trust my foot to be as exacting as my hand," he said.
But when she extols the "dull sweetness" of the settled life, she sounds as exacting as ever.
Building an acceptable cat isn't easy; TICA's breed standards are as exacting as the manual for an intercontinental bomber.
Yet if I do write, I want it to be as exacting as I can make it.
If I complete the Common App and one very demanding supplement for early action, applying to additional colleges later will not be as exacting as the first application.
Horgan says that, as exacting as she is in her work life, her personal life is as disorganized as her writing desk.
Not all the rhymes are as exacting as they should be in a read-aloud book (fourth/moth and cake/State), and her plot is too complicated for the ditty she gives us.
At Tim Clark's academy, the uniform rules are as exacting as they are unapologetic: "All pupils will look immaculate in their uniform… failure to look smart at all times will result in automatic detention, isolation or being sent home – there will be no warnings, you know what is expected".
