BBC news 2010-12-06 加文本

1.The opulent surroundings of the state house were as clear a sign as any that Mr Gbagbo is still very much the man in charge in Abidjan, backed by the army, police and state television.

参考翻译：总统府外的大量守卫表明，巴波仍然是阿比让的负责人，受到军队，警察和国家媒体的支持。

结构分析：这句话的主干是：The opulent surroundings of the state house were as clear a sign....that引导同位语从句，指代的是sign。

as…as结构的一变体形式是“as＋形容词原级＋名词词组＋as”

　　I don't want as expensive a car as this.＝I don't want a car as expensive as this．
　　我不要这么贵的汽车。

　Tony is as clever a boy as his brother．
　托尼是一个和他兄弟一样聪明的男孩。

2.The papers are not marked secret, and they go to, you know, Defence Select Committee papers have been leaked to newspapers before now, and I've never read anything in a Defence Select Committee paper or report which was worth anyone believing they had something that they couldn't get from another source.

参考翻译：这些文件并没有被标注为机密信息，你知道，此前，国防委员会的文件也曾经泄露给报纸，我从来没有在国防委员会的文件或报告中读到任何人们不可能从其他渠道得到的信息。

结构分析：and I've never read anything是这句话的主干，which was worth是定语从句，修饰paper or report。be worth doing sth值得做某事。they had something是believe的宾语从句。that they couldn't get from another source是定语从句，修饰something。