Example sentences of "[adj] as it looks " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the main planks of the CCAUK 's argument is that the Annual Percentage rate is not so high as it looks , since though most transactions are contracted for ( say ) 26 weeks , in fact they end up being repaid — with no series problem — in about 30 or 33 weeks , with no penalty . |
| 2 | The decoration is therefore not quite as free as it looks , in reality forming part of an evolved construction . |
| 3 | The wall is not as steep as it looks and a pleasing sequence of stretches and foot-changes , made all the more enjoyable by more excellent protection , leads to a stopping place just short of the arête . |
| 4 | Say what you like about the Ryder Cup and The Belfry , if it was n't for the 9th , 10th and 18th holes , it would be as average as it looks . |
| 5 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's all nowhere near as easy as it looks ’ , he says . |
| 7 | Certainly , it is not as easy as it looks . |
| 8 | We climbed for an hour-and-a-half and I can tell you that going up a mountain on skins is not as easy as it looks . |
| 9 | I do n't believe that telling a story is as easy as it looks . |
| 10 | Will it be as easy as it looks on paper ? |
| 11 | I do n't think anything is as easy as it looks on paper in football . |
| 12 | It 's not as easy as it looks , marrying into a fortune . |
| 13 | Because it 's not as simple as it looks on this sheet . |
| 14 | And in the Muslim world , among people at large , the war may become ever more unpopular as it looks increasingly punitive and costly in terms of Arab life . |
| 15 | Pretty as it looks , the carpet in our picture is particularly hardwearing and very clever at shrugging off stains . |
| 16 | If it all tasted as beguiling as it looks , every dish would be a feast . |
| 17 | When you plan a display , include scented flowers , either shop-bought or home-grown , so that your arrangement smells as good as it looks . |
| 18 | It tastes as good as it looks , too — a rich , moist fruit cake , full of all kinds of mouth-watering goodies like currants , sultanas and cherries and almonds , and generously laced with Grand Marnier to give it even more flavour . |
| 19 | All too often , low-price guitars which look good are severely let down by their tone , but the Mad Axe sounds as good as it looks . |
| 20 | ‘ Spending hours lying in the glorious sunshine need n't be as idle as it looks , ’ she says . |
| 21 | I it 's nice but it 's a bit , it 's a bit erm impractical , it looks , it look it 's not as thick as it looks , |
| 22 | It sounds like a meteoric rise , but Dermot says : ‘ We 've all paid our dues in other bands so it 's not quite as spectacular as it looks . ’ |
| 23 | It was as expensive as it looks , but then , Alaa bolero tops do not come at bargain basement prices and in any case who could resist the temptation to pirouette up stairs like this ? |
| 24 | Lac Blanc is disappointing as it looks like a building site while a new refuge is being built . |
| 25 | This last ambition may not be as absurd as it looks ; Sigistrix was , after all , the grandson of Theodoric . |
| 26 | Actually it 's not as glamorous as it looks . |
| 27 | This demand is not quite as plausible as it looks , though it deserves to be taken seriously . |
| 28 | The balance-of-payments deficit is not as bad as it looks , partly because it stems from private sector choices rather than public sector profligacy , and is thus inherently less inflationary as individuals can not resort to the printing press to ease the burden of their debt ; and partly because much of it may be imaginary , since the figures omit the ‘ balancing item ’ of unrecorded net receipts from overseas assets . |
| 29 | But the news is n't as bad as it looks . |
| 30 | However it is n't quite as bad as it looks because the amount that you will have paid in will only feel like £4,520 . |