Example sentences of "[adv] low as [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I always heard tell of you that you were a wolf , but never that you were come so low as to prey on dead men . |
2 | No , I am afraid , Lord Mayor , that the Conservative Group would not stoop so low as to exploit disability for mere political advantage . |
3 | She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood ! |
4 | This is shown by prices in the " grey market " which are often reported to be so low as to negate all of the gross fees , thus absorbing all of the underwriters ' risk premium . |
5 | Beethoven , among others , could not comprehend how Mozart could have stooped so low as to set to music such an apparently frivolous text , dealing with the fickleness of women ; and the prudish moral climate of the later 19th century made sure that Così was conveniently ignored as a little aberration . |
6 | She cried : ‘ My heart Burns to think that the mayor could stoop so low as to try Robin or Fleece-ing us like this . ’ |
7 | On Jan. 8 the Defence Ministry sought to justify its operation against draft-dodgers by declaring that conscription levels were so low as to threaten national security . |
8 | Percy took her hand , saying , ‘ Definitely my art is diffused , but I have never stooped so low as to even touch a guitar . ’ |
9 | But pace bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis said in a statement : ‘ We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments . |
10 | We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments in the papers . |
11 | In fact , benefits are so low as to make it difficult for a woman and her children to live on them , which puts pressure on her to find another male supporter . |
12 | Particularly in the early period , moreover , the number of usages one comes across is so low as to make definition a hazardous business . |
13 | This process will continue until a price level is reached which is so low as to make so high as to ensure that the effective labour demand function eventually coincides with the notional labour demand function . |
14 | I 've managed to scan it in , but the resolution is so low as to make it unread- able . |
15 | ‘ Oh , no , ’ Luce whispered , unwilling to believe that anyone could stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman 's finger . |
16 | Even for trajectories as low as varying C L over the range 10 -3 –1 changes the altitude at which a Tunguska-sized stony asteroid airbursts by only 1% . |
17 | ‘ It crossed my mind that I could push open the door and drop the dinghy myself , but I soon realised that the workload would be far too heavy , flying as low as intended for the drop . |
18 | Only two infants could not be held as low as intended , and omitting these from analysis does not substantially alter the results . |
19 | It adjoins Vela and Pyxis , and is always very low as seen from Britain ; part of it does not rise at all . |
20 | The prosecution rate for unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 remains very low as compared with other heterosexual offences . |