Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [adj] as [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are therefore viewed as costs that can not be justifiably carried forward to future periods because they do not represent future benefits or the future benefits are so uncertain as to defy measurement . |
| 2 | All that I can say is that the actions of Councillor Bookbinder are so incredible as to defy belief . |
| 3 | Environmental uncertainties for a corporation are so numerous as to defy classification , but none the less , there are five important sources of problems which potentially interfere with a corporation 's ability to achieve its goal(s) easily without bending , evading , or breaking legal regulations . |
| 4 | With the likes of Martin Amis ( still the leader of the pack — a fine first of The Rachel Papers could now fetch £500 ) , Julian Barnes , Dick Francis , Wendy Cope , John Mortimer , Kazuo Ishiguro , Tom Stoppard and quite a few more , one has to be fairly quick off the mark ; with others , a more leisurely approach is adopted , either because the first edition tends to hang about , or — in such cases as le Carré and Forsyth — when the initial print runs are so huge as to discourage panic buying . |
| 5 | The signal can only be a small molecule as the pores are so fine as to prevent passage of larger substances . |
| 6 | You can get a metric version if you wish , but despite the conversion of practically everything to metric , metric scales in fishing are as rare as rocking horse droppings . |