Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [adj] [verb] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Clubs are free to enter as many runners as they wish , ’ said organiser Paul Whitten . |
| 2 | Imports are likely to grow as loss-making capacity is reduced . |
| 3 | A study sponsored by the Natural Environment Research Council has found that trees exposed to air-pollutant gases are likely to suffer as much from aphid attacks as from the direct effects of the pollutants . |
| 4 | It is revealing that the British and American governments are reluctant to accept as illegal and inhumane in international conflicts weapons with which they are willing to arm their police forces for use against their own people . |
| 5 | Tokyo 's newly rising share prices are likely to prove as fickle as the foreigners who are their main support |
| 6 | However , in practice , computer procedures are likely to produce as many links which are potentially misleading as links which are helpful . |
| 7 | Neighbourhood police are supposed to spend as much time as possible per shift walking their beat , even taking tea-breaks at some appropriate place on the round , returning to the station only for their main meal break and when a criminal , such as a shoplifter , is apprehended , although this is rare . |