Example sentences of "to be [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Panel does not fall squarely within this category of body , its activities are considered by the courts to be sufficiently similar so as to be subject to judicial review . |
| 2 | The proofreading seems not to be as accurate here as in the rest of the book , and there are some flaws in the details concerning the manuscripts and the discussion of the settings . |
| 3 | Whose penis was said to be as damn near as big as his guitar ? |
| 4 | As Malinowski 's own posthumously published field diaries record , this cross-cultural experience , involving a massive exposure to what we nowadays call ‘ culture-shock ’ , is likely to be as gruelling psychologically as it is physically . |
| 5 | Ski areas tend to be as fragmented now as they were 20 or 30 years ago . |
| 6 | Unfortunately this legislation has proved to be totally ineffective both as it was drafted and as it has been put into practice . |
| 7 | But in 1914 I wanted to be purely English so as to be able to offer myself untainted to Lily . |
| 8 | In 1792 wages in Sheffield were said to be so high generally as to allow the leisure-preferring cutlers to live comfortably from working only three days a week . |