Example sentences of "can [be] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A skilled endoscopist is essential , but the equipment can be as simple as a standard endoscope and an injection needle . |
| 2 | Here is a most revealing instance of the way a difference within the same , teleologically construed , can make a great deal of difference : in effect a difference of degree can be as real as a difference of kind but in a different way : the lesser is inferior and thereby inimical in a way the antithetical can not be , and the same becomes more ditferent than difference itself . |
| 3 | Good fortune can be as bewildering as a hard blow sometimes . |
| 4 | A conservatory is the most adaptable room in your home — and it can be as changeable as the seasons . |
| 5 | However , the lyrics , some of which are spoken by a seven-year-old , are annoyingly political and can be as unbelievable as the band 's promotional literature . |
| 6 | Cos there are people in Britain who simply do n't believe that the public sector can be as efficient as the private sector . |
| 7 | A cute crone part can be as wearisome as a cute kid one but Ashcroft held an edge of menace , a tension about how much of Lilian 's mental absence was pretence . |
| 8 | Although it can be as profuse as a gonococcal discharge , it is sometimes only seen first thing in the morning before urine has been passed . |
| 9 | It can be as utilitarian as the rigid polyurethane foam commonly used in the reinforcement of GRP bodyshells , or as elegant as the aluminium or Nomex honeycombs employed in pukka aerospace sandwich materials ( as seen recently through holes in the wings of Tornado jets involved in the Gulf conflict ) . |
| 10 | Stained peels , when made with great care , have very high resolution and can be as good as a DPT for point counting and studies of diagenesis . |
| 11 | In athletes , and Arctic explorers , there can be as much as a two-fold rise in metabolic rate , requiring the calorie intake to be doubled in order to maintain normal weight . |
| 12 | The data associated with each code number can be as small as the price such as ‘ 38p ’ , or 100,000 words of text . |
| 13 | ‘ And Jean-Paul can be as stubborn as a mule , and you knew perfectly well that if you 'd told him what you felt , he would have dug in his heels and insisted . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ William can be as stubborn as the devil when he chooses , and the sight of a soldier will only make him dig in his heels further . |
| 15 | In tundra habitats , it has been shown that lemmings can eat up to 50 per cent of available vegetation and destroy a lot more during peak years , and as a result of lack of food the rate of decline of lemming populations can be as rapid as the rate of increase ( Batzli , 1975 ) . |
| 16 | The main problem with this solution is that a public sector monopoly can be as x-inefficient as a private sector one , and may be more so , as the market sanction of bankruptcy has been removed . |
| 17 | So powerful in fact that the medium of television itself can be as persuasive as the message it sends . |
| 18 | If a really soft fabric is required , the backing yarn can be as fine as a single strand of 2/30 . |
| 19 | This has underlined that the price of popularising rugby union has been the increase in pressures off the field , which can be as significant as the demands made on the players themselves . |
| 20 | She 's a beautiful woman , but she can be as hard as a man . |
| 21 | Although an official response has already been sent off , Newsline readers may wish to pen their own reply and let us see if they can be as imaginative as the original writer . |
| 22 | The obsession , which affects more boys than girls , can be as bad as the eating disorder anorexia , said Dr Dorothy Rowe . |
| 23 | worthy of discussion , but the context in which articles are published can be as important as the content of the articles themselves . |
| 24 | Everything in art depends on execution : the story of a louse can be as beautiful as the story of Alexander . |