Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were blissfully sheltered in those years at Somerville from most of the grimness of war — fully aware of this as we look back now , but even then conscious of our privileged position . |
| 2 | One of the main planks of the CCAUK 's argument is that the Annual Percentage rate is not so high as it looks , since though most transactions are contracted for ( say ) 26 weeks , in fact they end up being repaid — with no series problem — in about 30 or 33 weeks , with no penalty . |
| 3 | At first he was like a man who thinks he smells gas or a fire , his body alert and his head held high as he looked quickly round the carriage . |
| 4 | Hari thought again of her father and sitting there on the edge of her seat she believed that the man standing before her , handsome and young though he might be , was the same kind of man as Dewi Morgan , upright and steadfast , his eyes clear and direct as they looked down at her . |
| 5 | He felt foolish as he looked at Molly who was on all fours amongst the pine needles looking at him in open mouthed amazement . |
| 6 | The decoration is therefore not quite as free as it looks , in reality forming part of an evolved construction . |
| 7 | His heavily lined mahogany coloured face was unsmiling as he looked at them . |
| 8 | His face too was unsmiling as she looked into it and said , ‘ Yes , very likely ; ’ then asked , ‘ Do … do you travel a great deal , sir ? ’ |
| 9 | The wall is not as steep as it looks and a pleasing sequence of stretches and foot-changes , made all the more enjoyable by more excellent protection , leads to a stopping place just short of the arête . |
| 10 | Disraeli Gears from Tesside are rather different as they look to the energy and rawness of the Sixties rather the dull produced stomp of Nineties ' heavy rock/ metal . |
| 11 | Say what you like about the Ryder Cup and The Belfry , if it was n't for the 9th , 10th and 18th holes , it would be as average as it looks . |
| 12 | His eyes were dark as he looked at her . |
| 13 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 14 | Her face was straight as she looked at him and she spoke the truth when she answered , ‘ I liked it at first ; it was like a holiday after school , but not so of late . ’ |
| 15 | He wore a rich robe so encrusted with precious metals and stones that I wondered if he could stand up under the weight And his eyes were tiny , wet and somehow avid as he looked me over — wholly ignoring Mala — from head to foot . |
| 16 | The judge was an old , kind man , but his face was very serious as he looked at me . |
| 17 | Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think it was as easy as it looked . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's all nowhere near as easy as it looks ’ , he says . |
| 20 | Certainly , it is not as easy as it looks . |
| 21 | We climbed for an hour-and-a-half and I can tell you that going up a mountain on skins is not as easy as it looks . |
| 22 | I do n't believe that telling a story is as easy as it looks . |
| 23 | Will it be as easy as it looks on paper ? |
| 24 | I do n't think anything is as easy as it looks on paper in football . |
| 25 | It 's not as easy as it looks , marrying into a fortune . |
| 26 | Peter sat down on the leather sofa , which was as uncomfortable as it looked , and went through the folder . |
| 27 | The glinting dark gaze was cool , but quizzical as he looked across the office . |
| 28 | So , she thought , you are not so simple as you look . |
| 29 | Because it 's not as simple as it looks on this sheet . |
| 30 | Outside in the April sunshine the temperature was over seventy degrees , but Polly felt chilled as she looked with rising desperation towards the window . |