Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , cotton stainer bugs , Dysdercus , are distasteful both as larvae and as adults . |
| 2 | And there you are importunate even as I am . |
| 3 | Seve treats everybody exactly the same ; they 're all there as fellow competitors and he does n't bat an eyelid at who he plays with . |
| 4 | A Warrior Bane or Parrying Blade are useful too as they reduce your enemy 's attacks . |
| 5 | ‘ We are all here as free men — not tenants , and not plaintiffs or slaves but free people who are determined to remain so . |
| 6 | In ewes it seems likely that the parasites are present largely as hypobiotic larvae in the lungs during each winter and mature in the spring . |
| 7 | He insists that the Extractive reserves are viable economically as well as socially . |
| 8 | It is difficult to see any reason why in civil proceedings the privilege against self-incrimination should be exercisable so as to enable a litigant to refuse relevant and even vital documents which are in his possession or power and which speak for themselves . |
| 9 | ‘ It had to be light so as not to pull the fabric around but something like polystyrene would have fallen apart . ’ |
| 10 | Similarly , things can be inseparable even as they are distinguishable , as water = H20 . |
| 11 | Paula was not very clever with her needle but she soon learned to be careful so as not to incur the wrath of the seamstress . |
| 12 | The former assumption says that language behaviour in the classroom has to be natural so as to conform to the naturalness of language use : the latter assumption says that classroom behaviour has to be natural in conformity with natural processes of language learning . |
| 13 | ( c ) Construction of partnership agreements The following general rules apply : ( 1 ) The agreement will not be presumed to be exhaustive so as to disallow evidence of actual practices of the partnership said to be inconsistent with the written terms or alleged to indicate how those terms should be construed . |
| 14 | I know this will be unpopular especially as he has won the League but I just feel he does n't handle ALL his players well . |
| 15 | Consultants can be useful here as well . |
| 16 | Dénise René , who is well known for her support of constructivist art during her forty years as a gallery owner in Paris , will be present however as winner of the Preis Art Cologne of DM20,000 ( see Around the Galleries , Cologne , p. 33 ) . |
| 17 | Substitute nourishment may be inadequate both as to quantity and quality ( including sanitation ) and may be a source of intestinal disorders ( Gordon , et al. |
| 18 | Changes in social and commercial conditions , and changes in the moral values of the community , mean that the Courts will not always find the same reasons for the enforcement of promises to be good today as their forbears did ; equally it is likely that they will often find good reasons for the enforcement of promises where their predecessors did not . |
| 19 | Again a mobile unit will be important so as to be able to gradually move through the woodland . |
| 20 | The going will be tough enough as it is . |
| 21 | He says UFO will be busy tonight as usual till about 4.30am . |
| 22 | But then you realise it 's 30 or 40 miles to the nearest general hospital and that can be difficult particularly as you get older , ’ says Dr Tony Hill , consultant in public health medicine . |
| 23 | Because companies pay taxes according to how well they did the previous year , the deficit tends to be deepest just as we come out of recession . |
| 24 | Similarly a tourist returning from Japan with a gift for a friend in Britain will not be liable either as supplier or as importer . |
| 25 | These assumptions may be valid only as approximations in some cases , and in others may be obviously inappropriate . |
| 26 | Thirdly , the Convention may be silent both as to the substance of a particular issue and as to the law by which it is to be determined , in which case it is a question of construction whether the Convention covers the point or merely leaves it to be dealt with under the law applicable under the conflicts rules of the forum . |
| 27 | Had it been severable , i.e. if it had been the sale of separate lots to be separately paid for , then presumably the contract would have been void only as to those lots which were not complete at the time of the contract . |
| 28 | Floodlights are available either as wide-beam units for general lighting , or in the form of spot-lamps the light from which is focused into a concentrated beam ; some have variable-focus lamps and can be used for either duty . |
| 29 | Things are difficult enough as it is . ’ |
| 30 | O. clavigera can easily be distinguished from O. globifera by the following characters : the plates of the dorsal side are thin not as well developed as in O. globifera ; the spinelets of O. clavigera often have an enlarged rugose tip , those of O. globifera are all of one kind , low and rugose , nearly granuliform ; the apical and oral papillae of O. globifera are shorter and not as rugose as those of O. clavigera ; the oral shield is more regularly rhombic in O. globifera than O. clavigera and the tentacles scales of O. globifera are large rounded while those of O. clavigera are small and spine-like . |