Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet organized religion is already as remote from Alice 's or Henry 's life as paganism or human sacrifice . |
| 2 | The procedure for receiving stock is usually as follows : |
| 3 | The balance of the side is just as Bobby Robson would have wished it ; bearing in mind the need for midfield solidity , Rocastle would probably have played anyway . |
| 4 | The final result is just as the simple quantity theory states , except that the monetarist view explains the process by reference to a stable demand for money function and an exogenously determined money stock which is under the control of the monetary authorities . |
| 5 | Every teenage fantasy , frustration and obsession is here as the naive youngsters exchange their drab existences for an alcohol-induced escapism . |
| 6 | The following extract is exactly as written : ‘ When I tell you that something you use every day could be put to better use — and that using it better could help you to win greater influence , more respect and higher status , promotion and a larger income … it could widen your circle of friends and possibly even secure you fame and power — you might well be curious to know what that ‘ something ’ is … |
| 7 | ‘ My routine in practice is just as it is on course . ’ |
| 8 | If the authorities refrain from using force because they think it wiser to use other means , the effect is often as follows : … to prevent or resist violence , the governing class may use guile , cunning , fraud and corruption — in short . |
| 9 | The effect is almost as though one were experiencing full immersion for the first time after years of paddling around in the shallows . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's mentioned among some famous names , but Danny boy is just as celebrated , that 's why he 's in there , ’ said Downtown controller John Rosborough today . |
| 11 | So the English village is neither as immemorial nor as unchanging as it is conventionally believed to be . |
| 12 | When Society members inspected the guard 's compartment , they discovered that the original vacuum gauge was still in place and that , apart from a few alterations to the window arrangements , the coach is essentially as built . |
| 13 | Pat has lots of his old friends with him , as well as some new ones — and of course , Jess the Cat is there as well ! |
| 14 | Fig. 5.9(b) shows that at low speeds the voltage is essentially as expected , but at high speeds the phase current is freewheeling through the bridge diodes against the supply voltage for a significant proportion of the cycle . |
| 15 | While it is tempting to see Hal 's rejection of Falstaff and his world as a rejection of prose , the issue is never as linear or straightforward as that ; indeed in Henry V the King uses prose in four or five scenes , both for his nocturnal tour and for his wooing of Katherine . |
| 16 | The type is basically as described for the Ayrshire of Scotland and average milk yields are about 5,800kg at 4.4 per cent butterfat ( the Finnish Friesian averages similar yields but only 4.1 per cent butterfat ) . |
| 17 | From the pretty little Hatley to the magnificent six bedroomed Abbotsley there is a Heritage cottage to suit you , and by self building with Potton you can be involved in every element of the design — so your home is just as you want it . |
| 18 | The Dutch may hate the congestion , the fumes and the wasted time brought by cars , but ownership is nevertheless as essential to their perception of what constitutes the quality of life as a bathroom and central heating . |
| 19 | I mean , one scapegoat is enough as long as he does hit bit . ’ |
| 20 | Sweden 's National team is here as well as the champions of six other European countries , and from halfway across the world comes a young Maori whom some critics think is good enough to take the trophy back to New Zealand . |
| 21 | Mary MacArthur spoke in defence of married women 's high sickness claims to the Departmental Committee on National Health Insurance in 1914 , but she still feared that any improvement respecting their position under the scheme would ‘ discriminate in favour of the wage-earning woman as against her uninsured sister , whose need is often as great , [ and ] will result in a State premium on the industrial employment of married women ’ . |
| 22 | The command to start a LIFESPAN Process is therefore as follows : |
| 23 | I have said consistently we do n't want to be the first in the industry , I would rather await either N A C O T , N A C O M or the U D M seeing what they , the outcome is there as we have traditionally done and then take it from there where you must agree that we have usually improved on their offer when it 's been made . |
| 24 | This group is exactly as its title , the hostess opens her house to any parents or parents to be , who wish to meet with others . |
| 25 | The analysis of the tone group is now as follows : |
| 26 | When all the rendering was removed and interior studies made , it proved to be a late medieval first-floor hall house , and its appearance is now as in the lower picture . |
| 27 | Now this entire wall is exactly as it was in about fourteen fifty when it was built . |
| 28 | The best compromise is probably as follows — condition and dechlorinate the water to be used , and use one or more of the filter starter type solutions or powders , alternatively wash out an old filter sponge or the like in the tank . |
| 29 | Even with the remaining difficulties , arbitration in the county court is certainly as accessible and free from technicality as pursuing an unfair dismissal claim before an industrial tribunal . |
| 30 | We 'll go no more a-screwing So late into the night , Though the heart is still as loving And the moon is still as bright . |