Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be as " in BNC.
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| 1 | With only 400,000 people and lots of bauxite , there is no good reason why Suriname should not be as democratic as and rather better off than most of the little states of the Caribbean . |
| 2 | When I am settled , there is no reason why my life should not be as placid , and there is much reason why it should be far more placid , than at home . |
| 3 | Once the lactic acid is dealt with , those aches and pains should not be as bad . |
| 4 | The administration lag should not be as long for monetary policy since formal Parliamentary approval is not required . |
| 5 | Note , however , that this should not be as explicit as is the name of the murderer . |
| 6 | If your garden slope is fairly gentle , and you do n't want to build a whole flight of steps , you could always join short lengths of sloping path with just one or two steps at intervals , but the approach should always be as level as possible . |
| 7 | Questions should also be as short as possible , be easily understood , and avoid esoteric language . |
| 8 | In the circumstances , however , the period of remand should clearly be as short as possible so that an early decision may be made on the full evidence . |
| 9 | Chiaro in her chapter on " Framing Word-play " says " There must surely be as many joke formulae as there are people to tell them " ( p. 61 ) ; " surely " I think not , or there would be no sense of the formulaic . |
| 10 | It is evident that the only government which can fully satisfy all the exigencies of the social state is one in which the whole people participate ; that any participation , even in the smallest public function , is useful ; that the participation should everywhere be as great as the general degree of improvement of the community will allow ; and that nothing less can be ultimately desirable than the admission of all to a share in the sovereign power of the state . |
| 11 | The hot water-cylinder should certainly be as near as possible to the boiler — preferably vertically above it — and to the taps it serves . |
| 12 | A skeleton argument should therefore be as succinct as possible . |
| 13 | 4.2 Reception areas/waiting rooms should therefore be as pleasant as possible . |
| 14 | Even though critics may not be as learned as their art-historical colleagues , there is no good reason for their practised eyes to cloud over when looking at art of other periods . |
| 15 | Though , wrote Harsnet , that difference may not be as great as I sometimes imagine . |
| 16 | Sir : The internal market advocated by the Government for the NHS ( in particular for the hospitals ) may not be as new an idea as may be thought . |
| 17 | The 10-feet high palings , with their broad central gates and twin gas lamps , may not be as imposing as the metal fence around Buckingham Palace , but they do , in their modest way , suggest a sense of grandeur appropriate to a leader who has held office for 10 years . |
| 18 | The conditions under which trade may be carried out may not be as simple as they might at first appear . |
| 19 | ‘ I may not be as much with my family as I should be , but at least I am at home , ’ he reasons . |
| 20 | My wardrobe may not be as current these days , and I hardly saw a movie for a year and a half while I was getting myself back on my feet financially . |
| 21 | ‘ He may not be as daft as you think , ’ said Simon . |
| 22 | And that may not be as bad as it first sounds . |
| 23 | Finding room for the extra athletes may not be as simple as the organising committee would like to pretend . |
| 24 | ON A psychologist 's scale of life 's traumas , losing a parliamentary seat may not be as painful as divorce , separation or bereavement . |
| 25 | The new pseudo-science of ‘ counselling ’ , which seems to have taken over from the greater absurdity of analysis , may not be as destructive as its predecessor but it , too , has many of the characteristics of an enclosed cult like the Plymouth Brethren or the Moonies . |
| 26 | But this increase may not be as great as the rise in the numbers of older people if there is an improvement in their state of fitness as Jefferys and Thane ( 1989 ) suggest . |
| 27 | Therefore , asking questions about objectives , planning , choice and evaluation may not be as important as asking questions about political forces at work if resource patterns are to be understood . |
| 28 | ‘ The operational differences between federal and unitary states may not be as great as portrayed by the constitutional-legal classics on federalism ’ . |
| 29 | It may not be as strong as the main outside door . |
| 30 | It may not be as easy as surrendering your body to the doctor and simply taking the medicine , nor can you expect an over-night cure . |