Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as is [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The advantage to be derived by the lower class of your parishioners in case of accident or severe illness from such an asylum is sufficiently obvious as is the great saving to the parish rates ’ . |
| 2 | In their examination of the Narnia stories , the Rustins ( 1987 , pp.47–8 ) found that C. S. Lewis gave distinct roles to the male and female characters : ‘ The sexual division of labour is entirely conventional as is the apportionment of sensitivity and intuition to girls and courage and decisiveness to the boys ’ . |
| 3 | Cleanliness and hygiene are obviously important as is the siting of new animal houses or manure stores in order to obtain maximum dispersion of the odour . |
| 4 | The latter has much in common with both pavements from Leicester , but the kaleidoscopic patterns are not identical to those of the Blackfriars mosaic , while the floral device of the lozenge arrangement ( based on four halves of an eight-lozenge star , around a central square ) in the St. Nicholas Street pavement is tilted , not perpendicular as is the floral device in the Great Witcombe mosaic . |
| 5 | Although more people are aware of the term ‘ Euthanasia ’ and what this entails , general attitudes about death and its meaning are at best still ambivalent as is the case also in America , but where there is evidence since the 1960s of a burgeoning of courses in schools , colleges and some universities . |
| 6 | Notwithstanding that the royal prerogative as a source of power for the government antedates Acts of Parliament , has been at the root of a civil war and a revolution in England and has been litigated about on countless major occasions in respect of its use both at home and overseas , its scope is still unclear as is the role of the courts in relation thereto . |
| 7 | That ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ has ‘ such-and-such ’ for its fulfilment is as unproblematic as is the rule of grammar that ‘ X does such-and-such ’ is the execution of the order to X ‘ Do such-and-such ’ , or the rule of whist that the act of trumping has the consequence that the trick is won — provided one 's opponent does not use a higher trump . |
| 8 | Note , however , that this should not be as explicit as is the name of the murderer . |
| 9 | Piecemeal approaches to rural development are as inappropriate as is the encouragement of people in the belief that they can have similar services , income levels and amenities to those existing in other areas when policy and local circumstances will never in practice be able to provide them . |
| 10 | After a time this ability becomes as instinctive as is the power of singing or whistling a note of any pitch desired , but it should be obvious that horn parts should keep to ‘ vocal ’ intervals or stepwise movement as far as possible . |
| 11 | The liable person will normally be the resident who owns the property ( s75 ) ; joint owners are jointly liable as is the resident spouse of a liable person ( s77 ) . |
| 12 | The installation is very professional as is the actual program , but what else would you expect from leading leisure company SIERRA . |