Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He even made so bold as to ask about Maureen O'Duffy . |
| 2 | Patrick made so bold as to ask : ‘ Do you know if they 're coming from Ashford or Headquarters ? ’ |
| 3 | Beethoven , among others , could not comprehend how Mozart could have stooped so low as to set to music such an apparently frivolous text , dealing with the fickleness of women ; and the prudish moral climate of the later 19th century made sure that Così was conveniently ignored as a little aberration . |
| 4 | Percy took her hand , saying , ‘ Definitely my art is diffused , but I have never stooped so low as to even touch a guitar . ’ |
| 5 | But pace bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis said in a statement : ‘ We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments . |
| 6 | We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments in the papers . |
| 7 | For smaller companies , especially those engaged in craft industries , the combined cost of monitoring equipment , inspection and certification is proving so high as to threaten their existence . |
| 8 | Other sea monsters washed ashore have proved objects of interest and attraction to visitors at first , but soon becoming so offensive as to render the town of Looe barely inhabitable . |
| 9 | But I considered myself to be unattractive , and in becoming so thin as to render myself totally undesirable sexually , I was saying , ‘ I may be unattractive , but this is because I choose to be this way . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I always heard tell of you that you were a wolf , but never that you were come so low as to prey on dead men . |
| 11 | The problems of the British social formation were sufficiently pressing to demand at least rhetorical radical solutions from the parties ( Wilson 's ‘ planning ’ , Heath 's ‘ free market ’ ) , and governments ' failures to match their promises were of sufficient concern to the people to breed a serious disillusionment with party politics , yet I submit that for most people of all classes the problems were not considered so urgent as to demand a really radical questioning of existing social relations , with all the risks that would entail . |
| 12 | Branches are becoming less uniform as banks tailor outlets to meet specific needs . |
| 13 | Surely polymeric surfactants , which are becoming increasingly important as dispersing agents , are worth more than the three pages devoted to them here . |
| 14 | Their tastes are also becoming increasingly sophisticated as shown by booming sales in luxurious fine fragrances , according to a survey by Mintel . |
| 15 | That way they will not only taste wonderful , they will also make you feel as cosy as wearing a cashmere sweater , or sitting with your toes in the Aga and a purring cat on your lap . |
| 16 | They 'd as good as killed him when they 'd taken him out of the field . |
| 17 | For a while , there , he 'd as good as haunted the place in the late afternoons … but then the van had broken down and getting into town had n't been so easy , and besides the restaurant had become so damned busy that he 'd become just another face in an ever-changing crowd . |
| 18 | He 'd as good as admitted he 'd gone off her sexually by saying he preferred just resting in her , motionless . |
| 19 | The match seemed as good as settled by the first evening . |
| 20 | The exhibitors ' stands , crammed under the shadow of an overhanging gallery , seemed as blasphemous as betting shops in a tabernacle . |
| 21 | Punctually at eight o'clock Lizzie the housemaid , apron fresh and cap on head , carried the tray , large enough to hold two cups , a charming pattern of violets scattered over them , matched by a teapot , also wreathed in violets , and a plate of bread and butter , slices cut as thin as veils , up three flights of stairs . |
| 22 | Indeed , the cross-equation restrictions may become so complicated as to make computation of the restricted model difficult or impossible in practice . |
| 23 | Sometimes disagreement , in spite of attempts to conceal it , will become so public as to prejudice a party 's hopes of electoral success . |
| 24 | That they make it sound as natural as breathing is something of an accomplishment . |
| 25 | The city parasites were also massing as thick as flies over a turd : smooth-skinned lads , cloak-twitchers , quacks , night wanderers , mimes and petty sorcerers . |
| 26 | More importantly , the financial and time pressures on heads of houses have become so acute as to leave little appetite among senior publishing people for taking on additional responsibilities . |
| 27 | Hooliganism involving Dutch supporters has become so frequent as to suggest that another blanket ban of a nation 's clubs might be necessary . |
| 28 | However , Dr Tim Synott of the Oxford Forestry Institute suggested that plantations might be suitable on some formerly-forested lands that had become so degraded as to have very little biological value . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , less than a mile away , Therapy ? are happily getting as drunk as newts in a British style pub bar celebrating yours truly 's latest bastard birthday . |
| 30 | ‘ It crossed my mind that I could push open the door and drop the dinghy myself , but I soon realised that the workload would be far too heavy , flying as low as intended for the drop . |