Example sentences of "[adj] as [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Congestion with throbbing all over and burning ; blood vessels throb and pulsate as do local inflammations ; hammering pains in the head if they move . |
| 2 | Is the prevalence of flank pain or macroscopic haematuria in patients with simple renal cysts so high as to justify invasive procedures ( such as removal by surgery or the application of alcohol ) ? |
| 3 | The reason for this is that the linguistic , social and educational environments of the two countries may be so different as to provide different opportunities for language learning . |
| 4 | He arrived at night to find the strand ‘ covered in bodies ’ charred beyond recognition , but identifiable as wearing British uniforms . |
| 5 | One version has it that this Byzantine princess caused a collection of manuscripts to be brought to Moscow that was so splendid as to leave sixteenth-century eyewitnesses dumbfounded . |
| 6 | ‘ To us it 's as simple as writing good tunes and having fun , ’ he begins weakly . |
| 7 | The article is unmarked as regards spatio-temporal relations ; so the function of deictic reference is to set up a continual spatial , temporal and subjective opposition between proximal and distal relations . |
| 8 | I simply said I could n't picture you doing anything as unglamorous as helping wee ones count to ten . ’ |
| 9 | Programmes of study should be so constructed as to give all pupils the opportunity to enjoy work in a wide range of literary forms . |
| 10 | As for O'Leary , it is 3½ years since he had the car accident which left him with a back injury so severe as to necessitate three operations . |
| 11 | The supply of left-handed clubs is so insufficient as to deter those left-handers who may be considering taking up the sport . |
| 12 | Hence if shares are given a preferential dividend they are presumed to be non-participating as regards further dividends , and if they are given a preferential right to a return of capital they are presumed to be non-participating in surplus assets . |
| 13 | As Alexander ( 1982 , p. 30 ) notes , agency agreements , superimposed ‘ on an already complicated allocation ’ of local authority functions , have added to the confusion experienced by consumers in service provision and ‘ ensured that the processes of public accountability and democratic control would be so convoluted as to raise serious doubts about their effectiveness ’ . |
| 14 | This is hardly surprising as establishing new artists is a costly and lengthy process . |
| 15 | I have argued throughout this paper against the various theories that hold that human aggression is so formidable as to require special mechanisms for handling or redirection . |
| 16 | That 's sufficient in law , although at least 20 years is desirable as validating old recitals of title , etc . |