Example sentences of "[adj] as [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now this use of a formula , making the , the formula as pliable as possible to take in all these different themes , seems to me very interesting , because it seems to me a point at which popular literature , erm or the so-called easy dividing line between popular literature and high art , becomes very difficult to judge , very fuzzy . |
| 2 | But in the beginning you should make it as easy as possible to get into the habit without excuses getting in the way . |
| 3 | But I think it is reasonable as well as constructive to allude to the possibility that the human spirit is indeed evolving , that we are gradually ‘ widening the circle of compassion ’ , moving away from the narrower , more self-interested , more aggressive forms of social organisation to embrace the concept of one world in which we do indeed see ourselves as members of one human family . |
| 4 | They looked as solid as reasonable to expect in the circumstances … the midfield were looking to get forward , and being caught on the break is fair enough when chasing a cup tie … and Goodman is one of the better players around … suprisingly fast . |
| 5 | For example , poor-country governments may have an incentive to report GDP as low as possible to qualify for soft loans from international financial institutions , or to get favourable trade treatment . |
| 6 | Vines can be lifted high off the ground to avoid frost ; dropped as low as possible to benefit from heat reflected by stony ground at night ; generously spaced along the rows to attract the sun and avoid humidity ; or intensively cultivated into a canopy of foliage to avoid too much sun and encourage humidity in dry areas . |