Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [prep] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But trade flows are at least as sensitive to the level of non-tariff barriers as they are to tariffs themselves . |
| 2 | I told Northcliffe that if his people would make enquiries at our Central Office , he would find that our nightly regiment of speakers was at least as well worth reporting as the Radical contingent , but that I realized that from the Press point of view , no doubt , our speakers did not play up to the reporters by handing them their speeches in advance , and by other tricks of the kind to which the Radical orators have recourse . |
| 3 | Her house keys were on there as well . ’ |
| 4 | Brown 's humble origins and lack of formal education are said to have induced his insecurity and lack of confidence ; but Bevin , whose origins were at least as humble , laboured under no such handicaps . |
| 5 | People problems are at least as difficult and often more important than the technological problems . |
| 6 | It is quite true that the Americans were at least as worried about the British as the British were about them , but for very different reasons . |
| 7 | I am sure that he is right in saying that the reduced pupil-teacher ratio provides children with an advantage , and also in pointing out that the quality of teaching and the ability of teachers is at least as important . |
| 8 | However , current research shows that early humans did not generally rely on a meat diet , but that plant foods were at least as important : far from being mighty hunters , early humans are more likely to have been opportunist scavengers . |
| 9 | Although people in the Cape Town ballet world thought highly of his promise , John 's talent as a choreographer was not regarded as proved by the time he left South Africa ( at only eighteen , why should it have been ? ) , and other young choreographers were at least as highly thought of . |