Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] as make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if we make the comparison with the earlier part of the twentieth century when people were beginning to live longer , the economic conditions of family life were so different as to make a decision to take an old person into one 's home , if they could not maintain themselves , a very different decision from its equivalent today . |
| 2 | Some of the groups found that the sound quality was so poor as to make it difficult to listen to the recordings . |
| 3 | The nationality requirement , along with the domicile and residence requirements , was so restrictive as to make ineligible for consideration as ‘ qualified companies ’ many publicly quoted companies or banks on the International Stock Exchange in London . |
| 4 | A woman whose energy and appetite for merriment were so enormous and whose gift for friendship was so limitless as to make her unique in high London society . |
| 5 | Enter Ulrich Zwingli ( 1484–1531 ) , one of the most zealously dedicated of all the religious reformers , a man whose opposition to traditional beliefs and practices was so extreme as to make Luther ( with whom he quarrelled ) look mild . |
| 6 | That was real exciting , too , but I do n't think anything was as exciting as making that first record . ’ |