Example sentences of "[be] as [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Privately , not all of Poland 's Communist leaders believe the pro-democracy forces at the Party 's local level to be as strong as the survey indicated . |
| 2 | It may not be as strong as the main outside door . |
| 3 | OSF wo n't put a date on when the re-worked Tivoli-based object management system will be delivered until its announcement later this month , though observers speculate it may be as late as the middle of next year . |
| 4 | The Foundation wo n't put a date on when the re-worked Tivoli-based object management system will be delivered until its announcement later this month , though observers speculate it may be as late as the middle of next year . |
| 5 | It has no existing direct links to the tunnel and could not function until a high-speed rail link was built , and that could be as late as the next century . |
| 6 | The 10-feet high palings , with their broad central gates and twin gas lamps , may not be as imposing as the metal fence around Buckingham Palace , but they do , in their modest way , suggest a sense of grandeur appropriate to a leader who has held office for 10 years . |
| 7 | Maybe ‘ Claremont Road ’ will be as famous as the South Bronx one day . ’ |
| 8 | No decision has been taken but the move could be as early as the summer . |
| 9 | It could be as early as the Claudian period , and it has the typical widely spaced ditches of that period . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend is entirely correct and it would be as well if the House bore that important fact in mind when considering some of the allegations that are made — although I hope this afternoon for a more responsible tone in the remarks of the hon. Member for Sedgefield . |
| 11 | Cos there are people in Britain who simply do n't believe that the public sector can be as efficient as the private sector . |
| 12 | A conservatory is the most adaptable room in your home — and it can be as changeable as the seasons . |
| 13 | Ministers are worried the new charge , which comes into force in April , will be as hated as the poll tax and cause revolt among backbenchers and voters . |
| 14 | Not a modest one like St Asaph , where the gong and tam-tam crescendos of the third movement would be damagingly deafening , but in some vast Gothic building where the acoustic reverberations would be as effective as the spiritual associations in enhancing the effect of the piece . |
| 15 | This option might have to be taken up in the future when the V-bombers reached the end of their operational lives , unless the TSR 2 turned out to be as effective as the RAF hoped , and was able to extend the life of the airborne nuclear deterrent indefinitely . |
| 16 | Vaccines which consist of a small part of the virus , such as the envelope or core proteins , are being tested in animals and humans but may not be as effective as the whole virus . |
| 17 | If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor . |
| 18 | If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor . |
| 19 | It 's said to be as effective as the pill and experts say it 'll widen the choice for women . |
| 20 | But it is also emphasized that professional competence is not something that can or should be taken for granted , and that the intimate knowledge of the carer-counsellor can often be as useful as the most vaunted professional . |
| 21 | The corrective that Mr Welch has prescribed is bold enough to suggest that his second decade as chief executive could be as radical as the first . |
| 22 | However , if that racing game were to be as poor as the film ( it is ) with graphics that look positively antiquated ( they do ) , you 'd expect the rating to be about 34% , would n't you ? |
| 23 | They may not be as healthy as the makers would like you to think . |
| 24 | And so Caspar , who though the could be as reserved as the next man , merely said , ‘ Oh , he 's a strange one , Fael-Inis . |
| 25 | Finding room for the extra athletes may not be as simple as the organising committee would like to pretend . |
| 26 | All this variability both within and between people suggests that the story of how the Stress Syndrome comes about can not be as simple as the Hay Fever Theory would have us believe . |
| 27 | The years of steady expansion were over , although achieving the hoped-for cuts was not to be as easy as the centre expected . |
| 28 | That 's that 's not going to be as easy as the last one . |
| 29 | The data associated with each code number can be as small as the price such as ‘ 38p ’ , or 100,000 words of text . |
| 30 | It can be as utilitarian as the rigid polyurethane foam commonly used in the reinforcement of GRP bodyshells , or as elegant as the aluminium or Nomex honeycombs employed in pukka aerospace sandwich materials ( as seen recently through holes in the wings of Tornado jets involved in the Gulf conflict ) . |