Example sentences of "were every bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had taken a group of talented individuals and moulded them into a superb team , ridding them of their old factions and weaknesses , and showing the disbelievers that black men were every bit as good as white . |
| 2 | Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been an engineer for a long time , and I 've always believed that ethics and integrity were every bit as important as theorems and formulas , and never once has anything happened to change my beliefs . |
| 4 | The numbers from Fujitsu Ltd , Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp , all of which announced yesterday , were every bit as bad as expected , with Fujitsu plunging to a consolidated net loss of $295m and the other two more comfortably diversified companies reporting sharp declines . |
| 5 | The numbers from Fujitsu Ltd , Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp , all of which announced last week , were every bit as bad as expected , with Fujitsu plunging to a consolidated net loss of $295m and the other two more comfortably diversified companies reporting sharp profit declines of 39.4% at $699.4m and 48% at $186m respectively . |
| 6 | An attacking enemy could be allowed to break through the outer gates and would find that he was surrounded by walls and towers which were every bit as impregnable as those outside . |
| 7 | But ultimately they were every bit as bad as the others . ’ |
| 8 | The people murdered last week were every bit as innocent as were the people in the Shankhill Road , and I would be certain that the families of the people in the Shankhill Road would be horrified that the murder of their loved ones would be used as an excuse as an excuse to do exactly the same to other innocent people . |
| 9 | Compressed as the battle arena had become , losses suffered among the senior commanders were every bit as grievous as among the rank-and-file ; in one French division , three out of four full colonels were killed during the mid-March fighting . |