Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but when he got down here he was as right as rain was n't he ? |
| 2 | On a continuum of complexity from the bottom of the structure to the top , where are the discontinuities that will allow us to identify layers of hierarchy that are distinct and separable , as different as ice is from water and water from steam ? |
| 3 | Lochs which were once as clear as crystal are now coloured muddy brown . |
| 4 | This advice , suited to small craft-masters or farmers , might still make some sense in the moderately small counting houses of even quite large bankers and merchants , and remained valid in as much as instruction was an essential aspect of management in newly industrialising countries . |
| 5 | As has been said , ‘ We love in as much as love was present in the first great affair of our lives ! ’ |
| 6 | Her nightdress was nothing like as pretty as Maman 's , no lace , only broderie anglaise the same as edged Nicandra 's drawers ( " knickers " and panties " were common words , not to be used . |
| 7 | Since the direction of the direct and the indirect effect is the same ( which need not always be so ) , the size of the effect of job type on absenteeism would not be as large once sex was controlled as it had seemed in the bivariate relationship . |
| 8 | What matters , as Morgan , Marx , and Engels rightly stress , is the corporate organization of descent groups , but these descent groups are just as corporate whether descent is reckoned patrilineally or matrilineally . |
| 9 | Maybe , just maybe , one of the reasons why Sun Microsystems Inc 's SuperSparc Viking chip has n't gone as smooth as silk is because Sun 's lead engineers did n't listen to the young pups and do all the simulation runs they should have to begin with . |
| 10 | In fact when I er er periods started it was them that told me all about it not me mother and did n't never think then about st er sex or anything , not a thing , I was as innocent as day was born when I was eighteen . |
| 11 | Your duty tonight is not to wash up , but to allow the Master to slaughter you on the black and white field — unless you play a game as wicked as Papa 's — in which case you may finish off what the Africans began on me ! ’ |
| 12 | just as important as cash is having a purpose in life . |
| 13 | As important as renewal is , yet again , increased membership . |
| 14 | First , as essential as independence is to both , in the context of internal audit it is bound to have a different emphasis because internal auditors are officials of the audited organization . |
| 15 | But as far as aim is with , on a typical day , say if I get out of the depot at quarter to nine , if you like , and look at today 's string , I go to Derby . |
| 16 | ‘ As contrary as cruelty is to mercy , or tyranny to charity , ’ he asserted , ‘ so is war and bloodshed to the meekness and gentleness of Christian religion . ’ |
| 17 | Soviet design philosophy also rises to the system 's innate strengths : an economy which finds quantity as cheap as quality is expensive ( hence long production lines and low unit costs ) and a procurement system effective at bringing together operators , designers and technologists . |