Example sentences of "be a [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 It 's not as much fun being a GP nowadays as it used to be .
2 For the same money y they will also tell you of any enquiry in your area , because somebody might not have mentioned favours , but anybody they know and it 's a photographer here as well because they 're fundamentally photographers , erm they will tell you everybody they know who 's going to have er a wedding coming up and then you can write to them .
3 Because we 're right we 're we , we 're , we 're better people as a result , so th th there 's a tendency just as in individuals can get proud and even arrogant and self-satisfied , so does the tendency for groups to get proud , arrogant and self-satisfied because and what fuels this group erm feeling is narcissism .
4 And that 's a bedroom here as well .
5 Tufnell bowls and there 's a shout again as that goes near diving silly point 's right hand , and there 's no run , a hundred and eleven for three still .
6 Easily Accessible : Walking is a delight here as the area is never crowded and the walker can truly be alone with nature .
7 ‘ Big Iain Dowie is a handful now as well .
8 JustText is a misnomer really as it can handle graphics and rules quite easily .
9 Poets do not necessarily have to be commentators on the historic present ; there is a world within as well as a world without .
10 Therefore this was a battle now as he understood a battle , however mangled beforehand by being half-decided at a distance .
11 So she she did that and she did she was a midwife sometimes as well .
12 There was a crash downstairs as someone knocked the record player over .
13 Suddenly there was a commotion outside as Nigel and Elinor hurtled up the garden path and through the front door .
14 Many years ago there was a restaurant here as well as a viewing platform , but nowadays it is a sad skeleton .
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