Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I trust that my proposals as to where I believe library and information science professionals should direct their efforts are sufficiently clear-cut so as to draw responses from the professionals involved . |
| 2 | Although the relevance of recordable bill of lading data depends upon the type of transaction involved , the following data are sufficiently generic so as to become prime candidates for public registry recording : 1 ) storage of goods in carriers ' warehouse or independent warehouses awaiting carriage ; 2 ) issuance of port to port and combined transport bills ; 3 ) on board loading ; 4 ) carriers ' ( actual or contractual ) names , and electronic signatures or authenticating devices ; 5 ) certificates of carrier , freight forwarder , and other issuer solvency or sufficiency of insurance ; 6 ) inspectors ' and other examiners ' names , electronic signatures or authenticating devices , and certifications of solvency or of sufficiency of insurance ; 7 ) negotiation , transfer , pledge , and presentation ( including cancellation ) of port to port and combined transport bills ; and 8 ) storage of goods upon termination of carriage , and issuance of warehouse and trust receipts . |
| 3 | How , she wondered bemusedly , could she have been so trivial recently as to wish to upset these unexceptionable people . |
| 4 | Such speakers may make overgeneralisations which are not appropriate either as HE or as SE , for example : " I 've done a course two years ago " ( Harris 1984 : 315 ) . |
| 5 | I thought I was going to get some more , but I suppose nearly all the Owsla feel they 're very well off as they are . " |
| 6 | They had been as contented together as could have been expected , he supposed , from a union which had been largely one of convenience and accommodation ; and he would always remember , with a sort of perverse affection , her rather loud voice , her over-daubed war-paint — and , of course , the painful state of those poor feet of hers … |
| 7 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 8 | Regular worshippers may have been as sparse then as they are today but he was a person to whom one turned in times of trouble , just as he was called on at times of family celebration . |
| 9 | The economic differences between a farmer and his workers are as wide today as they ever were ( probably wider when wealth as well as income is taken into account ) , but the social distance between them has been considerably reduced . |
| 10 | Its therapies have stood the test of time and are as effective today as they were two hundred years ago . |
| 11 | Indeed ‘ [ w ] e are as restrictive materially as the Victorians were morally ’ , he argues . |
| 12 | The issues raised by these comments are as relevant today as they were at the time . |
| 13 | The ideals of the Hospitaller Order are as relevant today as they were in the 16th century when the Order was founded — to meet ‘ All in Need ’ , no matter their colour , race or creed . |
| 14 | You will have seen that the accident to which this report refers happened in 1973 — The mistakes indicated in the report are as relevant to-day as they were then . |
| 15 | Produced by Igelfilm in Germany , the film examines Mr Niemoller 's prophetic stance on topics which are as relevant now as they were in his lifetime . |
| 16 | The matters that have been highlighted in this report are as relevant now as those which necessitated the formings of the nineteen seventy eight and nineteen ninety congress resolutions . |
| 17 | The terror of a lost shoe or a missed train are as great here as those of guerrilla attack or nuclear war . ) |
| 18 | Unless we can get professional managers who are as good entrepreneurially as those who set up for themselves we shall have major problems ahead . |
| 19 | The design of interiors … are as valid today as they were in earlier times — the vaults , snugs , parlours , each with their own character , can still provide a pleasant , varied atmosphere ’ . |
| 20 | The principles of homoeopathy , as laid down by Hahnemann , are as valid today as they were in his time . |
| 21 | However , the reasons for its conception are as valid today as they were whenever the saying was first coined . |
| 22 | In 1792 wages in Sheffield were said to be so high generally as to allow the leisure-preferring cutlers to live comfortably from working only three days a week . |
| 23 | While the Panel does not fall squarely within this category of body , its activities are considered by the courts to be sufficiently similar so as to be subject to judicial review . |
| 24 | Unfortunately this legislation has proved to be totally ineffective both as it was drafted and as it has been put into practice . |
| 25 | But in 1914 I wanted to be purely English so as to be able to offer myself untainted to Lily . |
| 26 | I 'm as good now as I was then and my target is 20 goals for the season . |
| 27 | ‘ Honestly , I 'm as fit now as I was during the World Cup and my weight is down to what it was two years ago . |
| 28 | The proofreading seems not to be as accurate here as in the rest of the book , and there are some flaws in the details concerning the manuscripts and the discussion of the settings . |
| 29 | As Malinowski 's own posthumously published field diaries record , this cross-cultural experience , involving a massive exposure to what we nowadays call ‘ culture-shock ’ , is likely to be as gruelling psychologically as it is physically . |
| 30 | Whose penis was said to be as damn near as big as his guitar ? |