Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of coverage of a typical meeting was £1,412 , and that is what a single customer would have to pay , but when many channels have been interested , the price has fallen as low as £36 . |
| 2 | But pace bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis said in a statement : ‘ We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments . |
| 3 | We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments in the papers . |
| 4 | Mr Hazell said : ‘ He has come as close as anyone can to meeting his maker and surviving . ’ |
| 5 | Joey Beauchamp has looked as lively as sharp as any over the last few weeks . |
| 6 | But for priority shareholders — customers of companies who will qualify for the 10p discount on each of the subsequent 70p part-payments should only sell when the price has risen as high as 150p to 160p . |
| 7 | Nick has become as consistent as any batter in the Championship ; Lloydy has fulfilled everything expected of him ; and Peter has shown as much potential as any seamer of his age . ’ |
| 8 | Dench 's guitar has become as prominent as his hooter , squealing and squalling throughout . |
| 9 | Since then , however , his reputation has become as tarnished as Nixon 's . |
| 10 | We have to keep a proper balance or we will continue to see destruction in the countryside that we have seen in some areas where there is too much access and where what used to be a path has become as wide as the M1 . |
| 11 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 12 | The really significant change in divorce , in terms of both law and behaviour , has taken place in the twentieth century ; and as Stone devotes only forty of his 422 pages to a consideration of the period after 1857 , he essentially precludes an answer to the question he poses , namely , why divorce has become as common as taxes and death . |
| 13 | In fact , we in methodism we 've been ordaining women for the last twenty-five years , and it has become as natural as breathing to us . |
| 14 | For instance , Yadin Dudai in Jerusalem , amongst others , has exploited the behavioural and biochemical possibilities opened up by mutations amongst fruit flies ; for him and some other neurobiologists Drosophila has become as popular as it has been for most of this century for geneticists . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that competition from both within and outside the profession will continue to grow , and efficient practice management in all its forms has become as important as technical skill in maintaining and improving profitability . |
| 16 | ‘ Parents see behaviour at home and school as separate — as if there 's no connection ’ The art of teaching has become almost incidental as the role of social worker has increased , says Douglas Fraser |
| 17 | Hooliganism involving Dutch supporters has become so frequent as to suggest that another blanket ban of a nation 's clubs might be necessary . |
| 18 | Family planning Salvadorean fashion has become so notorious as to be classified as a human rights issue . |
| 19 | This problem has become more obvious as hospitals have increasingly adopted the policy of having open wards . |
| 20 | But , so , oddly enough , does much of the statistical and purely ‘ factual ’ material which has become more abundant as the state extends its role . |
| 21 | More recently , the demand for fast breeder reactors has seemed less urgent as worldwide supplies of uranium have become more plentiful . |
| 22 | The method to be described , called Branch-and-Bound ( B & B ) has proved as effective as any in the solution of ILPs . |
| 23 | OF ALL the fads spurred by the onset of the single European market , none has proved as damning as the one that might be called ‘ Euronomia ’ : an uncontrollable compulsion to include ‘ Euro ’ in company names . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the County Council believes it has gone as far as its possibly can to recognize and respond to the district 's problems , and that it can not justify moving any closer in reducing the gap between the recommended allocation of a hundred and thirty two hectares and the two hundred to two hundred and fifty hectares which are requested the District Council . |
| 25 | So in addition to standard depreciation allowances , certain designated sectors can write off another 25 per cent of the investment against tax in the first year , while in energy saving or robotic investment the rate has gone as high as 60 per cent . |
| 26 | I do not think that research has gone as fast as it should ! |
| 27 | I am reliably assured that King 's College Chapel in Cambridge , which has stood as steady as a rock for the past 450 years , could never be built today because the design would never be accepted under the safety limits of the building regulations ! |
| 28 | Beethoven , among others , could not comprehend how Mozart could have stooped so low as to set to music such an apparently frivolous text , dealing with the fickleness of women ; and the prudish moral climate of the later 19th century made sure that Così was conveniently ignored as a little aberration . |
| 29 | The film had cost at least $25 million ( and may have soared as high as $33 million if all costs were considered ) which , in 1970 dollars , put it way above the epic category . |
| 30 | I must have looked as astonished as I felt . |