Example sentences of "just [adv] [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as skilful as skiing , and , and er ice skating though it 's not phenomenal about sports |
| 2 | To represent Britain in the way I 'm doing , to me that 's just as good as fighting in the war . |
| 3 | I think antagonising people is just as good as making people happy . ’ |
| 4 | It was pride , she supposed ; deep down the prospect of fading away , giving up , was just as terrifying as seeing Luke Denner again . |
| 5 | This is just as beneficial as having animal protein . |
| 6 | The chart , carelessly applied , using the wrong sightings off the wrong landmarks could lead us into error and be just as dangerous as ignoring it completely . |
| 7 | But these are conclusions based on well-resourced day-care centres , and generalization to , say , the child minders described by Jackson , is just as dangerous as generalizing from residential care . |
| 8 | Let a rug or painting suggest or inspire the colour scheme ; if you ca n't revamp old curtains ( though beware ! re-making can sometimes be just as expensive as starting afresh ) turn them into cushions ; cut down carpets which no longer fit but are too good to be thrown out , and make them into small rugs . |
| 9 | I decided that aiming my camera at the TV set was just as reasonable as aiming it out the window " ( ART news , Jan. 1986 ) . |
| 10 | It flattered his vanity to think himself in love with me ; it also gave him , I believe , some unadmitted pleasure constantly to long for my flesh and yet always to forbid himself the attaining of it : to deny himself was just as exciting as to indulge himself . |
| 11 | Bissell 's own molecular composition , including the clothes he had been wearing , had proved just as chaotic as expected . |
| 12 | They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet . |
| 13 | I think there 's a danger that you can go over the top with praise , in that you 're anxious to give quality feedback , the thing that you have to be careful with is that it 's not just meaningless like that , because that can be just as bad as giving negative feedback . |
| 14 | forgotten all about it , anyway she found a little dent apparently our Laura said that 's just as bad as finding lumps . |
| 15 | But I reckon that 's tiring myself , well , not tiring , it 's just as hard as doing a job — I do n't care what any man says … |
| 16 | ( Just as unlikely as eating part of a dieffenbachia leaf . ) |
| 17 | Regular physical activity or exercise is just as important as eating the right type of food . |
| 18 | Just as important as establishing what to include is deciding what to exclude , and it is here that the purists may find cause to tar and feather us . |
| 19 | Moreover , just as important as stressing the plurality of political resources , which form the basis for the exercise of power , pluralist approaches tend to stress the contingency of transforming the potential for political power offered by the possession of such resources into the actual exercise of power . |
| 20 | ‘ There is the other side of the coin in that Alistair and Louis have deprived two local players of places so we ensured that they considered playing just as important as playing for Zimbabwe or Northern Transvaal . ’ |
| 21 | It is generally much easier simply to let cut material fall with this kind of work , but remember that clearing up every scrap afterwards is just as important as cutting it off in the first place . |
| 22 | ‘ In golf , customs of etiquette and decorum are just as important as rules governing play , ’ he wrote . |
| 23 | ‘ They can become a bit cartoony , and making people chuckle is just as important as raising an issue . |
| 24 | ‘ They can become a bit cartoony , and making people chuckle is just as important as raising an issue . |
| 25 | ‘ The girls are doing their bit here and that 's just as important as going in the WAAFs or the WRNS . |
| 26 | Protecting the body against overheating is just as important as preventing hypothermia . |
| 27 | For some people , staying the same weight is just as difficult as losing weight . |
| 28 | At first , finding P seems to be just as difficult as finding the two exchanges as P also moves four pieces . |
| 29 | Cooking for a healthy heart is easy and just as delicious as doing things the ‘ coronary ’ way . |
| 30 | To ask " How many substances ? " is just as ungrammatical as asking " How many rednesses ? " . |