Example sentences of "is as [adj] [conj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The field of education is as wide as that of religion , and it would be futile to attempt to particularise over such a vast subject . |
| 2 | One could also argue that the Poet is using the Mistress as bait to induce the Friend to remain : this three-way relationship is as complex as that in Sartre 's Huis clos ( two women , one man ) and in some ways equally claustrophobic and degrading . |
| 3 | If it is as long as that ! |
| 4 | Their presence is as essential as that of practitioners on self-regulatory bodies in law and medicine , ’ Lord McGregor said . |
| 5 | The fact that the film was hailed by critics as a triumphant piece of realism , even though the woman 's choice between a passionate affair and married contentment is as melodramatic as that offered by any Gainsborough melodrama , reflects the kudos Lean had acquired as director of In Which We Serve , the critic 's touchstone for quality . |
| 6 | ‘ There , you see , it is as easy as that . |
| 7 | It is as simple as that ( though I guess the skills required are far from simple ) . |
| 8 | The Seam-loc roofing and cladding system is as simple as that . |
| 9 | It is as simple as that . ’ |
| 10 | It is as simple as that . |
| 11 | It is as simple as that . |
| 12 | It is as simple as that . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid it really is as simple as that . ’ |
| 14 | The search for details of buildings now gone is as fascinating as that of the discovery of features of those that remain . |
| 15 | The same insistence upon a curriculum which goes beyond a narrow conception of role initiation may be found even in North America , where trade union traditions are relatively apolitical but not all union education is as blinkered as that offered by the British TUC . |
| 16 | But I am not saying that Dr. Briant should necessarily be stopped from making his scientific searches , for his ability to do so is as God-given as that warning . |
| 17 | TCR- β rearrangement in thymocytes of TCR- α mutant mice is as extensive as that in wild-type mice . |
| 18 | Although the evidence for military organization in the Merovingian period is as poor as that for any other aspect of the administrative history of the period , it is possible , once again , to put together some picture from the narratives provided by Gregory of Tours and others . |
| 19 | It is as primary as that . |
| 20 | The advantages that this property conferred on Aplysia for those studying neurons is as great as that of the squid giant axon for the study of the action potential , and was early recognized by Arvanitaki , Tauc and their collaborators . |
| 21 | According to activist Mauro Leivi : " The quantity of nutrients in fur animal droppings today is as great as that in the uncleaned sewage of a million people . |
| 22 | ‘ It is as straightforward as that . ’ |
| 23 | Adis 's future is as uncertain as that of the country from which he fled . |
| 24 | No other university in Britain has a single faculty combining the interests of science and engineering which is as large as that at Edinburgh . |
| 25 | The death rates from lung cancer among women using low-quality coal in cooking stoves is as high as that of heavy cigarette smokers . |
| 26 | In the literature to have survived from the sixth century , however , the legacy of Sidonius is as significant as that of Lérins . |
| 27 | The wood is laid on the altar , Isaac is bound and then ‘ put ’ ( the word in the Hebrew is as colourless as that : it is as if he is an object for slaughter , no longer a human being , let alone Abraham 's son ) on the wood . |
| 28 | Most people who see the run-down state of schools and public transport do not think that the picture of public spending is as rosy as that set out by the Chancellor . |
| 29 | Caliban 's affection is as misplaced as that of Titania for Bottom , yet it obeys the normal Shakespearian convention of moving from prose to verse to express respect . |
| 30 | Our response is as vivid as that of every other death-dreading generation since the tale was first invented by some sadistic mariner keen to terrify the new cabin-boy . |