Example sentences of "be [adj] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reasonable to suppose that the ‘ leading ’ industries will be willing to concede money wage increases to their workers equal to the rate of productivity growth : this will not in itself be inflationary as the average price level in these industries can be held constant . |
| 2 | A lesson of this kind would be appropriate as the final stage in a unit of work on ways of asking permission . |
| 3 | Hugo 's cross may be identifiable as the walrus-ivory cross at the Cloisters in New York . |
| 4 | His spelling errors may be unrecognisable as the intended word — girf for giraffe ; michm for making ; negys for needle . |
| 5 | City shopkeepers thought this would be disastrous as the last thing that people cooped up in offices all day want to do is to plunge underground when at last they have a chance to get out in the fresh air . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , problems still remain with regard to delivery and it seems that in the case of an individual delivery will still be necessary as the old law still applies , with the result that a document will be treated as delivered when it is clear that it was intended by one of the parties that he was to be bound by the terms of the document . |
| 7 | Tendring District Council believes a decision would be premature as the final version of the district plan — the area 's blueprint for future development — is not completed . |
| 8 | His spelling errors will be recognisable as the intended word — cof for cough ; entad for entered . |
| 9 | I have got to alter myself so completely that at the end I should hardly be recognisable as the same person . |
| 10 | This is a clear way of showing the relationships , but it can be misleading as the linked list with pointers is not the only tool that can be used to link record occurrences . |
| 11 | This argument was rejected and the patent was held to be valid as the many unsuccessful attempts by inventors to find a solution coupled with the immediate commercial success of the present invention denied the possibility of a finding of obviousness . |