Example sentences of "be [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such skills as are implicated in those two lists are essentially relationship skills and are arguably as relevant to individual professional/client relationships as they are to work with self-advocacy groups . |
| 2 | Ways into reading text , strategies for coping with monolithic texts as well as texts considered to be of less " value " are arguably as vital a part of the educational process as any learning about text . |
| 3 | The hardships we are suffering in the recession are nothing compared to the hell of the Bosnian detention camps , and if we can not find the cash to help what amounts to very few of them then we are morally as well as economically bankrupt . |
| 4 | Such styles , as we have seen , are apparently as pervasive a feature of US high school teaching as of life in British secondary schools . |
| 5 | It may be surmised that , had these children been away as long as the Rochdale children were , this state of total separation would have continued . |
| 6 | I feel quite sad , and I 'm going to miss him , because he 's never been away as long as six months before . |
| 7 | Sales of ten Harlequin titles , like ‘ Duel of Passion ’ and ‘ The Darker Side of Paradise ’ , are already as hot in Moscow and St Petersburg as they were in Montreal and St Paul . |
| 8 | Erm , now we , we can explain to you in more detail , but the finan I think Mr 's already said to you that the financial savings er , from such moves are not as productive as they were , so in sense we 're driven by strategy here , we 're driven by the fact that there is a private and there is an independent sector that is there , there is alternative methods of supply . |
| 9 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
| 10 | In other words , things are exactly as usual . ’ |
| 11 | They 're still as militant and hard to pin down as ever , nabbing bits of soul , funk , ska and reggae , and adding their own peculiar ideology to create a more forceful and joyful noise indeed . |
| 12 | Get to know them , and they 're never as glamorous or as perfect as one imagines . ’ |
| 13 | [ Her ] pictures are probably as living and shameless private documents as exist . ’ |
| 14 | Dolphins are probably as diverse now in terms of numbers of species , as at any time for which we have a good fossil record . |
| 15 | The abuse of power , the breach of the special trust between parent and child which are the hallmarks of incest are clearly as significant where the victim is a boy . |
| 16 | which are also as secret . |
| 17 | Grandcourt is Sir Hugo Mallinger 's nephew and his heir , but they are ethically as distant from each other as Disraeli 's Lord Mamey is from his Mr Lyle . |
| 18 | Per unit of bitterness they are roughly as costly . |
| 19 | It has proved convenient for Conservatives and Labour parties and will probably continue to be so as long as one of them holds office . |
| 20 | At one end of the spectrum of opinion were xenophobic seclusionists who argued that relations with foreigners would be morally as well as politically disastrous . |
| 21 | Get enough exercise during the day to be physically as well as mentally tired . |
| 22 | All records will be in their correct places and the file will be physically as well as logically in sequence . |
| 23 | I expected the Polynesians there to be just as subject to the ailments of the flesh as anywhere else in the world — especially polio — otherwise what would they need a doctor for ? |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't think I 'm normally as effing calm and relaxed as this , do you ? ’ |
| 25 | We 're sorry to disappoint you but Diane will be back as usual next month . |
| 26 | Tomas turns out to be sexually as well as politically opportunistic , resulting in vengeance , desperation and a lot of emotional broken glass . |
| 27 | This would be here as long as the world , Mungo thought . |
| 28 | Protesters says they 'll be here as long as the Foundation is.Even when sale signs go up they 'll still be outside the house . |
| 29 | ‘ Your daughter will be there as long as it takes to help her , Mrs Burrows . |
| 30 | ‘ There should not be an assumption that those countries that make the initial contribution should be there as long as the UN is there . ’ |