Example sentences of "as it [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He assured Lord Salisbury on his visit to England in the summer of 1929 that ( according to Salisbury 's notes of their conversation ) , though dominion status might be admitted as the ultimate goal , ‘ inasmuch as it is impossible to anticipate an India which could defend itself , and as it is unthinkable that a British army could be subject to native control — an essential condition of real Dominion status — the realisation of the aspiration is not within sight ’ . |
| 2 | Teachers whose fourth-year pupils have already started working towards the 1994 exams , are working blind as it is impossible to know how these levels will be viewed until after the results are published . |
| 3 | It then becomes impossible to rank societies as more or less aggressive than one another , just as it is impossible to say that one society is more or less evil than another . |
| 4 | The suppression of vice is therefore , Lord Devlin argues , just as important as the suppression of subversive activities , and just as it is impossible to point to an area of morality which should not be subject to the law , so there is no area of morality which can be described as ‘ private ’ . |
| 5 | Secondly , from a harmonic point of view , as it is impossible to form chords such as the dominant with pentatonic scales , the harmony is slightly static , there being no decisive resolution or strong cadences . |
| 6 | ‘ As it is impossible to reduce police strength any further to offset the estimated cost of the two major investigations , the force will have to implement some or all of the measures mentioned . ’ |
| 7 | Of all Derek Jarman 's written work , At Your Own Risk is his most militantly outspoken , as courageous as it is heedless , as intemperate as it is driven by profound moral injustice . |
| 8 | The Estrecho de Magallanes , as Admiralty Chart No. 554 is content to call it , is as darkly beautiful as it is useful . |
| 9 | Sartre founds communist action precisely by refusing any productivity to history and by making history , insofar as it is intelligible , the immediate result of our volitions . |
| 10 | Today the influence of Isamu Noguchi , who died in 1988 at the age of eighty-four , is as vast as it is underrecognised . |
| 11 | This is as obvious as it is tedious ! |
| 12 | Hundreds of aspiring office-holders in the Clinton administration are currently being vetted for security clearance , a process as time-consuming as it is nerve-wracking . |
| 13 | This humble mollusc can be unreservedly recommended as it is hardy and lives exclusively on algae . |
| 14 | The parents should feel an integral part of this process as it is pointless to give out a piece of advice on how to change their reactions unless they understand the rationale behind it . |
| 15 | Scott was ‘ the victim of a combination of envious rivals as selfish as it is ignoble ’ . |
| 16 | The significance of this difference in approach to relief-composition among works which share a style that is in other respects as consistent as it is distinctive , will best be discussed after we have looked at the pediments . |
| 17 | Baumol 's theory of contestable markets states that consumer welfare can be maximised regardless of the number of firms in an industry , as long as it is greater than one . |
| 18 | Panel interviews can be rather intimidating as it is easy to get a feeling of ‘ just me against all of them ’ . |
| 19 | Just as it is easy to put the tag ‘ ritual object ’ on any unknown prehistoric artefact , so , too , it is easy to class any mythical or artistic representation of the female as the universal mother . |
| 20 | However , a right-angle guide can be bought as an accessory to keep edges and faces of timber at 90°C , which is really useful , as it is easy to take off too much wood from one side or the other . |
| 21 | These three clever pieces in silk crêpe-de-chine are designed to mix and match to form the basis of a summer wardrobe that 's just as elegant as it is easy to wear . |
| 22 | As it is easy to imagine , these changes produced a whole new set of issues . |
| 23 | Above all , it should be as physically comfortable and relaxing as it is easy on the eye . |
| 24 | It is particularly suited to fantasy cakes as it is easy to use and provides a soft , smooth surface . |
| 25 | You can borrow money for any reason you want ( as long as it is legal ) . |
| 26 | This does n't mean that you should take time off work ; quite the opposite , as it is preferable that you remain occupied while on the diet . |
| 27 | For personal affection , insofar as it is good , consists mainly in the admiring contemplation of good states of another person , and these must either themselves be instances of personal affection , requiring good states of someone else for their object , or be instances of the love of beauty . |
| 28 | The Solid Fuel Advisory Service advises that whilst uncapping and unblocking both ends may be simple d-i-y jobs , most people would be better off asking a qualified sweep to have a look at the flue before any work is started — especially as it is good sense to have the chimney thoroughly swept before any work starts to remove soot or old bird 's nests . |
| 29 | As it is helpful to hear them without a break you may ask the LH to mark which words you want him to say , or you can mark them for him . |
| 30 | Indeed , I would personally recommend that , as it is unnecessary for the full enjoyment of life , it should not be used . |