Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Move your arms as little as is necessary to achieve your purpose , and always move them together so that if the front hand is knocking down an incoming punch , the rear is executing a counter-punch . |
| 2 | Throughout , the Tsar had made abundantly clear his wish to damage the position of the nobility as little as was compatible with social order — and with the parlous condition of the State Treasury . |
| 3 | Carrington had been advised to keep himself as private as was possible , as one never knew who might be paid by the Abwehr , and neutrality as a concept was very fraught . |
| 4 | The collection has been consigned for sale by Pierre Jourdan-Barry who feels that his collection is as complete as is possible and now wishes to branch into new fields . |
| 5 | After being in The Birthday Party , where everybody wanted their part to be as loud as is humanly possible , it 's quite refreshing to find someone who does n't even care if he 's on the record or not ! ’ |
| 6 | However , the creature 's capacity to change colour at will in order to blend into its surroundings is not as extensive as is popularly thought . |
| 7 | It is , however , undeniable that there is a great difference in the quality of experience during REM bursts and REM quiescence , with visual and auditory hallucinatory sensations characterizing the REM bursts , even if the difference is not quite as striking as was first thought . |
| 8 | That ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ has ‘ such-and-such ’ for its fulfilment is as unproblematic as is the rule of grammar that ‘ X does such-and-such ’ is the execution of the order to X ‘ Do such-and-such ’ , or the rule of whist that the act of trumping has the consequence that the trick is won — provided one 's opponent does not use a higher trump . |
| 9 | ALARP As Low As is Reasonably Practicable |
| 10 | The orang is not as endangered as was estimated 15 years ago , but it is threatened . |
| 11 | But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf . |
| 12 | While high pay is not a myth , it is not as high as is generally supposed — but if you turn into a super advertising star , the sky 's the limit . |
| 13 | The jump would not be as high as is implicit in the order . |
| 14 | They must be as direct as is compatible with acceptable gradients . |
| 15 | The distinction in memory between events consciously attended to and those not consciously attended to may not be as clear as was implied by James . |
| 16 | Dennis Parsons was so deeply and intrinsically boring that it was almost impossible to imagine anything as exciting as being murdered ever happening to him . |
| 17 | Draft agreements in the UK are not usually as one-sided as is frequently the case in the United States . |
| 18 | Government-licensed stockbrokers ( agentes ) ceased to exist as such and were required to re-register as brokers or dealers . |
| 19 | It is as comprehensive as is possible at the present time . |
| 20 | Therefore , although skills are now embedded in all courses reviewed and validated this session , the range of skills is not as comprehensive as is deemed to be desirable by the University . |
| 21 | Playing your part can be as simple as being a good neighbour — keeping an eye on a neighbour 's house while they 're away ; or even just letting the Police know if you see someone acting suspiciously around cars or property . |
| 22 | The other danger arose from Government departments squeezing a small bill into the Queen 's Speech : ‘ They say it is just two or three little clauses and … it immediately turns out that the process is not nearly as simple as was promised . |
| 23 | Shaun Garnett has been secured on another month 's loan while Eddie Bishop 's knee ligament problem is not as serious as was first feared . |
| 24 | On 16 May 1937 they contrived a cabinet crisis ; Largo Caballero resigned as premier and was replaced by Negrín , at the head of a cabinet free of left-wing Socialists and which the anarchists chose not to join . |
| 25 | Nor were they always as intransigent as was implied by Cook 's famous slogan ‘ Not a penny off the pay , not a minute on the day ’ . |
| 26 | With thirteen graph types , array manipulation facilities and full mouse interface As Easy As is going to take some beating . |
| 27 | With thirteen graph types , array manipulation facilities and full mouse interface As Easy As is going to take some beating . |
| 28 | With thirteen graph types , array manipulation facilities and full mouse interface As Easy As is going to take some beating . |
| 29 | His criticism of Oesterley 's work makes it clear that for Eliot a ritual 's origins may be as meaningless as is its present form . |
| 30 | The commission says : ‘ Advice in total is taking too large a proportion of the effort , around three times as much as is spent on inspection . ’ |