Example sentences of "be as [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously getting work is an extremely important goal for any child at school , and it is a goal for society that there should be as low a level of unemployment as is compatible with the advancement of technology and the efficiency of industry and agriculture . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems a good idea , ’ said Penny Warlock , looking up to Glenda and wondering if she herself would be as impressive a figure after ten or fifteen years in the teaching profession . |
| 3 | These measures alone may be as effective a means of recognising house officers as an important part of the service provided as restricting them to one hospital site for their preregistration year . |
| 4 | But none of these factors is likely to be as potent an influence upon future relationships as the early family experiences absorbed by the young child . |
| 5 | We need to be as small a party as possible in order to accommodate in one house , one holiday house we shall rent , all of us and members of our respective families , do you see ? ’ |
| 6 | If the market remains strong there may not be as sharp a gap at the beginning of April as we first feared because the strong trade will encourage more even selling , ’ added a senior economist , Jane Moore . ‘ |
| 7 | But you do n't have to be as colourful a performer or as vivid a personality as these two to make an interesting subject . |
| 8 | ‘ Fams ’ describes re-starting the Wailers as ‘ rough ’ and it might not be as glorious a gig as playing Zimbabwe 's independence celebrations with Bob , but it 's better than the fate of most reggae elders ; redundancy thanks to computerised ragga . |
| 9 | By the end of the century some might still moan that ‘ it would shock many to suggest that a plain dissenting preacher might be as great a man as an Archbishop ’ but this was simply twaddle . |
| 10 | Instability in those countries , caused by shortages and discontent , could be as great a threat to world peace as the armed communism that has now disappeared . |
| 11 | History in these days can be as much a consolation as it can be of an inspiration , and I also believe too that sometimes in life it 's very important to emancipate yourself from the shackles of the past in order to make the kind of decisions which it 's necessary to make in present conditions . |
| 12 | Sir : The internal market advocated by the Government for the NHS ( in particular for the hospitals ) may not be as new an idea as may be thought . |
| 13 | There is much in the book that will be as new an exciting for most readers , as it was for me . |
| 14 | Central heating can be as serious a scourge to fine old books as it is to fine old furniture . |
| 15 | Why this ceremony has to take place so early in the morning has never been explained to me , but it appears to be as essential a part of the nuptials as the Hindi movie music the night before . |
| 16 | St James 's Park , famous for its bird-life , would be as good a place as any . |
| 17 | ‘ Thought it might be as good a time as any to chew the fat , talk over the current status of Cuckoo , ’ Hayman started , casually enough . |
| 18 | I promised them I 'll be as good a manager as I 've ever been . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I thought that would be as good a place to start as any . |
| 20 | If she was to indulge in escapism , surely here would be as good a place as any ? |
| 21 | Which would be as good a way as any for me to get Rainbow off the premises , before those inhibitions of hers — which I 've left bound and gagged at the back of her wardrobe — work their knots out and come riding to the rescue . |
| 22 | Jacqueline Pardoe ( Mrs Mitton ) writes : ‘ I have been determined … to be as good a traditional mother as I can while at the same time demonstrating to my daughters that it is possible to combine a family with an independent and complementary ‘ other life ’ . |
| 23 | She thought , since Naylor now knew that she was n't the one responsible for ‘ advertising ’ their ‘ engagement ’ — which had clearly been the reason for his ‘ My office — now ! ’ command — that now might be as good a moment as any to leave . |
| 24 | Radio operator Paul , who is serving with the Second Battalion Royal Irish Regiment , said : ‘ Gillian is the perfect bride I only hope I can be as good a husband . ’ |
| 25 | During this process it was suggested that a dummy engine be installed to save time and weight , but this idea was rejected on the grounds that the idea was for the Norseman to be as live an aircraft as it could be , and for it to taxi from the hangar in which is was being restored , across Howey Bay , to its position on the shoreline , adjacent to where it would be mounted on the pole . |
| 26 | The muffled thud of bouncing soles can be as chilling an accompaniment as the clack-spring of heavy metal . |
| 27 | One theme constantly emerges : that a funeral should be as personal an event as possible , and should reflect the unique nature of human life . |
| 28 | It was thus held to be as authentic an image of the society within which it was produced as the gift , whose authenticity was premised upon its own totalizing ability . |
| 29 | On the subject of Curtis Cup selection , she says : ‘ Oh , that 's a long way off , ’ though at the present rate of progress , it may not be as distant a prospect as she thinks . |
| 30 | Sometimes it can be as hard a task as pulling teeth from a hungry crocodile but do not despair ! |