Example sentences of "been [adj] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter is surprising since , in America , Urosalpinx is the southern species and Nucella the northern one and this observation may have been due as much to lowered salinity as to temperature . |
| 2 | The fact that such consideration , with any firm basis of likelihood , would have been impossible as little as 30 or even 20 years ago is an indication of the changing sexual climate in Britain . |
| 3 | Open consideration of sexual matters and casual reference to them have become possible to an extent which would have been unthinkable as little as a generation ago and which might have led to criminal — or lunacy — proceedings at the beginning of the century . |
| 4 | Among other ward staff , only one had been present as many as ten times . |
| 5 | For example , Ambrose , Harper and Pemberton 's ( 1983 ) small study of men after divorce found that just over half their sample relied on parents and/or siblings for support , but they give little detail about the type of support offered and it may well have been practical as much as emotional . |