Example sentences of "has been as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The making of Archbishops of Canterbury has been as various as the making of Popes . |
| 2 | Collins ' form has been as stable as his club 's progress has been erratic this season and the player feels he should have represented his country more often than he has done . |
| 3 | Fiscal crisis , however , has been as apparent in the USA as in Europe . |
| 4 | In the four general elections held since independence the turnover of MPs has been as much as 50 per cent . |
| 5 | In more recent times the functioning of Swedish industrial relations has been as much , if not more , dependent upon the centralisation of power within the employers ' confederation as upon the unions ' peak organisation . |
| 6 | In some areas of Scotland , the rise has been as much as 35 per cent . |
| 7 | There can never have been a field of research in which the likelihood that people would make similar discoveries almost simultaneously has been as great . |
| 8 | For two seasons , against Five Nations and World Cup opposition , the Irish scrum has been as solid as a rock . |
| 9 | Extensive lists of references are not appropriate in Chemistry in Britain articles , but readers can rest assured that our attention , both to published literature and ongoing work in Europe , including the USSR , has been as thorough as possible . |
| 10 | He has been as good as his word . |
| 11 | Dr Garfield himself has been as cautious as anyone in making claims for his technique , not least because it does not allow one to predict which specialities the Nobel authorities will single out for acclamation . |
| 12 | The polarity between biological and social explanations of subjectivity has been as controversial among western feminists as among psychologists . |
| 13 | I am always in my very best spirits , for my heart has been as light as a feather ever since I got away from all that humbug ; and , what is more , I have become fatter . |
| 14 | She has been as ready as the Labour party to apply political criteria when making appointments to bodies like the health authorities and nationalised industries . |
| 15 | Despite some internal controversies , reformist Eurocommunism has been as instrumentalist as the revolutionary Leninism which it rejects . |
| 16 | The French allotment was many times oversubscribed by last Monday and the price on the Parisian grey market , where shares are unoffically traded before issue , has been as high as Fr95 , compared to an issue price of Fr72 . |
| 17 | Let us suppose that a Government , a party , observing that the rate of increase of the national income has been as high as 3 per cent in real terms over the last few years , were to decide to make plans which involve the growth of public expenditure at the rate of 2and1/2 ; per cent , so as to be a little within the recent happy experience . |
| 18 | This three-CD retrospective of his solo output is a timely reminder that his career has been as interesting for its disasters as its triumphs . |
| 19 | England 's batting in this Test has been as dodgy as the plate of prawns which ruled out captain Graham Gooch . |
| 20 | The French housing market has been as difficult as the UK throughout 1992 resulting in only 150 sales and 241 legal completions . |
| 21 | Scotland 's success rate at Twickenham has been as elusive as the Chancellor 's green shoots of recovery : in 35 visits since 1911 , the Scots have enjoyed a mere four victories , with five matches drawn . |
| 22 | Sadly not every one of St Peter 's successors has been as appreciative of his work as they might have been . |
| 23 | Wicked episodes were often brought to my attention , but nothing either then or since has been as evil as the man Beck . |
| 24 | Yet his subsequent collapse from hero to villain has been as sudden as a Patriot missile strike . |
| 25 | This book is for Ear'ole , who has been as enthusiastic about my shop as she has been about all the other things that I have tackled , and then begged her to help with . |
| 26 | The progress has been as dynamic , and certainly more precise , than anything produced by those great painters . |
| 27 | Regularly presented as the principal policy medium for the resolution of these two problems , the impact of urban policy on either has been as minor as the significance they have had for the formulation and legitimation of policy has been major . |