Example sentences of "[is] every bit " in BNC.

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1 There 's a fellow called Sammy Meredith who 's every bit as good a sailor as I am . ’
2 The sports authorities have ruled Jodi Evans ca n't play in the men 's team , even though she 's every bit as good .
3 It 's every bit as much grey men in grey suits on one side of the Commons as it is on the other , with occasional flashes of yellow from Mrs Shephard or Mrs Currie , flashes of grey sports coat from Dennis Skinner and flashes of who knows what from Sir Nicholas Fairbairn .
4 Here , the Fund runs many family projects that are less well-known but doing work that is every bit as important .
5 HORROR at what is happening in Romania is every bit as justified — even if the details of the killings in Timisoara are obscure — as the global protest at the events six months ago in Tiananmen Square .
6 The storage of cleaning products is every bit as demanding as the storage of food and in some cases more so as considerable danger can arise if conditions are not satisfactory .
7 The practical making of silage using cheap and simple equipment is well described by Watson and Smith , and , if properly made , it is every bit as nutritious and more succulent than good hay .
8 We find that it is every bit as effective as the natural service , in fact , though I have n't seen the figures , it might just be slightly better because the mares are inseminated when they are at their most receptive . ’
9 The social behaviour of the despised house sparrow is every bit as intriguing as that of the bird of paradise to the serious animal-watcher .
10 From the 16v down , the three-door ZX is every bit as excellent an all-rounder as its five-door parent .
11 It is every bit as good as I remember and so are the other two ballets .
12 The BPO/Maazel version on DG has become something of desert island version for me in recent months , although the Philadelphia/Ormandy ( Sony ) is every bit as essential for its uniquely authentic atmosphere ( despite the cuts ) .
13 It is every bit as easy as teaching it that chickens , ducks , turkeys and sheep are taboo .
14 Finding a taxi at 4.55 in London is every bit as possible as finding Bruce Willis in your bed .
15 Two more on the other side : the rambling ‘ Where The Pigs Do n't Fly ’ and ‘ He 's Dead ’ , which is every bit as good as ‘ Metal Mickey ’ , and as catchy .
16 ‘ Am I Not Your Girl ? ’ is Sinead 's third album , and even though not one single song is written by her , it is every bit as confessional , as painfully honest , as her first two — that 's why you must sit up and take notice .
17 ‘ Fougabatics in the clear upper air were an almost religious experience … low-speed handling is every bit as gentle and benign … ’
18 The Fouga 's low speed handling is every bit as genuine and benign .
19 Yet raping a woman when you have just drugged her senseless is every bit as premeditated as the rapist who hides behind a hedge then jumps on a passing woman .
20 The explanation is every bit as important as the numbers !
21 His second venture into self-mythography is every bit as entertaining as the first , and has the added spice of political and personal deep texture .
22 The pictures Sir Oliver has so meticulously measured and recorded may not be the most distinguished in the Royal Collection , but this volume is every bit as informative as the others in the series .
23 And getting a permit for a waste-to-energy plant is every bit as difficult as getting one for a landfill in most places .
24 The town is full of Tyrolean charm , and the naturally extended welcome to be found in this corner of Austria is every bit as warm as it 's reputed to be .
25 It is for this reason that good balanced design is every bit as important as meticulous craftsmanship .
26 None of us can doubt the economic plight of many of the countries where our mission partners work but the relationship of people is every bit as important and visits play a large part in that .
27 This trowel is every bit as strong as a knife or bayonet , and will easily prize up any large stones ( I have done this often , even in rock-hard clay ) .
28 Last May , I wrote that if customers had only limited choice as to where to buy jewellery ‘ then it is every bit as exploitative if the quality is unnecessarily low than if the price is unnecessarily high ’ .
29 But in the addictive disease of compulsive gambling the utter misery in the primary sufferer and in the family is every bit as devastating as in alcoholism .
30 But erm I , I think a midwife , a good midwife , is every bit as good as a doctor because she 's doing it all the time .
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