Example sentences of "[was/were] every bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had taken a group of talented individuals and moulded them into a superb team , ridding them of their old factions and weaknesses , and showing the disbelievers that black men were every bit as good as white . |
| 2 | Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been an engineer for a long time , and I 've always believed that ethics and integrity were every bit as important as theorems and formulas , and never once has anything happened to change my beliefs . |
| 4 | The numbers from Fujitsu Ltd , Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp , all of which announced yesterday , were every bit as bad as expected , with Fujitsu plunging to a consolidated net loss of $295m and the other two more comfortably diversified companies reporting sharp declines . |
| 5 | The numbers from Fujitsu Ltd , Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp , all of which announced last week , were every bit as bad as expected , with Fujitsu plunging to a consolidated net loss of $295m and the other two more comfortably diversified companies reporting sharp profit declines of 39.4% at $699.4m and 48% at $186m respectively . |
| 6 | An attacking enemy could be allowed to break through the outer gates and would find that he was surrounded by walls and towers which were every bit as impregnable as those outside . |
| 7 | But ultimately they were every bit as bad as the others . ’ |
| 8 | The people murdered last week were every bit as innocent as were the people in the Shankhill Road , and I would be certain that the families of the people in the Shankhill Road would be horrified that the murder of their loved ones would be used as an excuse as an excuse to do exactly the same to other innocent people . |
| 9 | Compressed as the battle arena had become , losses suffered among the senior commanders were every bit as grievous as among the rank-and-file ; in one French division , three out of four full colonels were killed during the mid-March fighting . |
| 10 | The magic was every bit as exciting the second time around as it had been with William . |
| 11 | Cannelini beans replaced tinned and a bechamel mixed with Pecorino Romano from Lina Stores , Brewer Street , London W1 , stood in for the cottage cheese , It was every bit as good as the original , if somewhat more sophisticated . |
| 12 | Instructors were expected to attend an instructional techniques course since the skill to instruct well was every bit as important as the craft skill . |
| 13 | Family farms were just as prone to emergencies as the larger units , whose labour force normally lived nearby , and their need for ‘ on site ’ housing was every bit as critical . |
| 14 | Within days it was obvious that the extent of the dissolution was every bit as great as I had at first suspected . |
| 15 | My great fishing love , until then , had been Lady Tweed , but I soon discovered the South Tyne was every bit as good , if not better , than the Queen of Scottish rivers ; and the stretch below our house was far enough upstream and far enough downstream from the main population centres to make it almost completely private . |
| 16 | Yes , he was every bit as good looking as she had thought he was when she had glimpsed him from the catwalk . |
| 17 | His examination of her cousins was every bit as cursory . |
| 18 | Prost was every bit as good at intra-team politics as Niki ; he was his equal in testing and perhaps slightly his superior ( as would be proper for a younger driver ) in combative driving . |
| 19 | Knowing Susy with James , it is hard not to believe that inside Hunt there was every bit as much affection and sensitivity as there was extrovertedness and snook-cocking . |
| 20 | The caretaker was every bit the ‘ retired ’ hippy , forced to make a living . |
| 21 | Well , I did n't hate anybody , but the change of running away to be a lady actress was every bit as good as a rest . |
| 22 | The engineering quality of this Packard Merlin was every bit as fine as the Rolls-Royce variants that we had dealt with in earlier years . |
| 23 | And very soon after that , Matilda was moved up into the top form where Miss Plimsoll quickly discovered that this amazing child was every bit as bright as Miss Honey had said . |
| 24 | The dislike he put into that word was every bit as strong as her parents ' could ever have been . |
| 25 | Jesus had had many interviews with people , we 've looked at some of them over these past few weeks , the time when he met with Nicademus , the religious leader , the time he went out of his way to meet with a woman of Semaria in her dyer need , the other occasion that we looked at er a week or so back when he called Anzakias from that tree of which he was hiding , last week his judge , pilot , but of all those interviews and as many others that we have n't looked at this surely must be one of the strangest as Jesus himself is in the process of dying and as he is dying he is confronted with another person who has a need , but Jesus your need is as greatest as any body elses , your pain , your suffering , your physical suffering was every bit of great as those around you , why be bothered with others is n't that so often our story , when we are in need we can forget all about other people , it does n't matter there need , its poor me , what about me , what about my need , what about my requirements , what about my suffering , but we see here how Jesus apart from any thing else deals with his own suffering , he deals with it by ministering to the needs of other people , and this surely then must be one of the most strange and one of the most interviews that our lord ever had when he was here on earth , with this dying thief , but he was more than a thief he was a er , he was a re a rebel , he was a terrorist or a freedom fighter depending on which way you wanted to look at it and he was dying for his crimes and he was n't alone because there there was this man we 've been talking about , there was Jesus and there was another one , another criminal on the other side and we find that this is all in keeping with what god had promised , all there in , in line with his prophecy way back in Iziah chapter fifty three , it tells us that he was numbered with the transgressors , that he died with sinful men with , with law breakers and here it is its happening right in front of the , the very eyes of the Jewish leaders and the jewish authorities our lords intention in coming into the world was to save men and women , to seek out and to save sinners , remember thirty odd years previous to this event the word had come , for Mary his mother , to Joseph , we will call his name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins and later on writing to Timothy the apostle Paul in the first chapter of the first book in verse fifteen he says it is a trust worthy statement deserving full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners , this was his purpose , this was his reason for coming into the world , not to be a good man , not to be a , a great leader , not to give us some model that we can , you know , that we can plan our life out and try and live up to his standards , he says I 've come to give my life as a ransom , I have come to save and to seek that which was lost and here in this incident as he himself is dying and is in physical pain and torment he is carrying out this very work , of seeking out and saving of those who will turn to him , those who will put their trust in him , he is saving the lost , and we see in a wonderful how great the compassion of Jesus was and is , in reaching out and rescuing those who are lost , here we see our lord suffering the most terrible agony and yet in the midst of his own sorrow and pain and , and torment he thinks of this dying thief and extends his grace and mercy to him . |
| 26 | The chef warrant officer was every bit as odious as Ingrid had been told to expect . |
| 27 | Her mood of euphoria was infectious and for the moment anyway Harry knew that he was every bit as happy about this new relationship as the girl in his arms . |
| 28 | Whatever else she may be , Bella was every bit as well-bred as Johnny . |
| 29 | He had called her a princess , and vowed that she was every bit as beautiful as her mother , and he would n't know ( such would be his terrible dilemma ) where to bestow his heart . |
| 30 | She was quiet as they made their way to the beach , which was every bit as packed as she had known it would be . |