Example sentences of "as [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reading of the passage , or the listening to an extract of spoken language , has to be such as to be dependent , a part of some activity of broader significance which provides it with a cause and a consequence which have independent point . |
| 2 | There were certainly women employed in Aberdeen , and instances were also reported in Falkirk and Glasgow in the 1880s , and in Perth in the 1890s , where the numbers of women were at least such as to be reduced by seventeen " . |
| 3 | But the concept of pain which I have acquired in this way is such as to be applicable to others , by simply supposing that they have a sensation which is like the one I have ( Mill : ‘ by supposing the link to be of the same nature ’ ) . |
| 4 | As indicated in Chapter 6 , the positioning and performance of automatic sprinkler systems should be such as to be capable of ultimate extinguishment and total cooling rather than the intermediate achievement of control , leaving a residual but still severe fire fighting problem . |
| 5 | Equally we might take " nature " as being so predominant in Alison 's whole being and actions that we thus recognize church-going to be a part of medieval culture that has become so instinctive an act as to be part of the essential rhythm of medieval life . |
| 6 | In the past 300 years alone , the nation has experienced industrialization , the advent of democracy , and the introduction and growth of the welfare state — yet the changes have never been such as to be described as revolutionary . |