Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] can be as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Permed hair can be as much as 30% weaker than virgin hair , while colour-treated hair is eight to ten per cent weaker . |
| 2 | Cos there are people in Britain who simply do n't believe that the public sector can be as efficient as the private sector . |
| 3 | Few buildings can be as symbolic of the Roman Empire as the mighty Colosseum in Rome , few sights as good a record of renaissance ingenuity as the cathedral in Florence . |
| 4 | You come and go with your offerings of help and affection , knowing that what they really need is a constant presence , and sometimes this knowledge can be as painful for you as it is for them . |
| 5 | A survey by NCC has revealed clearly that all of the woodland could regenerate itself naturally if sheep grazing was prevented or substantially reduced ; the cost of fencing for this purpose can be as much as £3,500-£8,000 for a 20 hectare wood depending on its shape and the terrain encountered , making the costs often prohibitive . |
| 6 | Teachers in comprehensive schools can be as imaginative and as devoted as in any other kind of school . |
| 7 | Turn around times for replacing a standard outsole can be as low as 30 minutes , but even when more complicated adjustments and corrections have to be made , shoes are usually back on your feet the same day . |
| 8 | ( left ) Dressing up or down this versatile outfit can be as simple as changing your shoes — comfy espadrilles for daytime , sophisticated heels for evenings . |
| 9 | Bored stiff can be as stressed as over worked ones . |
| 10 | Central heating can be as serious a scourge to fine old books as it is to fine old furniture . |
| 11 | Simple simulations can be as effective for training purposes as more elaborate ones and can certainly be more cost effective . |
| 12 | History in these days can be as much a consolation as it can be of an inspiration , and I also believe too that sometimes in life it 's very important to emancipate yourself from the shackles of the past in order to make the kind of decisions which it 's necessary to make in present conditions . |
| 13 | Organic farms can be as productive as industrial farming and do not damage the environment . |
| 14 | He asks himself how many of these encounters can be as tricky as his own , with the gorgeous actress , Candice Riberon . |
| 15 | ‘ How many infants can be as free from distress as that ? |
| 16 | Healthy meals can be as quick and easy to prepare as their less nutritious counterparts . |
| 17 | Good fortune can be as bewildering as a hard blow sometimes . |
| 18 | Now Mill accepts that representative democracy can be as bad as Russo supposes it is , but there are aspects of Mill 's views which make him sound very much like Russo as well . |
| 19 | Group norms and values will act as constraints and even informal rules can be as rigid as formal rules . |
| 20 | Unger wants to revise psychological theory , but retain psychology 's emphasis on objectivity , since ‘ feminist scholarship can be as objective as any other scholarship with a particular theoretical bias ’ ( 1979 : ix ) . |
| 21 | Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones — and a lot harder to shut down . |
| 22 | We are often also faced , however , with the need to tolerate contradictions , not to strive for an illusory or impossible ideal , and to avoid self-punishing forms of anxiety , defence and guilt ( and feminist guilt can be as punishing as any other kind ) . |
| 23 | Exploration of relationships between different sorts of general practitioners and varied types of social workers indicates that stereotyping can be as dangerous in this area of relationships as in any other ( Huntingdon , 1981 ) . |
| 24 | The muffled thud of bouncing soles can be as chilling an accompaniment as the clack-spring of heavy metal . |
| 25 | There is evidence that brief counselling by the general practitioner can be as effective as minor tranquillizers for patients with mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with social difficulties , without the risks involved in the use of minor tranquillizers . |
| 26 | Amid the peace and comfort of your surroundings , you can enjoy healthy and delicious food , natural therapies and treatments , and any exercise can be as rigorous or as gentle as you wish . |
| 27 | You will see from this that they are not restricted to the scientific factors since the educational value can be as important , if not more , for establishing a site network . |
| 28 | This unidentified flying spaceship on a far-away planet is full of little details that children love — the green aliens can be as weird and wonderful as your imagination . |
| 29 | Although computed tomography can be as sensitive as MRI in the detection of nodular leptomeningeal tumour , enhanced MRI imaging is more sensitive in the detection of diffuse meningeal enhancement against the inner table of the skull . |
| 30 | The patterns on these elegant hot-air balloons can be as detailed as you wish — perhaps you might like to make fondant stripes , zig-zags or spots , or pipe on old-fashioned loops and tassels of rope . |