Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] be to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many ways , these additional protocols reinforced the impression that for France the EDC was designed as a guarantee for itself against possible German aggression as much as it was to be an anti-Soviet organisation . |
| 2 | The sickness of morning is already upon us , unaccustomed as we are to being up so early . |
| 3 | ‘ But you , Bethlehem … small as you are to be among Judah 's clans , out of you shall come forth a governor for Israel , one whose roots are far back in the past , in days gone by . |
| 4 | Close as they are to being sold , electricity and water will be largely unaffected by this week 's change . |
| 5 | Higueras warned Jim , ‘ Once a player is as close as you are to being number one in the world , the adjustments should be fractional in your game . |
| 6 | It remained silent , unused as it was to being asked for its opinions . |
| 7 | Bad as it is to be poor in Indian it 's worse to be as destitute as the street-children . |