Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The analyst proceeds : 'All mothers have to be frustrating as well as loving . |
| 2 | It would have to be renewed as soon as the the nationalization was prepared to go , the government took over . |
| 3 | I 'd go mad if I had to be tidy as well as everything else . |
| 4 | This solution was found to be unsatisfactory as soon as it was stated . |
| 5 | At Orbec , twenty kilometres from Lisieux , is the Caneton , a restaurant which you know is going to be good as soon as you enter its doors — the smell is so appetizing — but it is small and not exactly unknown , so it is prudent to telephone for a table in advance . |
| 6 | Before any of them can be significantly claimed to be logical as well as grammatical subjects , and treated as denoting certain objects that exist in their own right rather than merely describing attributes of such objects , or representing something purely fictional , certain additional conditions must be fulfilled . |
| 7 | There is in many societies a strong economic , political and psychic advantage in having male children , so the proposition of preventing any births , precludes that possibility , and those benefits are perceived to be real as soon as the ( male ) child is born . |
| 8 | The design study notes : ‘ Unfortunately , with only limited geological information available and in the absence of normal site-investigation data , it is prudent to consider construction in what may prove to be adverse as well as favourable conditions , ’ |
| 9 | To be unmasked is to be unspirited as well as undone . |
| 10 | If the players really impress you with their heckling and barracking of the puppets ( and they 'll have to be witty as well as abusive ) , the puppets will eventually break off their performance , perhaps concluding with an important tip about a major location within the dungeons ( if the players did exceptionally well ) . |
| 11 | ‘ You are asking me to be clairvoyant as well as indiscreet . |
| 12 | Perhaps because no photographer 's sense of composition or lighting has come between the subject and the reader , they manage to be informative as well as visually satisfying . |
| 13 | And the patents appear to be worthwhile as well as numerous . |
| 14 | ‘ To be acceptable , recycling has to be cost-effective as well as good for the environment , ’ he explains . |
| 15 | You could tell the system to delay sending the faxes until , say midnight , when fax lines are likely to be quiet as well as cheap . |
| 16 | ‘ Hmm , ’ Janice in a tone that suggested that she was really trying to be interested as well as sound it . |
| 17 | yet for him such remoteness had to be physical as well as spiritual . |