Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [noun] itself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the mercury that escapes in to the soil and the air and in to the water , finishes up here in the rivers , and there it reacts with naturally occurring compounds to form a compound called methyl mercury which is far more dangerous to man than is mercury itself . |
| 2 | This is a very old game and is simplicity itself . |
| 3 | Religious writing must be ongoing , as is life itself , and subject to constant revision . |
| 4 | For that a settled ethical character is as necessary as is intelligence itself . |
| 5 | The Montreal into which Leonard was born was deeply segmented , as is Canada itself in its famous ‘ two solitudes ’ , the legacy of its Franco-British history ; a difficult dimension for those outside its rivalries to understand . |