Example sentences of "life is as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theologians ' determination to rest their faith on something more secure than history has made them more than willing , in many circumstances , to accept that the historical evidence of Jesus ' life is as patchy as the most sceptical secular historian says it is . |
| 2 | Working-class community life is as strongly established in Glasgow as anywhere , and football violence has occurred there for over a century . |
| 3 | It will go more probably to an unknown office cleaner whose life is as anonymous as a flower but just as perfect or beautiful . |
| 4 | We agree with MacGowan and Reeves that the half life may be inaccurate if it is calculated from only two values ; but perhaps that is why they have never seen a patient with normal renal function in whom the half life is as long as 7.6 hours , since in clinical practice two measurements are all one has to go on . |
| 5 | ‘ Bob , I understand now that nothing in life is as easy as it at first seems , and that being in love is a condition which can cause one a great deal of pain . |
| 6 | Many cancer patients have done just that and felt a lot better for it — and remember quality of life is as important as quantity . |
| 7 | He began writing to his friends : The life is as much a fiction as the poetry and becomes a kind of secondary creation against which the primary one may be read . |
| 8 | His life is as muddled as his bed . |