Example sentences of "that be equivalent to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that there should be an increased capital allowance for this year , cunningly saying that it would cost nothing in the first year ; that is equivalent to saying that the bill is in the post , as we all know that it is paid after 12 months . |
| 2 | Allowing for those to be transferred to the higher and further education funding councils , that is equivalent to a cut of almost 50 per cent . |
| 3 | If the accused intends to keep the thing until all the goodness or virtue has gone out of it that is equivalent to an outright taking . |
| 4 | That is equivalent to regarding the particular arrangement of rocks in a mountain , or of bits of metal in a scrap-heap , as " complex " . |
| 5 | That 's equivalent to two members of staff . |
| 6 | And when you get to international level , if you give away a hundredth of a second on the start , that 's equivalent to four hundredths at the bottom on a perfect run . |
| 7 | Put in perspective , that was equivalent to the achievement of the whole of Fighter Command during a day at the height of the Battle of Britain , but with only a handful of men and stores involved . |