Example sentences of "be as [adj] [conj] [indef pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 I know who I am in the car and I think I am as determined as anyone to fulfil my own potential .
2 I am as surprised as anyone to learn that Colin has now signed for current Football League champions Leeds United .
3 We are as anxious as anyone to provide good working conditions for public servants ; but would the public servants themselves honestly contend that working conditions during eight hours of the day should , in the present emergency , take priority over the living conditions of mothers and children for the whole twenty-four hours ?
4 Vic swings on to the motorway , going north-west , and for a few miles gives the Jaguar its head , moving smoothly up the outside lane at 90 , keeping a watchful eye on the rear-view mirror , though the police rarely bother you in the rush hour , they are as eager as anyone to keep the traffic flowing .
5 In those circumstances , it is natural that those who work in the tobacco industry should be as anxious as anyone to defend their jobs .
6 Supermarkets may be as surprised as anyone to find themselves selling no more than 25 per cent of national production by 1997 .
7 Or like my mum and dad , who were as keen as anyone to get off Earth , but had n't the gumption or the connections to get a work permit on an orbital .
8 This was fortunate for the Hearts forward Ian Ferguson who was as surprised as anyone to remain on the field after flooring Gus Caesar with as good a right hook as has been seen this side of Madison Square Gardens for many a long day .
9 Smith was as surprised as anyone to learn of the marriage problems .
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