Example sentences of "be as [adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the conclusion to Chapter 2 , I suggested that the gulf between the view of humans as free and choice-making , on the one hand , and determined by forces outside of their control , on the other , may not be as unbridgeable as it seems . |
| 2 | The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do . |
| 3 | He could be as extrovert as he liked behind the bird 's mask . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll be as vulgar as I like . |
| 5 | It would be as well if you listened to my advice " . |
| 6 | Since you seem reluctant to help us in our inquiries it might be as well if I stayed here to keep an eye on you while Constable Aplin rides to Burford to swear out a search warrant . ’ |
| 7 | Reality , though , need not be as hopeless as we think , even if it does appear to take longer to recover from injuries and the task of regaining fitness seems to take an eternity . |
| 8 | Surprisingly , this task may not be as hopeless as it seems . |
| 9 | The situation might not be as hopeless as you think . ’ |
| 10 | But our cravings may not be as depraved as they seem — they start out as healthy needs in our childhood . |
| 11 | This last ambition may not be as absurd as it looks ; Sigistrix was , after all , the grandson of Theodoric . |
| 12 | It could be as marvellous as you think it will be or it could be a total disaster . |
| 13 | It would n't be as easy as they imagined . |
| 14 | Will it be as easy as it looks on paper ? |
| 15 | Some time later , she acknowledged that the task was not proving to be as easy as she had expected . |
| 16 | Say what you like about the Ryder Cup and The Belfry , if it was n't for the 9th , 10th and 18th holes , it would be as average as it looks . |
| 17 | Of course he would not be as irritating if he appeared less aloof . |
| 18 | I can be as upset as I like , I suppose ? ’ |
| 19 | The bands can be as deep as you like and the whole time you are creating a unique structure . |
| 20 | ‘ He may not be as daft as you think , ’ said Simon . |
| 21 | The figure of Mercy points to the nature of the redemptive process : Later still , Julian of Norwich , whose mystical experience arose out of meditation on the Passion , defined her sense of a dynamic power of divine love working to process the effects of sin as the work of Christ : " and there is in him bleding and praying for us to the Father — and is and shall be as long as it nedith " . |
| 22 | If our climate continues to be as mild as it has been for the last couple of winters we may yet challenge our French and German competitors ! ’ |
| 23 | He will be as pleased as I to know that in Essex there are now sixty three secondary and fifty five primary schools operating with grant maintained status . |
| 24 | As with most classifications of natural phenomena the exact forms of which are governed by the interactions of continuously variable sets of conditions , the classification can be as complex as one likes and the only non-controversial classification is that which puts each reef in a class of its own . |
| 25 | The descriptions can be as varied as you like along this sort of theme , providing the adventurers with something to think over as they approach the Castle . |
| 26 | If we could have an agreement on reductions in the number of warheads , it would show clearly that although we possess nuclear weapons , their scale does not have to be as great as we considered in the recent past . |
| 27 | ‘ Rangers are happy to be as successful as we have been in Scotland . |
| 28 | In those circumstances , it is natural that those who work in the tobacco industry should be as anxious as anyone to defend their jobs . |
| 29 | Those wide green eyes ca n't possibly be as innocent as they seem . |
| 30 | ‘ Surely far too composed to be as innocent as you claim ? |