Example sentences of "[adj] as it look " in BNC.

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1 One of the main planks of the CCAUK 's argument is that the Annual Percentage rate is not so high as it looks , since though most transactions are contracted for ( say ) 26 weeks , in fact they end up being repaid — with no series problem — in about 30 or 33 weeks , with no penalty .
2 The decoration is therefore not quite as free as it looks , in reality forming part of an evolved construction .
3 The wall is not as steep as it looks and a pleasing sequence of stretches and foot-changes , made all the more enjoyable by more excellent protection , leads to a stopping place just short of the arête .
4 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 .
5 The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century .
6 Morag and Granny started on this job right away but they soon found that it was n't as easy as it looked .
7 ‘ I do n't think it was as easy as it looked .
8 ‘ It 's all nowhere near as easy as it looks ’ , he says .
9 Certainly , it is not as easy as it looks .
10 We climbed for an hour-and-a-half and I can tell you that going up a mountain on skins is not as easy as it looks .
11 I do n't believe that telling a story is as easy as it looks .
12 Will it be as easy as it looks on paper ?
13 I do n't think anything is as easy as it looks on paper in football .
14 It 's not as easy as it looks , marrying into a fortune .
15 Peter sat down on the leather sofa , which was as uncomfortable as it looked , and went through the folder .
16 Because it 's not as simple as it looks on this sheet .
17 He wondered if her hair were as soft as it looked .
18 And in the Muslim world , among people at large , the war may become ever more unpopular as it looks increasingly punitive and costly in terms of Arab life .
19 Pretty as it looks , the carpet in our picture is particularly hardwearing and very clever at shrugging off stains .
20 If it all tasted as beguiling as it looks , every dish would be a feast .
21 Each dish came beautifully presented and tasted just as good as it looked .
22 Her appetite restored , she dug into the salad , finding it every bit as good as it looked .
23 When you plan a display , include scented flowers , either shop-bought or home-grown , so that your arrangement smells as good as it looks .
24 It tastes as good as it looks , too — a rich , moist fruit cake , full of all kinds of mouth-watering goodies like currants , sultanas and cherries and almonds , and generously laced with Grand Marnier to give it even more flavour .
25 All too often , low-price guitars which look good are severely let down by their tone , but the Mad Axe sounds as good as it looks .
26 Despite Aurangzeb 's successful policy of expansion to the south , some Company employees suspected that his empire was not as powerful as it looked .
27 ‘ Spending hours lying in the glorious sunshine need n't be as idle as it looks , ’ she says .
28 I it 's nice but it 's a bit , it 's a bit erm impractical , it looks , it look it 's not as thick as it looks ,
29 Spectacular as it looked , however , Lukic — whose terrible error in the first game when he punched into his own goal allowed Rangers back in the tie — must once more shoulder the blame .
30 It sounds like a meteoric rise , but Dermot says : ‘ We 've all paid our dues in other bands so it 's not quite as spectacular as it looks . ’
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