Example sentences of "[noun pl] to be as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The characteristic Christian theme was most at variance with pagan assumptions in that bishops asked husbands to be as faithful to their wives as they expected their wives to be to them . |
| 2 | It is in the purchaser 's interests for dismissals to be as early as possible but the vendor runs the clear risk that the sale may not complete . |
| 3 | It was hoped that this visible guarantee of anonymity would encourage visitors to be as frank as they wished in their replies . |
| 4 | But with an 8 litre engine , expect the petrol bills to be as outrageous as the car . |
| 5 | The tomb shows how the aesthetes of the age of Safdarjung liked their gateways to be as ornately sculpted as their prose was purple ; how they preferred their onion domes to be overextended and tapered ; how they thought the interior of a tomb incomplete unless covered with a rococo riot of elaborate plasterwork . |
| 6 | To encourage post-communist parliaments to be as representative as possible , Polish electoral law exacerbated political fragmentation by trying not to discriminate against small parties . |
| 7 | Here he tracked animals , and we followed , wading waist-deep through swamp water , crawling on our stomachs to be as close as possible . |
| 8 | It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure . |
| 9 | Although I did n't expect the floods to be as high as they were my friend , Matthew , and I had planned to go out in this American style canoe . |
| 10 | Some workers have found this state of affairs to be as disturbing to development as divorce ; and in research some years ago into family aspects of drug dependence . |
| 11 | ‘ We consider our wares to be as good in every aspect as those provided at the other hotel , ’ he said . |
| 12 | It urged civil servants to be as helpful as possible and to withhold information only in the interests of national security and ‘ good government ’ . |
| 13 | The true method is to adapt foreign machines which will enable national products to be as cheap and good as those of other countries . |
| 14 | That means impressive refinement on the move , complementing an excellent ride , said over poor surfaces to be as composed as a Mercedes 230E . |
| 15 | It is clearly in an organisation 's interests to be as aware as possible of its weaknesses , both for major accidents , and , since a fair proportion of major accidents are spawned from minor mishaps which themselves cause losses , to invest in accident prevention , and strategies for managing safety . |
| 16 | The industry does n't like dealing with the artist direct because that makes it difficult for music business professionals to be as critical or as observant as they would like . |
| 17 | Mental repetition has been shown by research on basketball players to be as effective as going through the actions . |
| 18 | I urge members , Chairman , not to hide behind this shabby amendment but to vote according to their consciences and their beliefs and to vote according to the views of eighty percent of the population that we represent and I urge other members to be as brief . |
| 19 | Not that he considered humans to be as stupid as most nomes thought . |
| 20 | Ideally they would like these assets to be as illiquid as possible , since the less the liquidity , the higher the rate of interest they can charge . |
| 21 | According to Mr Robison , the firm 's 730 employees can consider their jobs to be as secure as any job can be in the building industry at present . |
| 22 | He added : ‘ The firm will continue to operate in its traditional successful style and our employees can consider their jobs to be as secure as any can be in the building industry at the present time . |
| 23 | It was then Laura had realised that , however difficult it might be , she would make any sacrifice in order for the twins to be as happy and contented as possible . |
| 24 | Liberal Democrats want local councils to be as responsive and accountable to their local citizens as possible . |