Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] be as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I can tell you this : I 'm amazed at your new modern outlook ; I 've always known you to be as strait-laced as a Victorian corset and sticking to the narrow principles of that time in which you were brought up . |
| 2 | Anyway , you 're grown up now , it 's not for you to be as thick as thieves with the likes of her . ’ |
| 3 | LOSERS : The Financial Times , which was slow off the mark in exposing Labour 's tax plans and by declaring for Labour has shown itself to be as pink as its paper . |
| 4 | I know it must seem an unnecessary fuss to you , Dana , but it 's a big opportunity for me and I want everything to be as perfect as possible , ’ she said urgently . |
| 5 | This Matilda had shown herself to be as resolute and intelligent as her cousin and namesake in Gloucester , but had forgotten neither compassion nor patience . |
| 6 | Time and again , that woman had shown herself to be as scheming and ruthless as any criminal-minded rogue he had ever come across ; with the exception of his good self , of course . |
| 7 | They appeared to me to be as committed as ever to winning that particular dispute and I 'm sure you would wish to send your further best wishes to them colleagues . |
| 8 | Thick make-up does little to dim the pink , fiery stars that seem to me to be as large as suns . |
| 9 | This kind of recognition seems to me to be as important in its own way as the lavish rewards which American companies give on complicated criteria . |
| 10 | He also advocated the appointment of prison inspectors and made it clear that he expected them to be as thorough as he himself had been , probing every corner and speaking with every prisoner . |
| 11 | Ask them to be as specific as possible , — and not hold back on any areas , even if they seem embarrassing . |
| 12 | He had a desire for strong and lasting friendship , but he judged his friends severely , expecting them to be as eager as he was to know , see and feel everything . |
| 13 | The first few months of life in the community were dominated by support workers ' sense of heavy responsibility about the twin tasks of meeting the women 's physical and medical needs and , at the same time , enabling them to be as independent as possible . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd never have expected him to be as supportive as he was , ’ says Sean , ‘ but it brought us closer together . |
| 15 | The only point is that I want that foreigner not to undersell my labour and I want him to be as competent to do the work as well as I would do it myself . |
| 16 | But you would n't expect her to be as experienced as Maureen . |
| 17 | No need for her to be as subtle as he was being . |
| 18 | Her first record shows her to be as musical as she is technically accomplished . |
| 19 | Sophie relayed the information to Mr Miller , who shrugged irritably and told her to be as quick as possible , but the traffic was heavy as she drove out of the town and all the time she was praying that the cat 's leg would not be really broken . |
| 20 | They found it to be as accurate and reliable as the tritiated thynidine autoradiography technique the gold standard for the histological study of cell proliferation when examining mucosa of the digestive tract . |
| 21 | Do n't expect it to be as powerful as a conventional grill though , and it 's likely to operate only with the door closed . |
| 22 | Sarah drew an enormous breath , let it out , and said : ‘ If you really ask me , I want it to be as easy for me as for that man over there . |
| 23 | The loose association of the public library and its public ( compared with , for example , the university library and the university ) has traditionally required it to be as visible as possible ; and this is now further stimulated by the need to publicize an extended range of new services and by the need to justify its existence in an increasingly harsh economic climate ( particularly in the USA and the UK ) where there are competing claims for public money from the various public services . |
| 24 | When Jean 's turn came for her third , she fully expected it to be as straightforward as Billy and Berta , but in the last week she got a lot of bleeding . |
| 25 | ‘ I prefer it to be as natural as possible . ’ |
| 26 | Obviously , there are other pricing schemes a firm could employ , but none would seem on the face of it to be as compelling as the ones we have discussed here . |
| 27 | After 30 years away , Denis Pitts returned to the Italian island of Elba and found it to be as beautiful as he remembered |
| 28 | I have exerted myself to be as charming as I can be perhaps you will reassure me , Therese , that I can still be charming when I try ? ’ |
| 29 | Families of serfs were forced by Chilperic to accompany the princess ; some hanged themselves to avoid going ; people of good birth were also expected to make the journey , and then to stay in Spain ; as a result they made their wills , reckoning themselves to be as good as dead . |
| 30 | In lengthy career-assessment trials — of the type commonly used by leading companies worldwide to select executives and vet candidates for promotion independently — nine top female executives showed themselves to be as tough-minded , independent and decisive as male counterparts . |