Example sentences of "[adv] to be as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easy to sink into a sort of limbo , where nothing seemed any longer to be as important as it had been . |
| 2 | The years of steady expansion were over , although achieving the hoped-for cuts was not to be as easy as the centre expected . |
| 3 | The proofreading seems not to be as accurate here as in the rest of the book , and there are some flaws in the details concerning the manuscripts and the discussion of the settings . |
| 4 | The Kent County cricketing team came again , beating Henley 20 — 2 although the Standard bravely reported it ‘ not to be as one-sided as it might appear ’ . |
| 5 | However these products tend not to be as rich in calcium as dairy products and red fish . |
| 6 | This will be wonderful in the bookshops as she has returned to the ghost story , and although it is reputed not to be as good as The Woman in Black , its sales are going to be . |
| 7 | Because a colour system requires three dots ( one for each primary ) at each point on the screen , resolution tends not to be as good as a similarly-sized monochrome display . |
| 8 | I was careful not to be as blatant with Émile . |
| 9 | It is n't their height but their shapely form that attracts discerning hillgoers , and since many of the tops are not included in tick lists — some of the Scottish ones do n't even get Corbett status — they tend not to be as popular as their loftier neighbours . |
| 10 | This affords Brown a chance to explore the planet which he believes not to be as dead as it first appears . |
| 11 | I 've heard that Chinese carrots tend not to be as reliable as some Eastern European ones … |
| 12 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 13 | I 'll try not to be as shaky this morning . |
| 14 | ‘ I try not to be as foolish u the doctor , and not to blunder in where the Inspector wishes to go quietly . |
| 15 | So , when I wanted to grow slightly tender plants in my none-too-mild Midlands garden , I decided to bring them up to be as tough as possible . |
| 16 | This option might have to be taken up in the future when the V-bombers reached the end of their operational lives , unless the TSR 2 turned out to be as effective as the RAF hoped , and was able to extend the life of the airborne nuclear deterrent indefinitely . |
| 17 | If the hypnotist does not turn out to be as trustworthy as expected , this can be extremely dangerous . |
| 18 | This can not be said of the colourful house , which turns out to be as likeable as its architect . |
| 19 | Since he held by patent he could not be displaced and the work was executed by his deputy , Thomas Atkins , who turned out to be as dishonest and self-seeking as his principal . |
| 20 | But if they all turn out to be as cantankerous as this one , Mr Buksh will probably be happy to steer clear of them . |
| 21 | Dorothea had told Florence Ames the story of Gaily in the church twice before , and neither of them was yet tired of it , Dorothea because it pleased her friend so to hear it , and Florence because it pleased her that the man had been somehow vindicated , turned out to be as good as she had thought , and a friend . |
| 22 | Would the prospects turn out to be as good as in the 1970s ? |
| 23 | For the next two hours she was absorbed in the film , which turned out to be as good as she had hoped . |
| 24 | The androids are created in our own image , and turn out to be as good , and as bad , as us . |
| 25 | Becky turned out to be as good as her word , keeping the accounts in what she described as ‘ apple-pie order ’ and even opening a set of books for Trumper 's barrow . |
| 26 | If you are planning to try them again this year , take the precaution of choosing quick-maturing varieties in case this summer does n't turn out to be as sunny . |
| 27 | He was prepared for a battle if the porter turned out to be as difficult a customer as his wife . |
| 28 | But the notion of an instrument turns out to be as empty as his posturing . |
| 29 | It held biscuits that turned out to be as hard as diamondwood . |
| 30 | If , however , we do apply anthropological and linguistic perspectives to this recent work on the consequences of literacy , as I claim we must despite its claim to protection from them , then that work in fact turns out to be as biased as that of the earlier phases . |