Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's no danger , ’ he translated , his eyes on the soothsayer 's hands , ‘ but the boar that we want is as fast as the wind and as sharp as an eagle . ’ |
| 2 | Thus the best libretto ever written for the best opera ever written is scarcely tolerable as reading matter . |
| 3 | ’ The thing that bothers me about English training is that although acting is as demanding as ballet or opera , dancers and singers work out every day . |
| 4 | Okay I think that 's very good really I I do n't think I think you 're writing is very nice as well . |
| 5 | ‘ I like them all , but liking is as far as I 'll get — have you seen the prices ? ’ |
| 6 | make sure that all the information you give is as accurate as possible ; |
| 7 | I hope that the Secretary of State , who I know is as appalled as all of us about the matter , will pay special attention to how that could possibly happen . |
| 8 | The snarling and growling is very audible as the lions move about , looking for a way out . |
| 9 | To build is as natural as to procreate . |
| 10 | The use made of resources allocated is as important as the extent of the original allocation : it can not be assumed that budgeting money or designating a staff member as training officer , will ensure more than nominal training unless there is more than nominal commitment to the concept that systematic training should be integral to library management . |
| 11 | Learning to relax is as important as a healthy diet . |
| 12 | The search for details of buildings now gone is as fascinating as that of the discovery of features of those that remain . |
| 13 | Their teaching qualifications are of obvious benefit to the church ; the ability of a musical director to teach is as important as his or her mastery of musical skills . |
| 14 | A lot of what follows is as painful as pulling teeth . |
| 15 | ‘ Overall , I 'd say the level of support we offer is as good as most other companies in our industry , and a good deal better than some . ’ |
| 16 | There 's like a challenge to try and get the most out of your mind and body in a sport which I think is as international as any other . |
| 17 | What the team decided not to change is as interesting as what it decided needed fixing . |
| 18 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 19 | What is more , Locke 's interpretation of what consent involves is so accommodating as to evacuate the notion of much substance . |
| 20 | Tim Midgely , a director of Biomass , said : " The technology we 're using is as old as the hills . |
| 21 | I think a failure , if it 's carefully manipulated is as good as very formal didactic teaching . |
| 22 | It 's a reflection on sadomasochism , and on negation , and on the Underground throughout these novels , that the true gambler 's urge to lose is as strong as and not ultimately separable from its opposite . |
| 23 | Renting is as safe as houses |
| 24 | However , predicting what proportion of the total population the older age groups ( or any other subset of the population ) will represent is more problematic as it depends upon the number of children future generations produce . |
| 25 | While it is probable that the number of births recorded is as accurate as we are likely to need , the records of some social events are , by their nature , likely to be incomplete . |
| 26 | And while they certainly are open to research and development and to further invention , the way they evolve is as complex as the evolution of the natural world . |
| 27 | Micro Focus , meanwhile , is offering a fully dynamic system that it claims is as polymorphic as Smalltalk in that it supports dynamic look-ups and can implement an untyped system . |
| 28 | And one of the problems that these folk had , and one of the problems we all have is as long as we think we 're all right , then we 're all wrong . |
| 29 | The duty to protest is as undeniable as the need . |