Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I love it just as it is but it can be sauced with burnt brandy . |
| 2 | Yet for ten novels of adventure using this formulaic , superficial method there will be one , if we can find it , which by stretching the convention of improbable excitement by an acceptance of human nature both as it is and as it can be , offers not an escape but an enlargement of life through imagination . |
| 3 | Paradoxically , his subsequent statements do , in fact , make his conception élitist and authoritarian : Shakespeare and Minder are to be applauded but Dallas , Dynasty and quiz shows are to be decried because they ‘ show a contempt for the audience , nut simply as it is but also as it might be … ’ . |
| 4 | But even if one is not antagonised by the appalling monotony of Mr. Lawrence 's theme , under all its splendid variations , one still turns away with the judgement : ‘ this is not my world , either as it is or as I should wish it to be . ’ |
| 5 | Nice as she is and nice as I am , we 're both second string to the power and the rowing ability of the crews . |
| 6 | Clear as it is that the terms of intra-bloc trade deteriorated from the USSR 's point of view in the 1970s , the issue deserves to be treated with a degree of wariness . |