Example sentences of "have [adv] be as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For B&O , form has long been as important as function , allowing it to avoid the open-sandwich school of Danish design . |
| 2 | Environmental pollution in the Gulf has not been as extensive as feared , according to a survey by a team from the Monaco-based Marine Environment Laboratory , an arm of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) [ see also ED 62 ] . |
| 3 | Food costs have been high in the past because Fred has not been as efficient as he might have been ( he certainly seems to have neglected his record-keeping ! ) , and his action in letting Chrissie take the food was motivated by his resentment at being demoted . |
| 4 | However , although the WDA has remained , it has not been as interventionist in terms of urban policy as has the SDA . |
| 5 | ‘ No doubt business is better than last year but it has not been as good as many people suggested it might be , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 7 | Although data and voice transmission lines are moving gradually towards the 144Kbits per second Integrated Services Digital Networks specification , the report believes that ISDN has not been as successful as many pundits believed it would be . |
| 8 | Although data and voice transmission lines are moving gradually towards the 144Kbits per second Integrated Services Digital Networks specification , the report believes ISDN has not been as successful as many pundits believed it would be . |
| 9 | Therefore , the Minister has not been as generous as he pretends . |
| 10 | The effect of this change has not been as dramatic as had been feared . |
| 11 | In spite of these impressive results , progress in finding other examples of neurons with highly selective trigger features has not been as rapid as was hoped . |
| 12 | Table 6.9 Sterling commercial paper The development of the market has not been as rapid or as extensive as in many other European countries . |
| 13 | In 1850 Nesselrode expressed the view that " Russia 's position and that of her Sovereign has not been as attractive or as powerful since 1814 " . |
| 14 | The commercial application of expert systems in the UK has not been as widespread as was originally anticipated . |
| 15 | Erm it perhaps has n't been as major as as people might er have thought it should be . |
| 16 | It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke . |
| 17 | It has previously been as high as 60p , and should rocket . " |
| 18 | One gain might come from the elimination of the discount in Gencor 's share price as compared with the total value of its subsidiaries — a discount that has recently been as high as 4 billion rand . |
| 19 | Paradoxically , the Pentagon has never been as preoccupied as the State Department with the vagaries of General Noriega . |
| 20 | It 's been an ever-present feature in PFK — but has never been as large , colourful , or as popular as at present — number one in almost every reader survey of the past few years . |
| 21 | Up to winning ‘ New Faces ’ , you 'd only been as far as the Isle of Man and considered yourself well-travelled . ) |
| 22 | Werewolf stayed upright , but then he 'd never been as close to him as I had . |
| 23 | I have n't been as far down there , I 've only been as far as the doctor 's surgery , down that road . |
| 24 | Twenty-eight days later they were back — they had only been as far as Mugu . |
| 25 | ‘ I know that if Wyn had not been as strong as she has , then I would not be here today . ’ |
| 26 | The superintendent was looking relieved that the incident had not been as bad as it might have been . |
| 27 | Mr Wilkinsion said he was pleasantly surprised that the loss of traffic had not been as bad as feared . |
| 28 | It was the final proof that perhaps , after all , she had not been as inferior to her sister as she had imagined . |
| 29 | But Travis was shaking his head , and insisting that he had not been as enthusiastic as he might have been on Saturday . |
| 30 | She enjoyed nearly everything , even widow 's weeds perhaps most of all widow 's weeds , as her married life had not been as exciting as she might have wished , and besides , they were so graceful and pretty . |