Example sentences of "may [be] just as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality , a well-conceived general course may be just as coherent as a narrower one ; after all , the study of classics traditionally involves two languages and three disciplines and who is to say that classics is not both general and coherent ? |
| 2 | ‘ You may be just as tired as him but mentally you must get it into your brain that you are not going to stop until you drop and if your opponent knows that he might stop . ’ |
| 3 | The defendant 's documents may be just as relevant and important as the evidence of eye witnesses as indeed can be the lack of such documents ( see Coyle v Arnham Timber Co Ltd ( 1981 ) NLJ 367 ) . |
| 4 | The delicious and time-consuming dishes and sauces they used to make may no longer be possible for them , for many reasons , so there should be no hesitation in trying to interest them in some of the tinned and packet products which may be just as good for them if fresh milk has to be added . |
| 5 | Though other books may be just as good or even better on one particular feature . |
| 6 | Some of those classified as short-term unemployed may be intermittently unemployed and this may be just as demoralising as a long spell off work . |
| 7 | Technology itself may be up-to-date , chip-bound , computer-orientated ; or it may be simple , and concerned with skills of a less modern kind ( though they may be just as difficult to acquire ) . |
| 8 | In other words , an abstract idea will replace a master-man relationship ; but in practice the workings of a labour force may be just as difficult . ’ |
| 9 | Such ‘ limits ’ on the freedom of the press are often overlooked yet their consequences may be just as severe as those which the state can impose . |
| 10 | Yet the resort to arms is by definition a crisis of politics , and to neglect the political response for the sake of military considerations may be just as perilous . |
| 11 | The third criticism is that the medical basis of the Infanticide Act 1938 is now discredited : the reference to the effect of lactation is without foundation , and it is acknowledged that the social pressures consequent upon the arrival of a new child ( such as financial demands , unsuitable housing , effects on family relationships ) may be just as likely to lead to the mental disturbance manifest in these cases as any condition linked specifically with the event of giving birth . |
| 12 | Yet the moment-to-moment implementation — the method of making the decision — may be just as important as the decision itself . |