Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New chief executive Lewis Platt shows a welcome colourful turn of phrase as he says ‘ We 're about as well-positioned as anyone to succeed in the murky environment that fiscal 1993 looks like it will be . |
| 2 | To sort out which expectations are sound or unsound , a procedure to falsify the unsound ( as with universal statements ) will be just as effective as one to verify the sound ( as with the existential ) . |
| 3 | ‘ You know I 'd give my right arm to have someone as good as you to model for me ! |
| 4 | She was surprised to see it was covered by a thick mat of soft fair hair — somehow she 'd have expected someone as blond as him to have smooth , hairless skin . |
| 5 | I was as shocked as you to find the advert in our magazine and fully understand and applaud the concern of all those who telephoned . |
| 6 | He will be as pleased as I to know that in Essex there are now sixty three secondary and fifty five primary schools operating with grant maintained status . |
| 7 | I know who I am in the car and I think I am as determined as anyone to fulfil my own potential . |
| 8 | We are as determined as you to find your friends . |
| 9 | Or like my mum and dad , who were as keen as anyone to get off Earth , but had n't the gumption or the connections to get a work permit on an orbital . |
| 10 | In those circumstances , it is natural that those who work in the tobacco industry should be as anxious as anyone to defend their jobs . |
| 11 | We are as anxious as anyone to provide good working conditions for public servants ; but would the public servants themselves honestly contend that working conditions during eight hours of the day should , in the present emergency , take priority over the living conditions of mothers and children for the whole twenty-four hours ? |
| 12 | To Comfort , they seemed as anxious as she to ignore the war and they had put themselves out to entertain her during her visit . |
| 13 | I 'm just as eager as you to establish your identity , ’ he assured her with irony . |
| 14 | Vic swings on to the motorway , going north-west , and for a few miles gives the Jaguar its head , moving smoothly up the outside lane at 90 , keeping a watchful eye on the rear-view mirror , though the police rarely bother you in the rush hour , they are as eager as anyone to keep the traffic flowing . |
| 15 | This was fortunate for the Hearts forward Ian Ferguson who was as surprised as anyone to remain on the field after flooring Gus Caesar with as good a right hook as has been seen this side of Madison Square Gardens for many a long day . |
| 16 | Smith was as surprised as anyone to learn of the marriage problems . |
| 17 | I am as surprised as anyone to learn that Colin has now signed for current Football League champions Leeds United . |
| 18 | Supermarkets may be as surprised as anyone to find themselves selling no more than 25 per cent of national production by 1997 . |