Example sentences of "it be as [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 2 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 3 | Will it be as close as that ? |
| 4 | Will it be as easy as it looks on paper ? |
| 5 | Will it be as good as last year 's ? |
| 6 | Would that it were as easy as sticking your hand up to vote for it Because I have to say that I see no evidence since that motion approving the management initiative was passed of Labour and Liberal members doing any more than paying lip service . |
| 7 | But the pressure of surrounding poverty and the fear of it were as inescapable as a shadow . |
| 8 | Crikey it 's as tall as you . |
| 9 | if it 's as close as you like to zero , |
| 10 | Probably because it 's as close as I have ever come to seeing myself and my friends up on the screen . |
| 11 | But given the opposing demands made on film productions before they are shown , I believe it 's as close as we may get towards an insight into the rank and file members of a movement that had a profound influence on Liverpool politics for a decade . |
| 12 | ‘ IT 'S AS disappointing as baked beans for Christmas dinner . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's as sure as hell you 're not getting engaged to him ! ’ he grated . |
| 14 | There are three worlds to explore : a tropical beach littered with lovely palm trees and lovelier nudists ( do n't get too excited — there are n't any graphics ) , a chilly Arctic zone , and of course the real world — well it 's as real as you 'll ever get in an Avery game ! |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't know what it 's like inside but it 's as black as the ace of spades outside . ’ |
| 16 | It 's as Norwegian as roast beef is British . |
| 17 | As a business it 's as circumscribed as any other , with A&R departments answerable to what Jeff Young describes as ‘ men in grey suits ’ shouting , ‘ Bottom line ! |
| 18 | ‘ Well , it 's as far as I 'll go . ’ |
| 19 | A laid-back little seaside resort regarded by Perth 's residents as being on their doorstep — although it 's as far as Aberdeen is from London — Kalbarri has a remote , island feel . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's as far as we can go . |
| 21 | That it 's expensive ; it 's as expensive as you want to make it . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's as dark as death out there . |
| 23 | You know it 's it 's as possible as it always has been . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's as good as The Living Body , is n't it ? ’ said Elinor . |
| 25 | I did n't want to use print film ; I just do n't think it 's as good as a slide film where you can get the saturation . |
| 26 | ‘ I call this my Holy Water , it 's as good as a tonic . |
| 27 | Then it 's as good as done , is n't it ? " |
| 28 | Well , it 's as good as any other . |
| 29 | The obvious two are Kevin Keegan — he 'd be crap … he 's just a jumped up little Geordie who still has n't shown he can produce a really imaginative team ; and Glen Hoddle — now , hed be my choice … why ? because he 's young , has the respect of the players , would introduce the concept of playing football into the national team ( after all , if you look at the individual skill level of English players it 's as good as just about anywhere in the world … it 's just that managers have refused to let them play ) . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's as good as any , ’ said Juliet . |