Example sentences of "be as [adj] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Privately , not all of Poland 's Communist leaders believe the pro-democracy forces at the Party 's local level to be as strong as the survey indicated . |
| 2 | It may not be as strong as the main outside door . |
| 3 | OSF wo n't put a date on when the re-worked Tivoli-based object management system will be delivered until its announcement later this month , though observers speculate it may be as late as the middle of next year . |
| 4 | The Foundation wo n't put a date on when the re-worked Tivoli-based object management system will be delivered until its announcement later this month , though observers speculate it may be as late as the middle of next year . |
| 5 | It has no existing direct links to the tunnel and could not function until a high-speed rail link was built , and that could be as late as the next century . |
| 6 | Good fortune can be as bewildering as a hard blow sometimes . |
| 7 | The 10-feet high palings , with their broad central gates and twin gas lamps , may not be as imposing as the metal fence around Buckingham Palace , but they do , in their modest way , suggest a sense of grandeur appropriate to a leader who has held office for 10 years . |
| 8 | Maybe ‘ Claremont Road ’ will be as famous as the South Bronx one day . ’ |
| 9 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 10 | No decision has been taken but the move could be as early as the summer . |
| 11 | It could be as early as the Claudian period , and it has the typical widely spaced ditches of that period . |
| 12 | Cos there are people in Britain who simply do n't believe that the public sector can be as efficient as the private sector . |
| 13 | A conservatory is the most adaptable room in your home — and it can be as changeable as the seasons . |
| 14 | Ministers are worried the new charge , which comes into force in April , will be as hated as the poll tax and cause revolt among backbenchers and voters . |
| 15 | When The Scotsman 's music critic reviewed this production in Paris last month she was overwhelmed by its beauty but others have taken the view that two pianos no matter how superbly played can never be as effective as a great orchestra . |
| 16 | When The Scotsman 's music critic reviewed this production in Paris she was overwhelmed by its beauty , but others have taken the view that two pianos , no matter how superbly played , can never be as effective as a great orchestra . |
| 17 | Not a modest one like St Asaph , where the gong and tam-tam crescendos of the third movement would be damagingly deafening , but in some vast Gothic building where the acoustic reverberations would be as effective as the spiritual associations in enhancing the effect of the piece . |
| 18 | This option might have to be taken up in the future when the V-bombers reached the end of their operational lives , unless the TSR 2 turned out to be as effective as the RAF hoped , and was able to extend the life of the airborne nuclear deterrent indefinitely . |
| 19 | Vaccines which consist of a small part of the virus , such as the envelope or core proteins , are being tested in animals and humans but may not be as effective as the whole virus . |
| 20 | If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor . |
| 21 | If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor . |
| 22 | It 's said to be as effective as the pill and experts say it 'll widen the choice for women . |
| 23 | But it is also emphasized that professional competence is not something that can or should be taken for granted , and that the intimate knowledge of the carer-counsellor can often be as useful as the most vaunted professional . |
| 24 | This will be a series of reasoned , relevant points made in much the same way as a lawyer presents a case in a court of law , though your case will not be as one-sided as a lawyer 's and your judge will be the reader or teacher ! |
| 25 | And I can tell you this : I 'm amazed at your new modern outlook ; I 've always known you to be as strait-laced as a Victorian corset and sticking to the narrow principles of that time in which you were brought up . |
| 26 | The corrective that Mr Welch has prescribed is bold enough to suggest that his second decade as chief executive could be as radical as the first . |
| 27 | ‘ I hope there 's a fat cheque in the posh otherwise I shall be as poor as a church mouse . |
| 28 | However , if that racing game were to be as poor as the film ( it is ) with graphics that look positively antiquated ( they do ) , you 'd expect the rating to be about 34% , would n't you ? |
| 29 | They may not be as healthy as the makers would like you to think . |
| 30 | Although it can be as profuse as a gonococcal discharge , it is sometimes only seen first thing in the morning before urine has been passed . |