Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb mod] be by " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wo n't be as damaged by you dashing her dream as you could be by continuing with something that makes you ill . |
| 2 | Impressed as we may be by the caddis house , we are nevertheless , paradoxically , less impressed than we would be by equivalent achievements in animals closer to ourselves . |
| 3 | For example , musical and philosophical skill — as opposed to the external rewards of reaching the ‘ top ’ in a musical or academic career , a kind of achievement which , if given central importance in our lives , will yield no abiding satisfaction , beset as we will be by worry as to what others are or are not thinking of us — can only be developed by an individual in a propitious environment where many co-operate in working at them . |
| 4 | Two very important indexing journals not always used as much as they might be by social researchers are the British Humanities Index and the Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin . |
| 5 | Boullee was the architect of the sublime , and he said that there should be poetry in architecture , and that men should be moved emotionally by it as they would be by a poem . |
| 6 | Moreover where the issue really does raise a question of esoteric university ‘ lore ’ the courts are unlikely to override the decision of the visitor , informed as he will be by the university authorities . |