Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] could wish " in BNC.
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| 1 | That aside , the rest of the main editing screen is as clear as you could wish . |
| 2 | In 1773 when raw silk was difficult to obtain , the owner of a throwing mill in Sherborne wrote : … having discharged many of my hands which are either starving , or are become burdensome to the town , others are incessantly crying for a little work and could they obtain but a morsel of Barley-bread they are happy , they very often go days with little or no nourishment … the continued cries of the poor people complaining for want of the necessaries of life as well for want of employment is shocking indeed … and what is worse the overseers are not so bountiful to the necessitous as I could wish . |
| 3 | The effects are widely varied and can be static shimmers of colour , rolls comprising crescendos and diminuendos , or simply beaten rhythms , which can be as complex or simple as one could wish . |
| 4 | The seedlings , upright as bishops , are as free-fruiting and close-branched as you could wish for . |
| 5 | ‘ On the 7th and 10th of Feb. we recd your Letters of the 25th of Septr and 6th of Oct : They were a source of the highest gratification to us all , but neither Letter was so full or explanatory as we could wish and from the slight mention of Mrs. Gould we are fearful that her health is not much improved . |
| 6 | As one would expect , the recording is as musical as one could wish for . |
| 7 | The harmony is in fact remarkably smooth throughout the piece , and is as rich and vital as one could wish . |