Example sentences of "can be just as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | National brewing giants such as Allied or Whitbread , though , are not the only villains ; small independent firms can be just as insensitive in their treatment of their tied houses . |
| 32 | You can be just as dead in this orchard as in any other around the village . |
| 33 | The emotional response in a game , play and in drama is a response to an abstraction , to a ‘ bracketing-off ’ from living , and it can be just as intense — possibly even more intense for , knowing it is a second-order experience , one can ‘ release ’ one 's grieving , for example , in a way one would not do in the actual event . |
| 34 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 35 | ‘ blind kids can be just as spiteful as other kids . ’ |
| 36 | A transparency sent round in a cab or a special piece of artwork produced at short notice can be just as valuable as an exciting launch or a slap-up lunch . |
| 37 | On those rare days when the weather has run out of rain and the sun has driven away the clouds , the wrong packed lunch can be just as disastrous . |
| 38 | ‘ The loss of a pet can be just as upsetting as the death of a member of the family because people become so attached to them , ’ she said . |
| 39 | Activity in any single unit can farm part of many representations and the inactivity of a cell can be just as important for representing something as its activity . |
| 40 | Experiences that inhibit us as learners can be just as important in this respect as experiences that help . |
| 41 | The loss could well be considerably higher , particularly if you are male or heavily overweight ; but over-high expectations can be just as demoralizing as very slow weight loss , so we are taking a restrained attitude . |
| 42 | Gardening in miniature can be just as rewarding , keep pots and plants in proportion and position where they can be viewed in detail |
| 43 | Parents can be just as sensitive to school as their five-year-old child . |
| 44 | But unofficial links can be just as significant as more overt official association , as in the close association of business and financial interests with the Conservative Party . |
| 45 | This latter is quite an important point , because although it may not be immediately obvious , a deposit which consists only of large particles can be just as well-sorted as one which consists only of small ones . |
| 46 | People accuse the whites of being prejudiced , but blacks can be just as bad . |
| 47 | Prescribing unnecessary drugs or too many medicines can be just as bad for your health as prescribing too few . |
| 48 | I think there 's a danger that you can go over the top with praise , in that you 're anxious to give quality feedback , the thing that you have to be careful with is that it 's not just meaningless like that , because that can be just as bad as giving negative feedback . |
| 49 | Like yourselves , you see us lot playing for Heriots and see fellers going in hard , and say I can be just as hard . ’ |