Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rangers jumping from a helicopter and spreading out in this same way , a little over-confident as many American soldiers tended to be , hyped up by TV and movie images to believe in their innate superiority . |
| 2 | Janet Walters , an Oxford history graduate who had previously served as a full-time tutor in Northamptonshire in 1943–45 , arrived in August 1952 but resigned two years later : she went on to a successful career in adult education , eventually retiring as principal of Hillcroft College , Surbiton , in 1982 . |
| 3 | He even wanted us to go to them tomorrow , ’ she added , feeling rather guilty as she remembered . |
| 4 | Social interviews , sometimes known as ‘ trial by sherry ’ , are theoretically relaxed occasions , like a drinks party or dinner , but the atmosphere tends to become rather strained as one half of the party sizes up and assesses the other half . |
| 5 | A formal concept of ‘ good ’ would be wholly indeterminate as to content such that anything , irrespective of its impact upon human welfare , could be characterized as ‘ good ’ . |
| 6 | It also shows how a combination of these can easily result in a local economic strategy which has clear political as well as economic goals . |
| 7 | David looked rather odd as she said that , but he left so quickly that she could not ask him anything about it and picked up her book to absorb the time until Annunziata brought in her supper . |
| 8 | ‘ It is remarkably complete as well as being extremely well presented . |
| 9 | He wore a white robe and hat like mine , a little odd as they were of Nigerian design . |
| 10 | A restrained virility that boded ill for anyone so incredibly foolish as to even think of challenging his authority . |
| 11 | The term ‘ Third World ’ came to seem rather outmoded as developing countries divided into many different characters and degrees of prosperity . |
| 12 | A great many of them , certainly those who are the prime candidates to read our magazine , are strikingly different as fathers than their fathers ; they 're also different lovers , husbands , bosses and sons . |
| 13 | The endeavour was professionally abysmal as well as painful , and his money started to run out . |
| 14 | ‘ I never want to hear that name again , ’ Sophie broke in , then felt rather foolish as Helen raised her eyebrows . |
| 15 | The textual norms of each genre will further suggest certain options and rule out others that are grammatically acceptable and may , in other genres , be textually acceptable as well . |
| 16 | Disraeli Gears from Tesside are rather different as they look to the energy and rawness of the Sixties rather the dull produced stomp of Nineties ' heavy rock/ metal . |
| 17 | Err on the short side and cut a little further as necessary |
| 18 | Corbett nodded , rather embarrassed as Dame Agatha bustled round the room , laying the tray on a small table and dragging across a stool . |
| 19 | I tend to paint very quickly , so the paint is always rather damp as I flit round the paper , putting a colour here and one there , and at first it all looks a bit of a jumble . |
| 20 | ‘ It is the swim which is still the most exciting as everything depends on the tide . |
| 21 | That problem — almost the reverse one — is why individual organisms exist at all , especially in a form so large and coherently purposeful as to mislead biologists into turning the truth upside down . |
| 22 | Any asset sale which is not commercially justifiable as being in the interests of the vendor as a whole will , on the face of it , be a breach of the duties of the directors of the vendor . |
| 23 | Even the validity of many of the ‘ I 've been here before ’ experiences is rather doubtful as , with the growth of television and cinema , we have all seen so many places which we may later come to visit . |
| 24 | So deliver them it does , in a political forum as intensely commercial as any private-sector marketplace . |
| 25 | I found your motherboard upgrade article most interesting as I have been thinking of upgrading my XT , but I had not bargained for changing the keyboard as I have a 102 key board ( no XT/AT switch ) . |
| 26 | Even Sheila grew a little afraid as they drew close to the house . |
| 27 | Inveterate controllers are rarely adequate as physical lovers , unable to let go or risk too much excitement . |
| 28 | I have to say I 'm a little doubtful as to whether legal aid will be granted because the courts now take the view that if there 's no contest between you and him as to who 's going to look after the child , then they wo n't make a court order . |
| 29 | Product names therefore should not be so specific as to exclude wider use where appropriate . |
| 30 | Budgets should set expenditure for principal areas of expense and may with advantage be so specific as to set amounts for individual chemical products and equipment . |