Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area was highly unsuitable as it was considered a watershed for the Lee Valley . |
| 2 | That might seem like the wackiest of wacky ideas but it becomes ever more fascinating as it is explored in a barrage of speculation , invective and anecdotes , all designed to prove that money , in a practical rather than puritanical sense , is the root of all evil . |
| 3 | To attribute this to the ageing process per se is as foolish as it is to describe physical disease as ‘ your age , my dear ’ . |
| 4 | He did not turn to the centre-spread of college colours until he was outside again , guessing that he would need the privacy of a crowded pavement in which to confront a discovery that was as chilling as it was unsurprising . |
| 5 | It can take a great deal of courage and confidence to challenge colleagues in this way , but as you will see by studying the Code itself , the definition and standards of conduct required are clear and unequivocal , even if putting them into practice is not always as easy as it is made to sound . |
| 6 | The town is full of Tyrolean charm , and the naturally extended welcome to be found in this corner of Austria is every bit as warm as it 's reputed to be . |
| 7 | If the Act is as good as it is claimed in their motion , why has n't the Government ensured proper funding for it ? |
| 8 | Each room has a colour TV — ideal for checking out if Italian football is as good as it 's cracked up to be . |
| 9 | Generally , though , management 's view of the process had become ‘ it 's as good as it 's going to get . ’ |
| 10 | Discerning Greeks like Thucydides ( i. 10 ) knew that the relative splendour of the physical remains of Sparta and Athens was no index of their real strengths : suppose , he says , that the city of Sparta were to become deserted , future generations would find it hard to believe that the place , an old-fashioned , higgledy-piggledy collection of villages , was really as powerful as it was represented to be ; whereas if the same were to happen to Athens , one would think that she was twice as powerful as she really was . |
| 11 | No doubt the journey back was as hazardous as it was coming . |
| 12 | Of all Derek Jarman 's written work , At Your Own Risk is his most militantly outspoken , as courageous as it is heedless , as intemperate as it is driven by profound moral injustice . |
| 13 | As the leisure industries move towards the heart of consumer capitalism 's new conditions , then pop 's sexuality is increasingly as controlled as it is exploited . |
| 14 | Your child 's imagination is as big as it 's allowed to be . |
| 15 | People see you on TV and give you a " celebrity " status that is as crazy as it is flattering . |
| 16 | This implied that only in the sphere of the mathematical sciences can the human intellect attain knowledge that is as objective and as certain as it is known to the divine mind . |
| 17 | Life is not as glamorous as it is cracked up to be on Tour . |
| 18 | ‘ All this modelling is n't half as glamorous as it 's made out to be . |
| 19 | We can agree that the city does not always look good , that mistakes have been made in its redevelopment , but we emphasise that the picture of the city is not as bad as it is painted . |
| 20 | ‘ The crisis in British education is not as bad as it is portrayed . |
| 21 | However , it is as naive to regard religious divisions as self-explanatory as it is to see nationalisms so . |
| 22 | Russell and Ann Mills ' flat is particularly impressive as it is located on the upper floor of the school 's west wing ( Plate 37 and Fig 53 ) and so extends up into the apex of the steeply-pitched roof . |
| 23 | Which was pretty odd as it was fixed with one of those fancy knots which simply ca n't pull out . |
| 24 | The Electricity Council stated : ‘ the cost benefit ratio of installing FGD … would be very high as it is anticipated that the generating costs of a power station fitted would rise 25–30 per cent … ’ |