Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] be as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abstracts are intended to be as concise as the nature of a particular topic being dealt with allows and not to be detailed rule-books dealing with every conceivable circumstance . ’ |
| 2 | These areas are specifically set apart for retail outlets ( both large and small ) and are designed to be as convenient and pleasant as possible for both customer and retailers . |
| 3 | Human beings are expected to be as mechanical as the musak . |
| 4 | Subsequently , they have been reported to be as effective as corticosteroids in treating patients with active Crohn 's disease , and one controlled , but non-randomised trial suggested that elemental diet was actually superior to corticosteroid treatment . |
| 5 | BBCBASIC(Z80) has been designed to be as compatible as possible with Version 4 of the 6502 BBC BASIC resident in the BBC Micro Master series . |
| 6 | The new 2–10 ml Finnpipette has been designed to be as simple to use as any standard volume instrument . |
| 7 | Surfers are said to be as exclusive in their manners as the upper classes they have replaced , talking only among themselves and inevitably spending a good deal of their time incommunicado offshore . |
| 8 | Do n't just prolong the issue , do n't pick on us and lock us in a room thinking that when we come out we 're going to be as good as gold , because we 're not . |
| 9 | Well Mrs you 're pleading guilty for these offenses and we 've listened to what Mr has said on your behalf and we 're going to be as lenient as we can in the circumstances . |
| 10 | For example , brief counselling by general practitioners has been shown to be as effective as benzodioazepine tranquillizers for patients with minor affective disorders of recent onset ( Catalan et al. 1984b ) . |
| 11 | Elemental diet has been shown to be as beneficial as corticosteroid treatment in children with Crohn 's disease . |
| 12 | If all these gorgeous chaps are going to rally to the standard when we stick it in the salt pot , then I , for one , am going to be as fragrant and petal-soft as a lady in a soap commercial . |
| 13 | This Astra was stolen by 5 teenagers , some of whom are thought to be as young as 13 . |
| 14 | It is common for us to imagine that others are going to be as critical of us as we are of ourselves . |
| 15 | ‘ I do not believe they are going to be as clumsy as to try to introduce this for people actually undergoing surgery , ’ he said . |
| 16 | The limits of critical periods have not been found to be as immutable as was formerly thought , for by manipulating the animals ' experience they can be extended considerably . |
| 17 | It has been suggested that , if a researcher is not sometimes surprised at what they observe , then they are failing to be as open-minded as they should . |
| 18 | If the meaning of ‘ god ’ can be developed to be as flexible and free from the restrictions and constraints of earlier teachings and convictions as has been the development of medical science , then the future could be looked to with confidence and hope . |
| 19 | She was implying , plain enough , that no one else could be trusted to be as thorough as herself . |
| 20 | The AA Foundation study also suggests that car radio/cassette players should be designed to be as automatic as possible , and sold with an information leaflet highlighting the possible influences of music on driving . |
| 21 | They could be expected to be as obedient to the workers as they had been to the capitalists . |
| 22 | On the point of commenting scathingly that not everyone could be expected to be as cold-blooded as he was , Gina hesitated , finally deciding that in this case discretion was certainly the better part of valour . |
| 23 | ‘ She felt pressurised that she would be expected to be as career-orientated as she was before having the baby , ’ says Sandra , ‘ so she works with us because we are relaxed about it — if she does n't want to work on Wednesday , that 's fine , she can work on Friday instead . |
| 24 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 25 | The timing of your own contribution can be planned to be as effective as possible . |
| 26 | If all goes smoothly , she now has the chance to become the first ‘ young British designer ’ to be internationally recognised ( oddly , in the fashion business , designers are believed to be as young as their clothes look , which , in Hamnett 's case , is about 19 ) . |
| 27 | In all three studies , the children were selected to be as representative as possible and in each case they were asked to perform exhaustive intelligence tests and behavioural exercises . |
| 28 | Some of the girls pictured were thought to be as young as 6 . |
| 29 | Many problems which we are prepared to treat as bipolar have ramifications which could be taken into account if they were thought to be as important as the impact of the decision on the two contestants . |
| 30 | Presumably this lining-up of grades , with equivalents in the old O level and CSE grading system , was undertaken in order to reassure people that ‘ standards ’ were going to be as rigorous as before . |