Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is accepted that a list MdB who has been defeated in a constituency may make his services available there , and he is as likely as the constituency 's own MdB to receive requests for assistance . |
| 2 | Considerably more work will be required to investigate this possibility , but it is particularly intriguing as it has been suggested that sorghum and millet were domesticated somewhere in the African savannah zone . |
| 3 | For polyethylene Δε is about 3.0 kJ mol -′ , but it is as high as 18.0 kJ mol -′ for poly(tetrafluoroethylene) . |
| 4 | I do not know when this piece of nonsense first became currency but it is as prevalent as ever : a recent poll of literary luminaries in France placed Simenon in the category of most under-valued prose writers of this century . |
| 5 | But it is totally universal as well in that it is also a simple parable , like Dead Poets Society , about the necessity to follow your instincts and not get trapped by the drive to conform . |
| 6 | Some alterations have been made to it , such as substituting a cast-iron beam for the original timber one , but it is basically intact as built , and interested visitors can see it on application to the Coal Board 's local area office . |