Example sentences of "[vb mod] just as well [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Precepts of holiness , he declared , might just as well be preached to a wolf as to a man , if man were naturally and inevitably wicked . |
2 | But now she might just as well be living with Mrs Jackson ! . |
3 | Archaeologists have a clear responsibility : until the information contained in those records is made available to other archaeologists , and to the general public , the excavation is not complete : the information is still as inaccessible as if the site had never been excavated , and the records themselves might just as well be buried . |
4 | This is the ultimate in man 's domination of a river , although many city rivers might just as well be piped . |
5 | The actual choice of routes through the dilemma is irrelevant and could just as well be decided by the toss of a coin . |
6 | Many of the characteristics of the postwar period which we associate with Fordism , for example , high levels of military spending or private consumption , could just as well be explained in terms of the political institutions which shaped the Fordist era . |
7 | When modern social anthropologists write about " primitive " peoples it is for want of a better vocabulary ; they could just as well be writing about " other " peoples . |
8 | Yet , on the other hand , it could just as well be argued that many people may be called Balak , and " king of Moab " specifies which one is meant . |
9 | Gullibility and greed are charges that can just as well be flung back at the life companies . |