Example sentences of "[adj] as it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the most transparent of the fictions it espouses , and is as unrealistic as it is unfair . |
| 2 | Cool , thick , old oceanic lithosphere is gravitationally unstable as it is generally denser than the asthenosphere over which it lies . |
| 3 | Passive smoking — I have advised his parents to stop smoking as it is likely to be aggravating the child 's asthma . |
| 4 | The first major problem with Fforde 's work is that it equates collectivism with socialism , which is as historically wrong as it is jejune . |
| 5 | The IRA is entitled to its view , wrong as it is . |
| 6 | But the only other guidance necessary is to say : be as funny as it is in you to be but be careful not to go too far . |
| 7 | 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 … ’ |
| 8 | The report , People and Poverty in the North East , says that the cost of living for people on income support is three times as high as it is for those on an average wage . |
| 9 | Unemployment is rising in every European country except Spain , where it is nearly twice as high as it is here , and in every European Free Trade Association country , and in every G7 country it is higher than it was a year ago . |
| 10 | Unemployment is rising in every European country except in Spain , but there it is twice as high as it is in Britain . |
| 11 | We might kid ourselves that life is perfectly OK as it is , so why risk trying something new ? |
| 12 | The dietary fibre connection is not in any way as clear and direct as it is in the evidence concerning cancer of the colon . |
| 13 | As with all COBUILD materials , the emphasis is on English as it is really used today , drawing on the evidence of the COBUILD corpus devised by Professor John Sinclair 's English Language Research team in the University 's School of English . |
| 14 | If they did not , the myth of the sense behind the sentence would not be as popular as it is . |
| 15 | Deep sea fishing off the island 's coast is as popular as it is a challenge , with plenty of record-breaking specimens of sailfish , marlin or tuna to be hooked . |
| 16 | To attribute this to the ageing process per se is as foolish as it is to describe physical disease as ‘ your age , my dear ’ . |
| 17 | Here lies the root of Callinicos , project — the buttressing of Marxism as the ‘ true radicalisation ’ of the Enlightenment ; and here I suspect lies also his ultimate discomfort with Modernism — prone as it is to slip the leash of a guiding politics and dance under the less biddable star of the Aesthetic . |
| 18 | I have a waiting list , Miss Thorne , and I am overcrowded as it is . |
| 19 | I do n't drop down into the deck well , overcrowded as it is , but remain on the edge , with arms woven around the chrome railings for safety . |
| 20 | erm talking about the sorry David the Playhouse being an entertainment centre , perhaps you should utilise the space a little bit more I 'm sure if we go down stairs now into the foyer bar it 's probably empty as it is erm many nights of the week . |
| 21 | Gentle exercise such as walking is as valid when you are old as it is when you are young . |
| 22 | The interior of the 164 , constructed from elegant materials and designed with obsessive attention to detail , is as luxurious as it is spacious . |
| 23 | If it does n't low income workers will be stuck in low option plans , high income workers will opt out to fee for service schemes , and ‘ quality ’ health care will be as elusive as it is now . |
| 24 | Some would say that female mutilation is different as it is cultural . |
| 25 | The case of the Granada is different as it is being used in the business exclusively and giving the business some benefit . |
| 26 | Clause 1.2 is not acceptable as it is inadvisable to agree any unreasonable fetters on the tenant 's right to assign the benefit of the agreement . |
| 27 | It 's not acceptable as it is , is it ? |
| 28 | I do n't think it 's acceptable as it is . |
| 29 | Occasionally this can be interesting as it is in Bintley 's Consort Lessons ( 1984 ) . |
| 30 | The Rose : As Interesting as it is Beautiful |