Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] could [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are more likely to have a rug accepted by an auctioneer if you are prepared to put it up without a reserve ( a figure agreed between you and the auctioneer below which they will not sell the rug ) , but this is extremely risky as it could then be sold for far less than it is worth . |
| 2 | Now it was empty as it could n't have been for centuries , left to the tide and the sea birds . |
| 3 | Latin really was impossible as I could n't face a prose , but it was discovered that the Greek papers consisted only of two papers : |
| 4 | Above all , a ban on strikes is dangerous as it could only be implemented at the cost of Mr Gorbachev 's package of political reforms . |
| 5 | So the Lipsey diagram ( Figure 3.1 ) is as simple as we could plausibly manage , and it is not a definite guide . |
| 6 | It was an unhealthy enough place to be even at the best of times , swampy and malaria-ridden ; any Europeans trading there would have been only too aware of the risks involved , and the depleted crew of the Orynthia , overworked and probably ill-fed , must have been as vulnerable as they could possibly be . |
| 7 | In a carefully negotiated settlement Charles and Diana agreed they would work side by side in public as long as they could live totally separate lives . |
| 8 | As long as I could well I do know ho how to work it like before I go to bed and . |
| 9 | So i it was n't a very easy thing then to get them and as I say you 'd be preparing a fare increase which , perhaps a ha'penny on certain fares and a penny on fares above a certain range and you had to allow for depreciation , or resistance in the public travelling but er as long as you could always bring in a little extra from a fare increase it was worthwhile going forward . |
| 10 | With a power rating of 300 watts the DSP 715 is about as small as it could realistically be , standing at 507mm high , 464mm wide and 362mm deep ; and at 77lbs in weight there 's no real difficulty in heaving it up on stage . |
| 11 | That proved difficult as they could n't balance and the kicking routine was murder ! |
| 12 | It was a bit difficult as I could n't feel what I was doing , but I concentrated on pushing the top of my uterus down through my bottom . |
| 13 | Drew admitted that they might well be correct as he could not remember . |
| 14 | ‘ Hello ? ’ she asked , holding the wooden earpiece as close as she could without upsetting her hair . |
| 15 | We try to see that conditions at work are such that if I , to make it personal , was working in a particular factory , I would find them as congenial as they could reasonably be . |
| 16 | As he had ‘ found ’ two pairs of white gloves , and his post-box mouth was as wide as it could possibly be , I began to suspect something . |
| 17 | Binding is not solely observed in neuronal tissue as we were also able to demonstrate binding in rat spleen extract , however it is not ubiquitous as we could not demonstrate binding in rat testis extract . |
| 18 | Kylie never tires of telling interviewers that life at home at Camberwell High School was just as normal as it could possibly be . |
| 19 | The substitution did seem strange as I could n't see why Wallace was being taken off and not Deane ( or a defender ) . |
| 20 | This was just about as bad as it could possibly get . |