Example sentences of "[adj] as it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Unemployment is rising in every European country except in Spain , but there it is twice as high as it is in Britain . |
| 4 | The dietary fibre connection is not in any way as clear and direct as it is in the evidence concerning cancer of the colon . |
| 5 | Occasionally this can be interesting as it is in Bintley 's Consort Lessons ( 1984 ) . |
| 6 | In this case , therefore , Burns 's idea of treating differences of status built on it as idle and artificial is just as appropriate as it is in the case of class . |
| 7 | Dark as it is on this patch of forgotten ground , I can see the eagerness in his eyes . |
| 8 | it wo n't be as warm as it is in the April |
| 9 | Matching drives to an XT is n't as easy as it is with an AT , because the range of drive sizes it supports will probably be quite narrow . |
| 10 | It follows , in my opinion , that the servant may , whilst in the employment of the master , be as agreeable , attentive , and skilful as it is in his power to be to others with the ultimate view of obtaining the benefit of the customers ' friendly feelings when he calls upon them if and when he sets up business for himself . |
| 11 | The camera work can be kept as simple as it is for recording one person giving a talk — it can stay on the interviewee . |
| 12 | What should that placid little people know of the rattle and rush of an express train , typical as it is of the nerve-wasting haste with which we Westerners live our lives ? |
| 13 | There is no evidence that after the mother 's appearance on Sunday Miss T. renounced her adopted lifestyle , sinful as it is in the eyes of the faith . |
| 14 | Yes , yes , well I am too , and that we shall pay the penalty later on if we do n't get with us and I feel that erm , as difficult as the budget is , as tight as it is with reduction etcetera , I feel that we should make a positive funding for prevention or something , or er , because I think unless we do start somewhere , and quickly , we are going to pay the penalty at the end of the and so we 've got to make a date , you 've got to make a year , and if you wait and say and well we have n't got it now , well next year we shall say we have n't got it now , and the next year we 'll say we have n't got it now . |
| 15 | It is clear , however , that political historians can not afford to confine their attention to the goings-on at Westminster or St James 's , and that the history of party under the later Stuarts is as much about the divisions that emerged in society at large as it is about what happened in Parliament or at the royal Court . |
| 16 | I suspect that your Phractocephalus hemiolipterus is already quite large as it is in an 8′ tank . |
| 17 | Faxing the stuff , may prove awkward as it is on 2 large A3 sheets . |
| 18 | ‘ I know that sounds terrible , ’ he says , ‘ but the art scene in America is not as elite as it is over here . |
| 19 | With the show as buoyant as it is in these times , you will perhaps see why I have questioned his assertion that it is a local show and why I can absolutely refute the suggestion that we needed to discount . |
| 20 | In some respects , temporary working in manufacturing is as traditional as it is in those parts of the service sector we have just examined . |
| 21 | ‘ This morning I 'm taking you up the coast to my house overlooking the Sound , and if the weather stays as good as it is at the moment we 'll spend the afternoon on the beach at Hornbaek , which means we 'll go right past Kronberg — we can even stop off and take the tour if it appeals to you . ’ |
| 22 | But , in a situation in which an arboreal habitat has led to a reliance on visual cues and a generalized body-structure and postural suppleness , even the correct mating-position may not be obvious and automatic as it is in many other animals . |
| 23 | The speed of sound in water is roughly four times as great as it is in air . |
| 24 | It must also take account of : ( 1 ) the market position and economic and financial strength of the parties to the merger ; ( 2 ) the availability of alternative products ; ( 3 ) barriers to entry ; ( 4 ) the interests of consumers ; and ( 5 ) the development of technical and economic progress as long as it is to consumers ' advantage and does not form an obstacle to competition . |
| 25 | Well , if you have a problem after , say , the tenth month after purchase , you will be too late for any claim under the Sale Of Goods Act , but you will still have a claim under your guarantee — as long as it is for more than ten months , and providing you sent off the registration card ! |
| 26 | This is at its most practical in empathizing sufficiently to collect useful facts about a person but closing oneself to sympathy ; it is at its purest in vanity , basking in awareness from other viewpoints as long as it is of oneself . |
| 27 | Ahmed : I think that the Union should support developments towards workers organizing around issues of oppression as long as it is within a progressive ideology . |
| 28 | You can move the receiver from room to room , or even into the garden ( as long as it is within a 50m radius of the transmitter ) , or fit one or more receivers around the house . |
| 29 | But that 's enough , it seems , in this small town in the eastern part of Germany , unaccustomed as it is to dealing with foreigners . |
| 30 | ‘ We can not part from the argument without expressing our belief that some trial judges would be troubled if they were told that their view , unguided as it is by any established practice and expressed in confidence , was to be determinate of the period to be served by a prisoner . |