Example sentences of "[v-ing] to be as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In presenting learning tasks and information to pupils a flexible organisation is required and children need training to be as independent as possible when working without direct supervision . |
| 2 | But in South Wales it was n't going to be as easy as that . |
| 3 | It 's not going to be as accurate and not going to be as easy to read it off but |
| 4 | That 's that 's not going to be as easy as the last one . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not going to be as easy as that , ’ he murmured . |
| 6 | He had thought about what to say , not everyone was going to be as easy to approach as Mrs Flock . |
| 7 | If all these gorgeous chaps are going to rally to the standard when we stick it in the salt pot , then I , for one , am going to be as fragrant and petal-soft as a lady in a soap commercial . |
| 8 | Yet as Andrew Palmer , deputy finance director at Legal & General Investments warned at the same conference , ‘ like all chains , Taurus is only going to be as strong as its weakest link . |
| 9 | ‘ I do not believe they are going to be as clumsy as to try to introduce this for people actually undergoing surgery , ’ he said . |
| 10 | I did n't think she was ever going to be as appealing as Frances , but I hoped that by the end of the book she would be a little more appealing than she had been at the beginning . ’ |
| 11 | I thought — it was silly I know , but I thought perhaps seeing Aubrey had reminded you of Madeleine and that it was going to be as awful as it was when you came back from England after that holiday . |
| 12 | It 's not going to be as accurate and not going to be as easy to read it off but |
| 13 | Do n't just prolong the issue , do n't pick on us and lock us in a room thinking that when we come out we 're going to be as good as gold , because we 're not . |
| 14 | Now the idea behind that is that it builds up and keeps in trim the muscles of the feet and ankles and legs , which is going to be what gets you about because you realize your retirement is going to be as good as your legs . |
| 15 | Do we really need him now , there 's no way he 's going to be as good as he used to be , and he 's probably the size of Mick Quinn now anyway : - ) |
| 16 | It is common for us to imagine that others are going to be as critical of us as we are of ourselves . |
| 17 | However , Lithuania are n't going to be as dangerous as they might have been as several of their top stars did n't make the trip . |
| 18 | You know , if the erm that if the family think you 're going to actually take the child off them because they 're not looking after it properly , then I mean obviously they 're not perhaps going to be as frank with you as they might otherwise . |
| 19 | Naturally , not everyone is going to be as enthusiastic about the relaunch as we are ( those who 've been rubbing their hands together in anticipation of issue 100 , for example ) . |
| 20 | The perks are specifically designed to encourage people to invest in their local water authority despite the fact that it is patently obvious that some are not going to be as attractive as others . |
| 21 | Well Mrs you 're pleading guilty for these offenses and we 've listened to what Mr has said on your behalf and we 're going to be as lenient as we can in the circumstances . |
| 22 | ‘ Good , I can see this is going to be as amusing as I had hoped . ’ |
| 23 | It will not however be easy — in fact we need to assume it 's going to be as difficult as this year , — but we can do it ! |
| 24 | This was going to be as difficult as he had imagined . |
| 25 | However , a ‘ 56 Custom is never going to be as desirable as a ‘ 58 Standard , for two reasons . |
| 26 | ‘ She 's going to be as beautiful as the Queen of Egypt , and as clever as King Solomon . ’ |
| 27 | It 's not going to be as big as her first marriage , when 47,000 well-wishers crowded the streets around Westminster Abbey to catch a glimpse of her in the magnificent Glass Coach . |
| 28 | Presumably this lining-up of grades , with equivalents in the old O level and CSE grading system , was undertaken in order to reassure people that ‘ standards ’ were going to be as rigorous as before . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not going to be as bad as I think ’ |
| 30 | Obviously striving to be as controlled as possible , she smiled . |