Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to be as " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the meaning of ‘ god ’ can be developed to be as flexible and free from the restrictions and constraints of earlier teachings and convictions as has been the development of medical science , then the future could be looked to with confidence and hope . |
| 2 | She was implying , plain enough , that no one else could be trusted to be as thorough as herself . |
| 3 | The AA Foundation study also suggests that car radio/cassette players should be designed to be as automatic as possible , and sold with an information leaflet highlighting the possible influences of music on driving . |
| 4 | ‘ She felt pressurised that she would be expected to be as career-orientated as she was before having the baby , ’ says Sandra , ‘ so she works with us because we are relaxed about it — if she does n't want to work on Wednesday , that 's fine , she can work on Friday instead . |
| 5 | On the point of commenting scathingly that not everyone could be expected to be as cold-blooded as he was , Gina hesitated , finally deciding that in this case discretion was certainly the better part of valour . |
| 6 | They could be expected to be as obedient to the workers as they had been to the capitalists . |
| 7 | just as cliché haunted Henry 's daily journey to the train , his socks from Marks and Spencers ' , his regular nightly bedtime , his fondness for a cup of tea at ten thirty in the evening , just as he seemed to be destined to be as remorselessly English as the plane trees in the street outside or the homecoming commuters clacking through the twilight towards the village , so his one existential act ( had n't someone called it that ? ) seemed destined for suburban predictability . |
| 8 | Demands around housing therefore must be seen to be as politically central as demands around the wage and employment , and not simply be seen as a matter of individual choice , which for women in particular it is not . |
| 9 | The difference illustrated here could reasonably be said to be as much attitudinal as grammatical . |
| 10 | The timing of your own contribution can be planned to be as effective as possible . |