Example sentences of "[be] as [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has known little but fighting these last few years , but I think , with the right woman , he could be as gentle and tender a knight as any girl could wish for . ’ |
| 2 | If the team becomes too large then in practice it could well break down into sub-teams and not be as effective as intended . |
| 3 | Mental repetition has been shown by research on basketball players to be as effective as going through the actions . |
| 4 | Pitched on the machair in Sutherland , however , it proved to be as useful as holding a tea towel over your head . |
| 5 | Perhaps the summer would be as marvellous as had the last . |
| 6 | Where appropriate , pointing to the area on one 's own body is helpful or using visual aids , which can be as simple as drawing a diagram while explaining the location of the part . |
| 7 | Organisation of space can be as simple as considering carefully how you place a single wooden table and chair — but it is always important . |
| 8 | This could be as simple as entering the drama as a messenger and passing on information . |
| 9 | ( left ) Dressing up or down this versatile outfit can be as simple as changing your shoes — comfy espadrilles for daytime , sophisticated heels for evenings . |
| 10 | The snags they sort out can be as simple as making sure a contractor understands plans properly to having to re-design equipment found to need modification when it is being installed . |
| 11 | It might not be as easy as plotting Vologsky 's defection — and Kirov had only just reminded himself of a few of the terrors which he could face if he failed . |
| 12 | As Tiguary announced the plan to the assembled chiefs , Dulé could see the scene in his mind 's eye : the fire licking up one mast , then leaping in the rigging to the other , snaking through the spars , then falling in sparks , and setting the decks to smouldering while sleepy men sloshed water about with the balers , yelling orders to one another , until , when the flames had lit up all the timbers and the ship blazed in a transparent lattice of spars and ribs , her defenders would fling themselves into the sea and the warriors would swoop out of the shallows and fall on them : it would be as easy as catching fish . |
| 13 | It may not be as easy as surrendering your body to the doctor and simply taking the medicine , nor can you expect an over-night cure . |
| 14 | Sex should be as normal as easing or drinking . |
| 15 | They are sometimes referred to as the ‘ major ’ religious traditions , but this would be as misleading as referring to the other religions as ‘ primitive ’ . |
| 16 | The M 1 is perpetually being resurfaced , a task that seems to be as endless as repainting the Forth bridge . |
| 17 | It might be as straightforward as writing down or calling out an answer , pressing a button , etc. or it may be a task that requires manipulative skills such as wiring an electrical component or threading a needle . |
| 18 | ‘ The operational differences between federal and unitary states may not be as great as portrayed by the constitutional-legal classics on federalism ’ . |
| 19 | It is highly evocative of that time in everyone 's life when a mortgage meant nothing , music was all and your friends could be as mental as barking hens . |
| 20 | It may not be possible to adequately define ‘ damage ’ to the environment , or even to detect it , when the environmental impact of a genetically engineered bacterium may be as undramatic as replacing a naturally occurring species of bacterium . |
| 21 | On the other hand , the rest of us have yet to realise that computer literacy will soon be as essential as driving a car . |
| 22 | I like to think that Miranda will survive her crisis and not be as depressed and defeated as she is now . |
| 23 | Hardly a week passed without Rabbi Schonfeld or his chief lieutenant and propagandist , Harry Goodman , mounting an attack against the RCM for dereliction of duty , implying that if they held the reins the race would be as good as won . |
| 24 | If this were so , an examination of an animal for pain-related behaviour would be as good as asking the animal if it was in pain . |
| 25 | Colour-blind casting would be as pointless as translating the libretto into Home Counties English . |
| 26 | Trent thought of calling at her to relax but he knew that it would be as pointless as trying another smile . |
| 27 | ‘ I do not believe they are going to be as clumsy as to try to introduce this for people actually undergoing surgery , ’ he said . |
| 28 | If the hypnotist does not turn out to be as trustworthy as expected , this can be extremely dangerous . |
| 29 | Support was welcomed , but except in the case of Israel and the United States , the relationships which evolved tended to be as frustrating as rewarding for all the contestants . |
| 30 | When that happens , to continue using it can be as bad as using no map at all . |