Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] it 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean sh shame in the banks I mean we do n't get charges any charges from this bank , I mean if , if you er put it in some banks you get interest charge you on your cheques and all sorts of things , it , it 's as broad as it 's long usually but er I mean we are gon na accumulate money , I do n't think we should accumulate very much more now , we , we 've ample funds for everything we need er but it 's a question |
| 2 | But in due course er when I was still off with flu , erm back to the specialist another test , you know , and that was er March , April of last year and the result of it was that there is something in there which is characteristic of what 's , what we call multiple sclerosis which seems to me is about as broad as it 's long , you know , it 's , it 's a very large |
| 3 | Well it 's as broad as it 's long really . |
| 4 | The best you can do is be as careful as it 's possible to be . ’ |
| 5 | The students are hoping to arrange their own type of wine run , distributing New Release around Gloucestershire , in the hope that it 'll prove every bit as popular as it 's French rival . |
| 6 | The town is full of Tyrolean charm , and the naturally extended welcome to be found in this corner of Austria is every bit as warm as it 's reputed to be . |
| 7 | They go just as fast but it 's now a bending race instead of a straight one |
| 8 | Now the fight is just as hard but it 's not so romantic , so it seems people have lost interest . |
| 9 | It 's tragic — there 's a chap along this road that I like to keep my eye on and it 's as long as it 's short — to lose your eldest boy . |
| 10 | I came this way — it 's as long as it 's short — because of Pratesi and his sausage factory . ’ |
| 11 | twelve months so it 's as long as it 's broad John . |
| 12 | Do n't matter what it is as long as it 's alright . |
| 13 | No , but here 's a , here 's a , a stamp authorizing it , showing it 's as legal cos it 's not legal till the |
| 14 | Is it , do you think it might be as well that it 's a bit lighter Jane , cos I was reading a smashing tip |
| 15 | ‘ Lucky for him , his alibi is as watertight as it 's possible to be , unless the college Principal , half his staff and all his students are Iying . |
| 16 | Each room has a colour TV — ideal for checking out if Italian football is as good as it 's cracked up to be . |
| 17 | Generally , though , management 's view of the process had become ‘ it 's as good as it 's going to get . ’ |
| 18 | Erm we 've feel we 've gone as far as it 's practical to go to meet erm what are after all the genuine needs of genuine needs of our own population . |
| 19 | Well , in the in the question of I M R O as far as it 's erm occupational pension scheme members are concerned , er there 's no there 's no compensation responsibility and I think that that means that you get no , no whistle blowing and in I mean there 's , we 've got , I mean one of the points that we , we heard of just last evening was that one of the of the banks involved ended up er in its arrangements with Maxwell of asking for a hundred and sixty per cent of shares for every hundred per cent of loans that it made to Maxwell . |
| 20 | I think first of all we want to know er as far as it 's possible , which of course is always er within the limitations of our abilities whether we think he 's a man that we can recommend to the church , that they should call him . |
| 21 | Yeah but as far as it 's sa |
| 22 | Yeah , but as far as it 's B S standards go , if it 's not B S standard approved |
| 23 | And just to remind you what I was saying , if you 've just switched on , what I was just confirming with Colin er earlier , is that erm it 's slightly different in this competition to what we 've been accustomed to in the football league er this and last season , in as far as it 's not goals scored that 's important when you have the same number of points , it is goal difference . |
| 24 | The author of the best-selling Wideacre , The Favoured Child and now Meridon ( Viking , hbk 13.99 ) is a past master of sentimental education , and Meridon is no exception : a hybrid of a novel , rank nonsense with literary pretension , a bodice ripper with a socialist message , as right-on as it 's decidedly right-off . |
| 25 | Your child 's imagination is as big as it 's allowed to be . |
| 26 | Yeah , but it 's not as big as it 's not the same size as that is it ? |
| 27 | ‘ However — and it is a BUT in capital letters — it 's as deplorable as it 's inevitable that because he happens to be a movie star his actions have drawn a torrent of destructive attention upon the entire industry with a free-for-all splurge in 57 varieties of scandal , malicious tongue-wagging and dirt . ’ |
| 28 | Erm generally , the er design of the houses compliments those which have already been built at the er , Southern Way and the side of the Ayletts Field , and the extension to Fern Hill er , in terms of their materials in terms of the landscaping , and they will er , as close as it 's possible to do match the refurbished bungalows in terms of including features such as block paving and erm car ports . |
| 29 | Do you really want a sweater that is as wide as it 's long ? |
| 30 | Would she want to wear a sweater as wide as it 's long ? |