Example sentences of "as [pron] be to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 2 | The sexual feelings were there , and were overwhelming , as they are to many teenagers . |
| 3 | Since the node-link-node triples are not as meaningful to readers as they are to those who made the semantic net , the author may place any phrase in the margin . |
| 4 | All such sources of conflict are familiar to those in the public sector as much as they are to those in the private . |
| 5 | Secondly , we must recall that the mental conflicts which I am identifying as the origins of human society and civilized behaviour — essentially those portrayed in the story of Oedipus — were as intensely painful and unpleasurable to those who experienced them then as they are to those who experience them in our own times . |
| 6 | As far as the Palestinian population was concerned , gas masks had not been distributed , as they were to all Israeli citizens , to Jewish settlers in the occupied territories and to all arriving immigrants ; moreover , there were reportedly no air raid sirens in the occupied territories except in the Jewish settlements there . |
| 7 | To begin with , he thought I was as close to Steve and Paul as they were to each other — and they were like a single amoeba that wo n't let anyone else into its world . |
| 8 | The species of angler fish that lives in the Sargasso Sea is blotched and betasselled in a way that matches the floating sargassum weed so closely that the angler is virtually invisible to the eye of a human being , just as it is to that of a small fish , a shrimp or any other marine creature that might drift through the surface waters of that stagnant sea . |
| 9 | Sometimes dismissed as a fringe activity ( ‘ an educational frill ’ ) , listening to music is clearly as important to as many children as it is to many adults . |
| 10 | We have an infrastructure that 's been built up over twenty years so er and you 've read our brochure and I hope it 's it was as impressive to you as it is to most people . |
| 11 | Total quality is a developing concept , but it is applicable to the education business just as much as it is to any other business . |
| 12 | On this personal level he is aware that change happens all the time and what is important to him , as it is to any composer , are ‘ those moments when people come up to me and say , ‘ this work has changed my life ’ ’ . |
| 13 | The education package for schools announced by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs in March 1980 is a particularly welcome initiative , directed as it is to those who are likely to leave school soon . |
| 14 | When it comes to desserts , it is not as difficult to say no the those of Spain and Mexico as it is to those of some other countries . |
| 15 | Art therapy can be of immense value to some Disabled people , as it is to some non-Disabled people , but it has not intrinsic link to Disability and offers no solution to the problem as Disabled people perceive it . |
| 16 | In June , regular services began from South Shore to Bispham , which became a major terminal of the Promenade cars as it is to this day . |
| 17 | Most others insist that the young Richard got his looks from his mother , Edith , a fair-haired girl , taller by far than Dic , a sweet beauty , ‘ a very strong woman ’ , to whom her husband was absolutely faithful and utterly irresponsible : as he was to all his family . |