Example sentences of "out to be as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This option might have to be taken up in the future when the V-bombers reached the end of their operational lives , unless the TSR 2 turned out to be as effective as the RAF hoped , and was able to extend the life of the airborne nuclear deterrent indefinitely . |
| 2 | If the hypnotist does not turn out to be as trustworthy as expected , this can be extremely dangerous . |
| 3 | This can not be said of the colourful house , which turns out to be as likeable as its architect . |
| 4 | Since he held by patent he could not be displaced and the work was executed by his deputy , Thomas Atkins , who turned out to be as dishonest and self-seeking as his principal . |
| 5 | But if they all turn out to be as cantankerous as this one , Mr Buksh will probably be happy to steer clear of them . |
| 6 | Dorothea had told Florence Ames the story of Gaily in the church twice before , and neither of them was yet tired of it , Dorothea because it pleased her friend so to hear it , and Florence because it pleased her that the man had been somehow vindicated , turned out to be as good as she had thought , and a friend . |
| 7 | Would the prospects turn out to be as good as in the 1970s ? |
| 8 | For the next two hours she was absorbed in the film , which turned out to be as good as she had hoped . |
| 9 | The androids are created in our own image , and turn out to be as good , and as bad , as us . |
| 10 | Becky turned out to be as good as her word , keeping the accounts in what she described as ‘ apple-pie order ’ and even opening a set of books for Trumper 's barrow . |
| 11 | If you are planning to try them again this year , take the precaution of choosing quick-maturing varieties in case this summer does n't turn out to be as sunny . |
| 12 | He was prepared for a battle if the porter turned out to be as difficult a customer as his wife . |
| 13 | But the notion of an instrument turns out to be as empty as his posturing . |
| 14 | It held biscuits that turned out to be as hard as diamondwood . |
| 15 | If , however , we do apply anthropological and linguistic perspectives to this recent work on the consequences of literacy , as I claim we must despite its claim to protection from them , then that work in fact turns out to be as biased as that of the earlier phases . |
| 16 | Each time she thought she had caught hold of the essential man he turned out to be as nebulous as the sea mist drifting through her fingers . |
| 17 | There must be very few bird reserves situated only a few minutes ' walk from the centre of a town which turn out to be as rewarding as Radipole Lake , another RSPB reserve . |
| 18 | The money would only go to you , Monks , as the older son , if the younger turned out to be as evil as you . ’ |