The phrase "as alarming as it" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to assess its correctness in written English.
It can be used in a comparative context where something is being compared to another alarming situation or event, but it needs to be followed by a noun or clause to be fully functional.
Example: "The news was as alarming as it had been during the last crisis."
Alternatives: "as concerning as it" or "as troubling as it".
The error rate may not be as alarming as it seems, Dr. Rhyne said.
This was as alarming as it was puzzling, like a crossword attached to a bomb.
That vertiginous equation was as alarming as it was befuddling to an audience quite content with batting average, thank you.
The recent borrowing boom has driven household saving down from around 10% of disposable income to about 5%.This decline is not quite as alarming as it may seem.
But when her nails became so brittle that she could not properly wash dishes, a development as alarming as it was discouraging, she sought comfort and reassurance from one of her new friends walking the same path.
As alarming as it was to see a Cardiff side that have struggled for goals all season put three past Liverpool, there was never really any doubt that the visitors would go onto win the game.
Central banks now generally target an inflation rate of 2 percent, and view figures below that potentially as alarming as figures above it.
As alarming as this sounds, it shouldn't spur an over-reaction from the U.S. Wikistrat's analysis determined that China could have no more than a marginal regional impact, even under the best case assumptions.
The suggestion was that that part of the press should be controlled by elected public officials, and while this was, of course, deeply undemocratic, it was nowhere near as undemocratic or as alarming as his statement that "it is time that the networks were made more responsive to the views of the nation and more responsible to the people they serve".
This war may not seem as alarming as Mali's, but it is worth noting for another reason: The C.A.R. has long been a laboratory for international peace-building initiatives, and they have failed again.
Now fuck off!" That may be the funniest film moment of 2015, but it's as alarming as saying: of course nobody understands this financial stuff – except that the 2008 crash is going to happen again, but worse.
