Sentence examples for this were as from inspiring English sources

"I wish this were as intuitive as it sounds, but it's not".

If only this were as simple as Cadillac versus Mercedes-Benz versus those expensive new Japanese cars.

Gay more successfully shows that the white impresarios behind all this were as penny-wise as they were liberal-minded.

SASHA FRERE-JONES: The answers I got from musicians about this were as surprising as the indifference I got from younger listeners.

If this were as true as it sounds, the news would obviously provoke great consternation in any parent with a child smaller than average — a status that most of us, thanks to Galton and his percentiles, know by heart.

Until we examine more closely the relationship between economy and society, there is little chance of mitigating the evils which politicians vainly deplore, wringing their hands and talking of changing cultures, as though this were as simple as a change of clothing or of decor.

"This is as good as it gets".

This is as low as Broadway gets.

This is as grassroots as it gets".

This is as random as it gets.

This is as bad as it gets".