Sentence examples for was as typical from inspiring English sources

His rapid rise was as typical for a Russian oligarch as is his deep dependence on Cyprus for offshore banking.

The journalist Murray Kempton said that this was as typical of the president's methods as was his refusal to go into Vietnam.

The policy of staying away from Chambers Bay was as typical for Kaymer as it was deliberate – designed, in essence, to avoid boredom.

It was as typical and ordinary and expected as the dinner questions, or starting the new kid off on the tambourine it had all happened before, and it would all happen again, the touch of cattiness in the beginning, relatively innocent doo-dooisms that lacked any deep venom.

It was as typical and ordinary and expected as the dinner questions, or starting the new kid off on the tambourine — it had all happened before, and it would all happen again, the touch of cattiness in the beginning, relatively innocent doo-dooisms that lacked any deep venom.

Last week was as typical as any, with a guest list that included President Barack Obama, the basketball superstar LeBron James, Bill Gates of Microsoft, and the flamboyant pop diva and gay icon Lady Gaga, more than half a century King's junior.

The pallor and the sunken cheeks and the consuming flame of gaiety are as typical as the inimitable voice.

"I make music," he replied with a directness that is as typical of him as it is paradoxical in this evasion.

Repurposing is as typical to Berlin as experimentation, and the open-minded city has been welcoming to the Ausländer.

It was, as her friends remembered today, "typical Heather".

Another strategy was to use the test also when the clinical picture was perceived as typical.