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87.2 4 The gas leak was serious 89.3
2 It was very kind of you to come. enough for the police to 1 The painting was so unusual as
3 It's important for you to take evacuate the building. / The gas to seem almost a joke, or The
some exercise every day. leak was sufficiently serious for painting was so unusual that it
4 It was wrong of you to ride the police to evacuate the seemed almost a joke.
your bike across Mr Taylor's building. 2 The difference between the
garden. 88.3 figures was so negligible as to
5 It was greedy of you to take the Example sentences: be insignificant, or The
last cake. 2 The price is too high (for most difference between the figures
6 It is unacceptable for people) to afford. was so negligible that it was
newspapers to publish this kind 3 The pieces of wood were too insignificant.
of story. 3 The council has been so
7 It was careless of you to drop 4 long to fit into the car. cooperative as to let me employ
My grandfather thought he
all those plates. five people, or The council has
8 It isn't necessary for you to was too old to learn about been so cooperative that they
computers.
have all these books at the start 5 After her long journey, she was (have) let me employ five
of your course. people.
too tired to tell us about her
The music was played so softly
87.3 holiday. 4 as to be nearly inaudible, or
1 similar meaning 88.4 The music was played so softly
2 a Mike does it well; b Mike that it was nearly inaudible.
is very kind. Example sentences:
3 a They want to rent it out very 2 The higher the temperature, 89.4
the greater the demand for
much; b They are worried ice cream. 1 Not so loud ... they're not such
about renting it out. bad neighbours
4 similar meaning 3 The more courses a meal has, 2 wanted as much as £60,000 for
the more expensive it becomes.
5 a = I think that he will win; 4 The bigger the European Union it, but £50,000 was as high as
b = He thinks that he will win. we could go.
gets, the more inevitable will be
How large a garage have you
87.4 differences between the 3 got... but that's not too big a
1 busy preparing member countries. problem.
2 We think it unlikely 5 The better the party the night 4 It's not such a beautiful garden
3 for him before, the more difficult it is ... a huge tree as little as 3
4 worth seeing to get up in the morning.
metres
5 I'm not so sure ... in the car for
as much as 3 hours
UNIT 88 UNIT 89
89.5
88.1 89.1 Example sentences:
2 wider 2 as normal a life as 2 The weather was so hot that
3 most forceful ('most 3 not as beautiful a house as or the road surfaces were melting.
confident' is also possible) not such a beautiful house as 3 The music was so loud that it
4 more alike 4 not such well-behaved children hurt my ears.
5 likelier / more likely as 4 I was so happy that I hugged
6 commonest / most common 5 not as popular a president as or everyone in the room.
7 more confident not such a popular president as
8 more complex 6 not as major an issue in the
9 hottest town as or not such a major UNIT 90
10 more simple / simpler issue in the town as
90.1
88.2 89.2 2 /
2 Young adults aren't informed 1 as many as 3 I have just bought
enough about politics to vote. / 2 as much as 4 He speaks five languages
Young adults aren't sufficiently 3 as few as fluently.
informed about politics to vote. 4 as little as
3 The company felt confident 5 as many as 5 Jenny has recently been
appointed
enough about its new product 6 as much as 6 /
(for it) to take on over 100 new 7 /
employees. / The company felt
He had never been to London
sufficiently confident about its 8 before.
new product (for it) to take on
over 100 new employees. 9 Susan soon became bored
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