Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a couple , they appear as ‘ babes in the wood ’ , helpless and hopeless together as they would be on their own , beset by the awfulness of everyone else . |
| 2 | However , it 's certainly better to be safe than sorry especially better to be safe than sorry especially as one of the symptoms of a d.c. offset at the input would be a similar offset at the output . |
| 3 | Well yes anything like that especially as it should be the shopping area . |
| 4 | These homemade videos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside . |
| 5 | The draft rules for the asylum appeals procedure were issued unfinished so as to aid discussion . |
| 6 | Although welcoming my friend 's generosity in giving me a pair , I did not want to mate brother and sister if possible especially as these were already young from a brother and sister pairing , so I did not intend to use the young male unless I could find an unrelated mate for him . |
| 7 | THE Chattahoochee river seems tranquil enough as it meanders 385 miles from north Georgia 's mountains past Atlanta , along the Alabama border and across the Florida Panhandle , finally spilling into the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 8 | The optional words in brackets in subclause 8.1.2 should be included for obvious reasons , and it is suggested that if those words were included then so should the words at the end of subclause 8.1.4 so as to avoid a conflict . |
| 9 | The Americans were anxious to see the Russians engaged in the Far East as soon as possible so as to minimise American losses . |
| 10 | Get actual local conditions as early as possible so as to have time to make any amendments to your plan . |
| 11 | Governments should aim to make their policy instruments as predictable as possible so as to minimize confusion and hence undesirable fluctuations in output . |
| 12 | Perhaps cyclists using the service could be asked to clean their bikes as much as possible so as to minimise the risk of oil stains etc . |
| 13 | ( d ) Party not to take advantage of his own wrong A lease will be construed so far as possible so as not to permit a party to it to take advantage of his own wrong . |
| 14 | Er just a sec just had eleven o'clock as well so . |
| 15 | The Society 's view is that a more positive solution is needed : to amend the Financial Services Act 1986 so as to make it clear precisely how far rules made under the Act displace the general law . |
| 16 | Was that so as to cast doubt on Googol 's word ? |
| 17 | The law , she thinks , is strong enough as it stands . |
| 18 | Section 4 of the 1982 Act amends the Law Reform ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1934 so as to exclude the survival of any claim for damages for loss of earnings during the lost years for the benefit of the estate in respect of deaths occurring on or after 1 January 1983 . |
| 19 | The jury were directed by the trial judge that they could find him guilty only as actor , whereas the true position was that he could be found guilty either as actor or on the basis of art and part . |
| 20 | Rather than rejecting objectionable discourses past and present , this approach entails an unstable coexistence with that which it contests , and it manifests this textually as the parodic adulteration , manipulation , or ‘ doctoring ’ of another 's language . |
| 21 | Minch had long ago taught Creggan to ignore this altogether as their food was never good and an eagle could only come to harm if he got involved with people in that way . |
| 22 | But in 1914 I wanted to be purely English so as to be able to offer myself untainted to Lily . |
| 23 | Pre-prepared units of work should be labelled and stored so as to make them accessible to pupils and teachers alike . |
| 24 | This does not appear to be altogether necessary , having regard to the grade of the inclines , but possibly the condition of the bond has induced them to add this so as to prevent the semblance of a hang to the descending tank . |
| 25 | It may be helpful to bend down to do this so as to minimize the strain on your back , especially with a heavy dog . |
| 26 | Foucault argues that a whole series of movements since the nineteenth century , including various anthropologizing Marxisms , have developed complicitly with this so as to preserve the sovereignty of the subject against Marx 's and others ' decentrings : positivism , the Hegelian Marxism of Lukács , the Marxist humanism of Sartre , as well as various theories of cultural totalities such as that of the Frankfurt School . |
| 27 | She tried to concentrate on this so as not to have to think about what Finn was saying . |
| 28 | it up again here , so I did n't mi wish to discuss it like this so as I said it 's gon na be twelve months ' time . |
| 29 | We talked about London and working in London , which was genial enough as the wine was poured , and then he put a spin on it . |
| 30 | Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter . |