Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But while Scotland 's wilderness areas are still not as overcrowded and overdeveloped as Yosemite or even the Lakes , the damage is there for all to see .
2 They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet .
3 The problem of passive viewing is also just as real and viewing tasks are just as important .
4 If , then , this column is going to be devoted to what could be called the ecology ( or Eco-logy ) of popular culture , it 's obliged to recognize that none of the emblematic artifices and artefacts of that culture , be they movies , commercials , headlines , photographs , typefaces , fashions or fads , can any longer be trusted to be ‘ innocent ’ ; that even if the crisp elegance of the typeface in which this article is embedded emits a ‘ meaning ’ as much as does the text itself , that meaning is also just as conscious and deliberate .
5 For all these reasons , it is probably not as beneficial or stabilizing to the local economy as an increase in other retailing or service jobs , or in office employment , would be .
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