Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [modal v] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Firms look on maternity leave just as they would a skiing holiday . |
| 2 | The disc contains a text file reader to enable you to page through the authors text file using indexes , just as you would a book . |
| 3 | Ian Lawrence runs his kitchen just as he would a hotel |
| 4 | Resolve the pistol attack exactly as you would an attack from another hand-to-hand weapon . |
| 5 | If you act for the seller of a building estate , even though it comprises no more than a dozen houses or flats , it will repay you to have printed as many documents as possible ( drafts and engrossments of conveyance or lease , contract , etc ) and to anticipate as far as you can a buyer 's preliminary requirements . |
| 6 | It was the duty of the ruling sultan , at least in principle , to extend so far as he could the area controlled by true believers at the expense of that ruled by Christian infidels . |
| 7 | There 's nothing for it now but to get back as fast as we can the way we 've come . ’ |
| 8 | In many ways , the good arciprete is nostalgic for the days of Stalin and he regards Russian glasnost rather as he would the Vatican bank investing heavily in Durex . |
| 9 | Sir Peter Walters , a former chairman of BP who now heads Midland Bank and Blue Circle , kept a row of management books behind his desk in Britannic House , but says he read them ‘ primarily for entertainment , rather as I would a novel ’ . |