Example sentences of "as [adj] as [pron] are [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore I am entreating you most earnestly to send me those men you aught to send , well armed , as soon as possible as we are going to assemble beside Colrane and the general is to come shortly to make a muster there … [ to fight the Irish rebels ] . |
| 2 | It does not matter whether the overall burden of tax increases , as long as they are seen to be reducing personal taxation . |
| 3 | Applications will be accepted as long as they are made by 1st October 1991 but your council can chose to set a later date . |
| 4 | In addition , tax breaks are promised for enterprises owned by artists ' unions and associations as long as they are operating for their prescribed purpose . |
| 5 | It is relatively unimportant what these conditions are called as long as they are characterised by a sufficient number of symptoms of depression to be definable as cases . |
| 6 | The eucryphias , some of which are deciduous , come from Chile and Tasmania and , although they do best in the milder southern counties as long as they are sheltered from the wind , they thrive as far up country as the Midlands . |
| 7 | The palmier biscuits can be made up to two weeks in advance of the filling them with the whipped cream , as long as they are stored in an airtight tin . |
| 8 | As long as they are doing their jobs I see no problems . ’ |
| 9 | As long as they are remembered as such , it does not matter whether anyone else thought them worthwhile . |
| 10 | In theory , therefore , it is possible to produce new plants from any group of cells as long as they are provided with an appropriate growth medium . |
| 11 | Like the family support in sudden infant death cases , the nurses remain in touch with the family as long as they are needed . |
| 12 | I have no objection to photographs , although I never use them , as long as they are used intelligently . |
| 13 | I 've seen all kinds of horses win around Epsom as long as they are travelling well , ’ Cauthen said . |
| 14 | For them it is ‘ stay at home ’ time for the next couple of months — as long as they are left in peace by humans . |
| 15 | Critics have argued that QALY theory is attractive as long as we are considering one person who is weighing up the likely outcomes with different treatments . |
| 16 | Well , my feeling is , and it 's really the same message that you get from most greens and most environment books , is that under-consumption , that is poverty in the poor countries , is linked to over-consumption in the rich countries , and we have to grasp this nettle — it 's one that the Conservative Party in its White Paper on the environment avoids noticeably — we have to grasp the nettle , that as long as we are over-consuming there 's not going to be enough to go round everywhere , and my book shows that this pattern is really a three hundred year old pattern dating from the first Colonial expansion of Europe and the slave trade , and it 's still going on today . |
| 17 | They paraded national and military flags , recited ancient poems , sang hymns and the Polish anthem Still Poland is not lost as long as we are living . |
| 18 | ‘ As long as we are winning the war , and there are victory parades and banners and speeches , the vast majority of the population is also for the war . |
| 19 | As long as we are sitting on God knows how many million cubic yards of best gravel at Maran Hill , I think we shall have a very kindly and attentive neighbour in Lord Wyatt . ’ |
| 20 | As long as you are using MS-DOS 3.3 the answer is fairly simple . |
| 21 | From the age of about six months , your baby will enjoy splashing and kicking in the bath , as long as you are holding on to her . |
| 22 | The answer — as long as you are stinking rich — lies in the ultimate gift guide , Robb Report magazine 's annual list of the most exclusive presents on earth . |
| 23 | As long as you are doing to number two something appropriate as effective by what you have decided to do . |
| 24 | ‘ I shall never leave you , as long as you are caught in the toils of Satan . ’ |
| 25 | David Graddol and Joan Swann for instance suggest that high pitched voices will lack authority as long as there are squealing children and low , growly dogs . |