Example sentences of "all the [noun pl] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three weeks ago , the 102nd Airborne Division , Russian-trained and regarded as a crack unit , was rushed from its base at Asmara to the front line , but it too has been mauled by the rebels , who swept through the mountains flanking the main road , capturing all the towns as far as Woldiya . |
| 2 | When you have filled all the gaps as far as possible , you can start work on the insulating wall . |
| 3 | I merely want to open all the doors as far as they will go at the moment . ’ |
| 4 | A key provision of the new statement urged Israel to ‘ follow through expeditiously with the above points , allowing therefore the return of all the deportees as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |