Example sentences of "as [adv] as [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With their bizarre appearance and seemingly mysterious but treacherous way of life , the dodders have certainly latched on to human imagination as successfully as they do to the innumerable species of plants they parasitise , spawning fables , myths and fascinating names such as love vine , immortal vine , vine in the sky , beggar vine , strangleweed , devil 's gut , scald and so on . |
| 2 | Even in the very early days of the company , we were aware of the importance of recruitment selection and training and we would not have been able to grow as successfully as we have without it ’ , says |
| 3 | That same prize will elude the British for as long as they yearn for it publicly . |
| 4 | They seem unskilled in the simple acts that console women when they are distressed — like being held gently for as long as they need to be held , making murmuring noises rather than using words ( or even worse , forming sentences ) , wiping tears away and blowing noses … in other words giving the same comfort which you would give to a child . |
| 5 | Do they really go on for as long as they seem to , or are they , as some people have suggested , fleeting sensations before waking up ? |
| 6 | The issues Rushdie involuntarily personifies are great indeed , and for as long as they continue to be treated as an inconvenience , democracy itself is diminished . |
| 7 | The real wonder is not that some who profess to believe fall away after continuing so long but that some last as long as they do with as little as they have . |
| 8 | Snooker frames with Julian last about twice as long as they do with anybody else . |
| 9 | Just keep going for as long as you like on that line . |
| 10 | This means that any single frame can be found quickly and accurately and it can be held on the screen for as long as you like without damaging the disc . |
| 11 | I have never experienced an aggressive or bullying rasbora of any species , and they mix well in the peaceful community aquarium , swimming alongside companions from the other side of the world as easily as they integrate with their natural South East Asian cohabitants . |
| 12 | I wonder if I will get away with things as easily as I have on other serious falls and I wonder what it will feel like at the bottom . |
| 13 | This is probably the most difficult material to handle because the many characters and nationalities involved in the various available libretti must express themselves as distinctively as they do in real life and the choreographer must try and ensure his design has some semblance of reality if it is to communicate meaning . |
| 14 | Do you believe in these things as sincerely as you believe in the existence of your Renault estate car ? |
| 15 | ‘ The test has shown positive , but as far as we know at the moment it could have come from many different sources . ’ |
| 16 | Our efforts to meet the company have so far been unsuccessful , but as far as we understand from the AEU ( which has a single union agreement with Montupet ) , there are no special mechanisms to target recruitment and training on the unemployed and it is worth bearing in mind that the code of practice of the new Fair Employment Act puts the idea of the merit principle above that of equality of outcome or the achievement of social justice . |
| 17 | The development of such trading centres is only relevant here in as far as they point to the direction in which economy was evolving in the sixth and seventh centuries . |
| 18 | The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | And the , the price was thirty nine pounds and as far as I know at the time the , the pianos went down that terrace I do n't think anybody could play it properly . |
| 20 | Okay well we 're waiting as far as I know for the money to come |
| 21 | Now if we do n't do that of course we er we 're going to change lots of patterns , we 're going to potentially increase er commuting out of the area into Leeds , that 's not something which we feel is consistent with er planning policy guidance in the realm erm , I do n't think there 's anything as far as I know in R P G two which er says that adjoining authorities around West Yorkshire should n't er seek to make provision reasonable provision for their own er residents ' needs . |
| 22 | One feels that two hours spent in one or other of the jammed little rooms — there are four as far as I remember at this instance , two down , one up , and one in the cellar — will be rewarding , refreshing , and never questioned by the owners . |
| 23 | As far as I recall from school biology , you do not acquire relatives by waving . |
| 24 | As far as I understand from the gossip there 's nothing 'll come out of it by goin' to the polis ; it 's got to come from Parliament . |
| 25 | It 's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps . |
| 26 | Let me start with a vote , do you welcome advances in reprod , in reproductive technology , as far as you know about them , do you welcome advances in reproductive technology ? |
| 27 | The domestic dog is thought to have evolved from the wolf , yet wolves and other wild dogs bark about as often as they appear at Crufts . |
| 28 | Use the pass on the day of your choice as often as you like between the places of interest , and your will find that it is the most enjoyable way of seeing arguably Europe 's most exciting city ! |
| 29 | Down the pub as often as you want with all the fellers — ’ |
| 30 | Go to the lavatory as often as you need to , do n't try to ‘ hold it in ’ . |