Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are not , you may be heading for potential losses which could have been avoided and you are almost certainly not trading as effectively or profitably as you should ! |
| 2 | She had taken to her marriage-bed , therefore , a certain natural innocence and all the ignorance considered essential to her station , of which Tristan had relieved her as gently and pleasantly as he had been able , his passion lacking the intensity which might , on those honeymoon nights , have alarmed her ; being , instead , a lighthearted matter , full of the nonchalant reflections of the man himself . |
| 3 | I was not conscious of this — it could have lasted twice as long as far as I was concerned . |
| 4 | In fact , in her continuing ‘ effort to be objective ’ , O'Keeffe based more and more of her imagery on observable forms in nature , and she represented them as exactly and precisely as she could . |
| 5 | But though Catherine was clearly disappointed by its failure to produce a new code of laws as quickly and easily as she had hoped , and perhaps not very reluctant to end its activities , there is no doubt of the sincerity of her motives in calling it . |
| 6 | The night before , and through the morning into the afternoon , the Wolverines had rampaged from level to level , always moving as quickly and confusingly as they could . |
| 7 | A Security Council vote to enforce its no-fly zone declaration had been expected as early as yesterday but it was postponed because of arduous negotiations over a final text , including the grace period before shoot-down or other orders could be issued . |
| 8 | Her right hand tingled to smack his arrogant face , but she remembered her drama coach 's advice , consciously releasing her tension in a long , draining breath ; then she said as clearly and cuttingly as she could , ‘ Whatever has Peter done to deserve a rat like you for a brother ? |
| 9 | Next carefully sow the seeds , trying to do this as evenly and thinly as you can .. |
| 10 | You have to carry it as often as often and you 're supposed |
| 11 | Check that you have the positioning right and encourage your baby to feed for as often and long as he wants to stimulate the flow . |
| 12 | ‘ Tell me as simply and quickly as you can , Bernadette , where does Mother Clare think that Eve is today ? ’ |
| 13 | The singer loosened the collar of his shirt and let his voice flow out as turbulently and tranquilly as he desired . |
| 14 | The extensive discussion of the topic in Chapter 2 led to rejection of the account offered by Wagner for habituation , but this may be just as well as far as his theory of latent inhibition is concerned . |
| 15 | Lesbians and gays are expressing themselves differently from the way they were before the Clause , but they are still saying as openly and as proudly as ever that they want the boundaries changed . |
| 16 | The ballerina has to behave as graciously and confidently as her partner . |
| 17 | They drifted apart as casually and amicably as they had drifted together in the first place , with no ill-will on either side . |
| 18 | Similarly , the Andante ‘ on an old German Minnelied ’ does not move along as freely and naturally as it should and so loses something of its song quality . |
| 19 | The temptation must be resisted as firmly and valiantly as I have resisted the other , more obvious , more sensual lures and snares . |
| 20 | Never fear , my friend , I am in this as anxiously and earnestly as you . |
| 21 | His arm waggled , as if he were groping for something , and then his hand appeared as softly and suddenly as it had vanished : holding the fifth ball . |
| 22 | Neither did I. I never imagined that a father could treat a dying child as cruelly and wickedly as we later discovered Heathcliff had done . |
| 23 | When our children grow up , we no longer make the decisions for them , but accept the decisions they make for themselves and their own families , and we must do it as constructively and cheerfully as we can . |
| 24 | Halfway through the final allegro the world came into existence again , as quietly and effortlessly as it had gone . |
| 25 | As quietly and uncomplainingly as she had lived she slipped away in her sleep at two o'clock in the morning of 21 October . |
| 26 | Moving as quietly and gently as she could to avoid scaring the budgie away , Penny climbed up on to the fence and then , by way of various branches , up the tree . |