Example sentences of "[adj] as [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe , on the underground conveyors in some as yet undug mine , the shiny blackness will split and reveal , like the shape of a leaf , the last faint outline of my life and work … |
| 2 | It is worth mentioning that the final is not so theoretical as perhaps believed : 40 per cent of the marks are allocated in the practical paper . |
| 3 | Although in these studies the level of activity was not as high as originally reported , subsequent work by the eastern Cooperative Oncology Group established FAM as the regimen of first choice and showed a relatively low toxicity profile . |
| 4 | Not wanting to seem too negative , I have outlined ways in which the discipline of English as currently constituted might divide , to the benefit of both parties . |
| 5 | We were very fortunate that our faithful ‘ visiting ’ advisers were willing as always to take care of art , music , social sciences , and playing cards ; and , above all , that Scott Anderson and Laurie Bruce would undertake the entire sorting and evaluating of stamps and records respectively . |
| 6 | Red and black make brown as well do n't they ? |
| 7 | The British Army soldiers had been , for a considerable period of time , mainly clad in a red tunic for battle , reputably so that any sign of blood was not easily discerned , but Baden-Powell realised that , with the advance of fire arms , the red tunic provided a more prominent target than the rather drab mixture of green and brown as normally worn by the Boers . |
| 8 | It , it achieves just as much as softly doing hop skip and a jump . |
| 9 | It 's really , I mean next year I was sort of quite co I 'm quite committed to not having a year off so much as just exploring things and that 's what |
| 10 | So much as just finding the gold . |
| 11 | If , if as I understand it , it 's a matter of law , and the practice will be much as just suggested , is that a correct er , interpretation . |
| 12 | Yet this begs the question of how policy initiatives should be assessed , given that they regularly embody flawed conceptualisations of urban crisis , were created in contentious circumstances and reflect spatial realisations of a political agenda as much as objectively circumscribed social problems . |
| 13 | Yet preparation is not always a case of in-depth research so much as systematically thinking through what may be faced in the real life negotiating position . |
| 14 | Some will be disappointed to learn that Clavierübung III as finally printed has nothing to do with the number of buttons on Bach 's waistcoat or the transit of Venus , but everything to do with his compulsion to expand on his original conception of works on a more or less ad hoc basis . |
| 15 | The UK Central Council for Nursing , Midwifery and Health Visiting has recently approved general SVQs and occupational SVQs at level III as fully satisfying the educational entry requirements for pre-registration nursing preparation . |
| 16 | On June 3 the National Assembly adopted a resolution approving the holding of the World Fair ( EXPO ) in Budapest in 1996 ( rather than 1995 as originally planned ) with 192 votes in favour , 72 against and 24 abstentions . |
| 17 | Colin broke , I think he equalled a record for a leftwinger as well scoring goals we had er later on we had Bob came from Coventry , Coventry City . |
| 18 | A major report on the health consequences of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station has concluded that the effects have been limited , and not nearly as serious as widely reported . |
| 19 | As a male chainworker commented to Commissioner on the Factory Acts in 1876 : ‘ I should advocate their [ women 's ] time should be so limited as neither to interfere with their own health and morals or with our wages ’ . |
| 20 | Article 100 as originally drafted provides that the Council shall , acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission , issue directives for the approximation of such provisions laid down by law , regulation or administrative action in Member States as directly affect the establishment or functioning of the Common Market . |
| 21 | I think it 's fair to say that it 's not quite as simple as just deleting that item out of the budget , there are in fact I think five or six people working for community arts and in the events of that item being deleted we would presumably have to add on the costs of making them redundant erm an an an and dis erm the community arts scheme I think represents , it 's true to say , a range of expertise . |
| 22 | erm I think in terms of techniques is is is a level of awareness really , to be able to respond to children erm with their curiosity and with their erm expressions of anxiety erm in a way that makes it all right for them to be feeling the way they are , and I do n't think it 's simple as just saying a technique , I think it 's what we can offer as adults comes from an inner awareness that we have as adults , that we can convey to our children , because it 's not just the techniques , or the behaviour , or the words that we use , but it 's those feelings behind the words . |
| 23 | Choosing the correct size is not as simple as merely ensuring that the rug fits into the appropriate space . |
| 24 | It predicts that there will be 8.5 billion people in 2025 , and that the world 's population ( currently 5.3 billion ) is likely to double by the 2050s , not the 2090s as previously estimated . |
| 25 | The anti-macassar was boiled as white as newly fallen snow . |
| 26 | Three of the boys in his class were sporing recently shaved heads as pale and as smooth as newly laid eggs . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , there are many essential oils sold in the aromatherapy market which are not as pure or as natural as generally believed . |
| 28 | To an outsider visiting Imperial College , some of the departments seem so large as almost to prevent a sense of unity . |
| 29 | Afdal ( Efdalzade ) on a document dated late Jumada I 877/early November 1472 intervenes , and this ( and another of his , dated early Safar 874/mid-August 1469 , interrupting Molla Husrev 's putative tenure ) is possibly explicable as actually dating from his seven-year period in the post in the 890s . |
| 30 | Well you 've got to take these as well look . |