Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she meant to make us nervous , she 's succeeded as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 2 | She is coming as far as you know ? |
| 3 | ‘ It 's getting as bad as the days of cutthroat razors . |
| 4 | It 's burn as much as you can , use as much as you can . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's hammering as violently as mine , ’ he whispered shakily . |
| 6 | It 's expected as many as 150,000 lorries will use the terminal every year . |
| 7 | The council is spending prudently and efficiently and it 's spending as little hard cash as is compatible with meeting the essential needs of the people who live in the city . |
| 8 | If he has a secret , PC Danby says it 's making as many friends as possible . |
| 9 | There is an old saying that whipping a donkey will do no good if it 's running as fast as it can . |
| 10 | The expectations gap is a complex phenomenon , and it is caused as much by financial reporting problems as it is by auditing ones . |
| 11 | Masters and Johnson ( 1966 ) investigated the causes of impotence in older men , and found that it is caused as much by anxiety about possible physiological change as by the ageing process itself . |
| 12 | Northampton-based portable computer peripherals supplier Ranger Computers Ltd has introduced a new version of its RangerDisk3 personal computer compatible floppy disk drive for use with Psion Plc Series 3 handheld computers : it is intended as more convenient means of backing up or transferring Series 3 files than Psion 's Comms Link ; RangerDisk3 has its own version of MS-DOS and connects to the Series 3 via a Psion serial adaptor ; it can be used with the 128Kb and 256Kb models ; the operating software is built in so avoiding the need for program installation on the Series 3 ; file transfer is by the XModem protocol ; it is £200 from Ranger . |
| 13 | It is explained as much by Aden Arabie 's colonial , third-world dimension , as it is by its lyrically explosive and liberatingly destructive style which undoubtedly held more appeal for Sartre in 1960 than the more prosaic , communist militant style of Les Chiens de garde , with its undertones of Stalinist party dogma . |
| 14 | Delegations from Derbyshire , Norfolk and Bournemouth are to attend next month 's London meeting and it is hoped as many others as possible will turn up to add weight to the issue . |
| 15 | The new paradigm must pass critical tests to survive , but it is born as spontaneously as the metaphors of a poet : |
| 16 | Most of them have chosen not to follow the unit structure common to TEC courses but have preferred a ‘ grouped ’ one as it is regarded as more appropriate in the art and design field . |
| 17 | ‘ About 2,500 people receive disability working allowance and I am anxious that it is increased as quickly as possible ’ , he said , and admitted that claimants may have confused DWA with disability living allowance and claimed the wrong one . |
| 18 | A pelmet or valance would also help to reduce height provided it is fixed as close as possible to the top of the architrave , thereby covering the top part of the glass . |
| 19 | When the crack is very shallow it is consuming more energy as surface energy than it is releasing as relaxed strain energy and therefore the conditions are energetically unfavourable for it to propagate . |
| 20 | The DVLA claims it is working as normal after a one-day strike last week delayed the mailing of vehicle tax reminders . |
| 21 | Only if it is contained as LATEST will it be approved again and its issue number increased . |
| 22 | Only if it is contained as Latest will it be approved again and its issue number increased . |
| 23 | It is found as far north as Mexico and as far south as southern Brazil . |
| 24 | I do n't think it is going as fast as it can . |
| 25 | On the first edition of the 1-inch map ( 1834 ) it is shown as boldly as the lanes linking the villages of Canons Ashby and Moreton Pinkney , and similarly on the map of 1887 . |
| 26 | It is essential but not enough to postulate that an object-topic , if it is to qualify as existing in the modus per se , i.e. in its own right and not just as an object of thought , must be a subject , at any given time , of a non-arbitrary set of predicates . |
| 27 | If it is to function as well as it possibly can , the body has several basic needs — nutrition , exercise , relaxation , sleep and so on — but , because of the hectic pace of twentieth century life , not enough attention is paid to ensuring that these needs are met . |
| 28 | If , say , he borrows £5,000 three times , repaying it each time , he is treated as severely as someone who borrows £15,000 outright . |
| 29 | He is lasting as good as , if not better than the rest of the side . |
| 30 | He is quoted as 9-2 favourite to do so and Ladbrokes report heavy betting on the new Sky Blues striker . |