Example sentences of "[adv] surely as it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New life , green as the holly leaf , was at work inside him as surely as it stirred inside his wife . |
| 2 | While the greening of the electorate was rapidly taken aboard and she was impressed by the fact that acid rain could damage international relations as surely as it did stonework and trees , what caught her imagination were the profound implications of what was happening to the chemistry of the deeper atmosphere . |
| 3 | And yet … there had been a moment when Dane 's undeniable magnetism had reached out to her , too , ensnaring her in its thrall just as surely as it captured every other female . |
| 4 | Consciousness exacted its price : as surely as it increased freedom so it diminished it . |
| 5 | Protectionist policies , designed to deal with unemployment , temporarily ended the rule of the Conservative Party at the end of 1923 just as surely as it helped the Conservative Party to political dominance in the 1930s . |