Example sentences of "[conj] as [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immersion heaters can be fitted instead of or as well as a boiler to heat the water . |
| 2 | So writing about contemporary Britain never seems to change as much or as fast as the country itself . |
| 3 | Mr Benn , who often comes to our help at these moments , has promised that as soon as a Labour government under Mr Kinnock has looked at the books and realised the true extent of the crisis , it will realise the need for serious measures . |
| 4 | They believed that as soon as a person died their spirit attached itself to the family left behind . |
| 5 | The Home Office Code under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [ PACE ] requires that as soon as a suspect arrives at a police station , they should be told by the custody officer of their right to independent , free legal advice . |
| 6 | We now are setting into motion a new system , whereby the PAs to the Head of Groups/Sectors keep copies of the Christian Aid self-certificate form and should ensure that as soon as a member of staff returns from their sick leave they fill it in . |
| 7 | He wanted a promise that as soon as the baby appeared he should be sent for , ‘ even in the dead of night ’ so that he might be the first to kiss it . |
| 8 | My own need to feel that I am ‘ doing ’ something is happily satisfied by the continued repetition involved in LM 's , safe in the knowledge that as soon as the vitality has had enough it will say so . |
| 9 | The chief executive or clerk of the authority will for the purpose of avoiding disqualification under this provision usually prepare the form in readiness so that as soon as the councillor is elected he may make the declaration as required . |
| 10 | Resolved that this meeting concurs in Apinion [ sic ] with the said Committee — that it will be necessary to carry on the Business of this Institution as perfectly as possible , that there should be two Professors appointed & that as soon as the proposed plan for the College is executed , which , from the Encouragement already given , 't is hoped will be speedily accomplished — The members will avail themselves of the Offer made by the Committee and refer the Merits of Candidates for the second professorship to their investigation . |
| 11 | The reason for this is that as soon as the opportunities for investing in fixed capital begins to diminish — mainly because the capacity for producing consumer goods has been substantially expanded — any further growth in the production of consumer goods would reduce their price , and — cet. par . |
| 12 | But at the same time , it is clear that as soon as the war was over the purely economic contradictions were bound to be excessively aggravated . |
| 13 | ‘ The whole nature of that part of the market is that as soon as the insurers found they had claims , they stopped the product rather than trying to build the book sensibly , ’ says Caroline Blackman . |
| 14 | The Chancery Court held that as soon as the Court made the s 24 order , it was treated as a disposition by Mr Flint , and since he was bankrupt , the disposition of his interest was void unless ratified . |
| 15 | The committee resolved that as soon as the inventory was complete , such articles afterwards considered useless should not be disposed of until the committee itself had dealt with the matter . |
| 16 | He argued that as soon as the council acknowledged their duty to secure accommodation for the plaintiff which they did by writing their letter of 8 March 1991 , the plaintiff acquired a private law right to the provision of suitable accommodation , which right he could enforce in the county court . |
| 17 | ( 1 ) It is a well-known custom that as soon as the siren of a fire-engine is heard , other vehicles should pull up at the side of the road , in order to afford free passage . |
| 18 | The instructions with this recipe which came from an old horseman 's notebook were : Set this mixture by the wind ; that is , the horseman was advised to stand in the wind so that as soon as the colt or horse scented him he would advance towards him . |
| 19 | With a faint smile , he pushed the door wide and , knowing very well that as soon as the bell was heard all would look towards the door , kissed her . |
| 20 | Ordered , That , if the Welsh Development Agency Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House , further proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed and that as soon as the proceedings on any Resolution come to by the House on Welsh Development Agency Bill [ Money ] have been concluded , this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill . |
| 21 | A farmer friend — I do have some — said to me , ’ You realise that as soon as the quota was introduced dairy farmers put more sheep on land that previously was used for cows . ’ |
| 22 | The recession that we 've gone through in materials and elsewhere in the economy has taught us , or should have taught us I believe , a very clear lesson and that is that we must end the situation that 's in the building materials industry where our members rely for a reasonable standard of living on bonus earnings the problem being of course that as soon as the recession starts to bite , then the bonus pay becomes very vulnerable to attack and reduction by the employers . |
| 23 | Pietro has flown in from London and he 's assured me that as soon as the gang make contact the matter will be resolved without further delay . |
| 24 | and the Chancellor said that as soon as the electronic technology is available , tolls will be introduced on Britain 's motorways . |
| 25 | And she said they said that as soon as the twenty eight days is up there is to go into but but they 've got to take pot luck wherever the Olner estate anywhere . |
| 26 | It is clear now that as well as a strain on the nerves , the nine are physically very demanding . |
| 27 | It was verbally agreed between them that as well as a salary she should have 15 per cent of the company to Virgin 's 85 . |
| 28 | I was impressed when I discovered that as well as the usual homoeopathic remedies , psionic practitioners used potencies of DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid ) and RNA ( ribonucleic acid ) . |
| 29 | Third , the comparison with Mosley 's fascism shows quite conclusively that as well as the competition between potential British Führers , and the personal and political gulf between British fascist movements , there was an ideological divide which hindered closer co-operation . |
| 30 | The regress argument is an argument that as well as the inferentially justified beliefs , there must be some beliefs which are justified non-inferentially . |