Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't have to worry as much as we used to about its being misused by the party state apparatus for corrupt erm , then of course there 's , them , the , the , the problem of longer term aid , how we help the Soviet Union integrate itself into the world economy . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll spell it out for you , ’ he said as gently as one would to a young child . |
| 3 | I suggested as gently as I could to Jean-Claude that he give Chaillot a ring . |
| 4 | You think the whole blooming world 's all arranged so as everything ought to be your way . |
| 5 | ‘ A gang war would be as damaging to Connelly as it would to us . |
| 6 | We only brought you and the boy as swiftly as we could to Andernesse . ’ |
| 7 | They read our body language better than we do ourselves , and signal to us just as they would to each other . |
| 8 | ‘ He has gone from being totally subdued and unsure of everyone to playing games , just as we used to . |
| 9 | Just as there ought to be a Radio 2 equivalent of John Maddox 's excellent Scientifically Speaking ( which seems , unaccountably , to have disappeared ) , so such widely relevant debates should find a place on BBC 1 . |
| 10 | In either case ( the Bank selling more or buying fewer bills ) , there will be a knock-on effect on interest rates throughout the economy , just as there used to be with MLR . |
| 11 | I do n't think it 's possible to try and keep it exactly as it used to be , nor do I think you 'd want to . |
| 12 | He escaped as soon as he could to the company of her brothers . |
| 13 | The recession has , however made its presence felt in one particular respect — publishers are not paying up as promptly as they used to . |
| 14 | Yes , and we at the university are , I think , really I say ‘ I think ’ , my own purpose here at the university is to export what we 've got as quickly as we can to the local community , and indeed nationally too . |
| 15 | I do n't heal as quickly as I used to . |
| 16 | The move as quickly as you can to the nearest place where there are other people such as a bar , a restaurant or a house with lights on . |
| 17 | Come over here and join us by all means — but not too many of you , so we 'll vet you as you come in ; and not make getting in pleasant or easy ; and just please stick to your own districts , and keep your own religion and dance away to tambourines , or bow to the East , or whatever you like to do to remind you of home — or home as it used to be a hundred years ago but certainly is n't now — and are n't we clever , and kind , and good , the way we give you your roots back ? , and with any luck your children will grow up well-behaved and pleasant ; ours certainly are n't ; because your children come of a society which , being somewhere else and a long time ago , is probably better than ours . |
| 18 | The purpose was to prevent crowding of BES issues at the end of the tax year , but the ceiling limit meant that investors putting up the full 140,000 still made most of their investments as near as they could to 5th April . |
| 19 | Remember that ‘ small is beautiful ’ , so make as near as you can to ‘ one bite ’ food to avoid wastage . |
| 20 | And the key therefore to writing scenes of action is to limit yourself as strictly as you can to describing happenings . |
| 21 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |
| 22 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
| 23 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 24 | ‘ The Police generally support us on this , but I have to say the problem does not seem quite as serious now as it used to be , and they did not mind us frequently playing Saturday games last season . ’ |
| 25 | It 's not as bad now as it used to be |
| 26 | You know , I mean , it 's not manned nearly as often as it used to be . |
| 27 | Those limits have created the need to ration what is available , as well as what ought to be developed . |
| 28 | For the first time , things are n't working quite as well as they used to . |
| 29 | Actually they do do n't play as well as they used to . |
| 30 | I now have a hell of a lot more time for people but at the same time I do n't seem to tolerate fools as well as I used to . |