Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] [vb mod] 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 suggested as gently as I could to Jean-Claude that he give Chaillot a ring . |
| 3 | ‘ A gang war would be as damaging to Connelly as it would to us . |
| 4 | We only brought you and the boy as swiftly as we could to Andernesse . ’ |
| 5 | They read our body language better than we do ourselves , and signal to us just as they would to each other . |
| 6 | ‘ He has gone from being totally subdued and unsure of everyone to playing games , just as we used to . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He escaped as soon as he could to the company of her brothers . |
| 9 | The recession has , however made its presence felt in one particular respect — publishers are not paying up as promptly as they used to . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I do n't heal as quickly as I used to . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Remember that ‘ small is beautiful ’ , so make as near as you can to ‘ one bite ’ food to avoid wastage . |
| 16 | And the key therefore to writing scenes of action is to limit yourself as strictly as you can to describing happenings . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
| 19 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | It 's not as bad now as it used to be |
| 22 | You know , I mean , it 's not manned nearly as often as it used to be . |
| 23 | For the first time , things are n't working quite as well as they used to . |
| 24 | Actually they do do n't play as well as they used to . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The organization and mobilization of the electorate in the United States to turn out to vote and to maximize the party 's chances of success is probably not carried out as well as it used to be , as is evidenced by the decline in turnout since the 1960s ( see table 26.2 ) . |
| 27 | talk you know there was the Notts County Council on the erm gully problems that we get in , is it possible to write to the County Council to ask them what sort of maintenance programme they 're going to give us now , as regards this cos I 've not seen this wagon going round so frequently as it used to . |
| 28 | It 's not as much fun being a GP nowadays as it used to be . |
| 29 | It is 1800 light-years away , so that we see it today as it used to be in Roman times ; it is white , with an A-type spectrum . |
| 30 | Er quite so today as it used to be . |