Example sentences of "[adv] fast as the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of all these changes is two-fold , that the UK has been getting richer , but not as fast as the rest of the industrialized world . |
| 2 | Its commerce was increasing perhaps four times as fast as the rest of the country between 1716 and 1800 . |
| 3 | To mimic this , we should have to speed up our stroboscope so that its flashes came twice as fast as the cycles of mains electricity , which are not noticed in a fluorescent strip light . |
| 4 | Here the air was clear and light , and the river Froom rushed as fast as the shadow of a cloud . |
| 5 | Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim . |
| 6 | In sum , accelerating accumulation pushed up employment quite rapidly , but not as fast as the stock of capital rose , since mechanization proceeded apace ( figure 8.8 ) . |