Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The presence of these responses in hemispherectomized infants as young as 8 months and within 3 months of surgery , argues against any need for long-term plasticity , or acquisition of a special strategy , in order to use this subcortical route . |
| 2 | Leith is mentioned in historical records as far back as 1128 , but its authentic history as a port dates from 1329 when King Robert the Bruce granted a charter of ‘ The Harbour and Mills of Leith ’ to the City of Edinburgh . |
| 3 | The module allows the Nikonos RS to focus in light levels as low as EV-1 , and enables focus tracking and freeze focus functions . |
| 4 | The module allows the Nikonos RS to focus in light levels as low as EV-1 , and enables focus tracking and freeze focus functions . |
| 5 | The principle of interchangeable parts did not catch on in British industry as fast as it did in the American gun industry ; Colt 's revolvers were the great examples of what became known as the American system of manufacture . |
| 6 | This obviously causes a minor slow down in perceived performance as far as the SX chip is concerned , but the percentage difference is small enough to be negligible in real world applications . |
| 7 | In some parts of Britain the breeding population of pied flycatchers can reach 120 pairs per sq km and in central Sweden as many as 200 pairs per sq km have been recorded . |
| 8 | Well , United started in fine style as early as the twentieth second ; Martin Foyle was brought down on the edge of the penalty area and Paul Simpson 's free kick was headed away for a corner . |
| 9 | Then pull each leg away in opposite directions as far as it will go . |
| 10 | The more sophisticated Greeks were thus made to regard man in pre-Trojan times as much the same as his distant offspring , and this tended to demythologize the Greek legends , thereby placing the past in quite a new perspective . |
| 11 | A second report , from Christian Aid , another British charity , shows how the West 's policies of subsidised farming can inflict damage on African farmers in good times as well as lean . |
| 12 | Our growth over the years is in part due to the company 's commitment to recruitment selection and continued training , both in recessional times as well as in good . |
| 13 | It would seem as though The Hobbit , for instance , the story which was to make him famous when it was published in 1937 , had existed in embryonic form as early as about 1930 . |
| 14 | Well once I 've got you know once I 've got the shape of the story in my mind I can it down in an hour or so every time you know it 's in long hand , then it takes me hours to type it but er you know the actual once I 've got the idea I I find it necessary to get it all down you know in long hand as quickly as possible . |
| 15 | It is non-magnetic and used industrially in electrical mechanism as well as for bearings . |
| 16 | LASMO employees around the world could be linked up by the latest in high-tech communications as early as next year . |
| 17 | Installed in 1906 , I saw the piping in full service as late as 1985 . |
| 18 | But that modern schools struggled to make themselves in various ways as academic as grammar schools did not entail any real equality between the two kinds of school . |
| 19 | Metallic hydrogen is expected to be produced at very high pressures because the molecules of molecular hydrogen ( H 2 ) will be forced so close together that each of the two hydrogen atoms in the H 2 molecule is attracted to atoms in neighbouring molecules as much as to its partner . |
| 20 | ‘ You have been very brave , Miss Morgan , and I want you to know that both Craig and I are very grateful , a gratitude that will be shown in practical terms as soon as possible . ’ |
| 21 | Now that the aim is to keep the young diabetic 's blood glucose in single figures as much as possible , the risk of hypoglycaemia is increased and there is much less latitude for missing breakfast after a late night or delaying a meal . |
| 22 | The same missive ( it has characteristic Mr Nice Guy touches like ‘ I hope I have shown that you can trust me in difficult times as well as easier ones ’ ) went to the deputy leader , Coun Bill Dixon . |
| 23 | The raids against Norway continued through the next three years , 1942–44 , and were mounted in other theatres as more raiding parties were trained . |
| 24 | The significance of this difference in approach to relief-composition among works which share a style that is in other respects as consistent as it is distinctive , will best be discussed after we have looked at the pediments . |
| 25 | Interest rates had risen in recent months as high as an annualized rate of 1,200 per cent as banks struggled to retain their funds , and the move initially froze the savings of thousands of Argentinians and also affected major corporations . |
| 26 | Manualists , nevertheless , do not generally advocate exclusive reliance on manual communication , but favour the " combined system " , known in modern times as " total communication " . |
| 27 | Individual Compacts should refuse membership to any anti-union organisation , because Compacts aim to develop in young people as wide an understanding as possible of the opportunities and choices available to them when they leave school . |
| 28 | Its existence was almost entirely a symbolic one , in such rituals as ‘ beating the bounds ’ , in village fairs and festivals and in sporting activities as diverse as foxhunting and cricket . |
| 29 | You should write your notes up in continuous prose as soon as possible after the lecture so that you do not forget what the shortforms stand for . |
| 30 | This system was still in use in western Europe as late as the sixteenth century ! |