Example sentences of "as [prep] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1980s have been bad years for lone mothers , as for so many others . |
| 2 | For us two the war meant , as for so many others , a break in physical contact : but if , as Simone Weil said , ‘ every separation is a link ’ , such a break is not a breaking off , but a period in which , at least in my case , that ties of friendship continued in another form . |
| 3 | For E. B. Tylor ( 1832–1917 ) , as for so many believers in ‘ progress ’ who observed communities and cultures which , unlike fossil man , had not died out these were not so much inferior by nature as representatives of an earlier stage of evolution on the road to modern civilisation . |
| 4 | Gatting made the point that they had to win the final two games as after so much cricket they simply did not have the strength left for a third . |
| 5 | As with so much in Leonard 's writing , the passages may be read at different levels . |
| 6 | As with so much else , Gramscian ideas about the political centrality of culture seem beyond the scope of the orthodox left in Britain . |
| 7 | At the same time , as with so much of the work at Oxford , it evidenced a return to the physicality of the body at the core of aesthetic experience . |
| 8 | As with so much work with old people , it is attention to detail which counts : it may make the difference between safety and danger , just as it will between comfort and discomfort . |
| 9 | The pair stayed overnight at Anoch , where the McQueens possessed some small acres of turnips and potatoes , a fact which , as with so much of such crofting , mystifies ; these fields , very little flesh of earth on the bones of rock , seem only capable of mosses and heathers . |
| 10 | As with so much of what he envisaged , the reality did not quite match the vision . |
| 11 | I used to have a file , but I found that , as with so many files one opens , I was putting so much in it that it ceased to be useful . |
| 12 | As with so many things , no sooner had he taken the idea to himself than he began to resent it passionately . |
| 13 | And yet there is here , as with so many issues surrounding Karajan 's work and reputation , the wider question of the degree to which we hear what is there as opposed to what we imagine is there . |
| 14 | As with so many of the primitive plants the arthrophytes had their heyday in the Carboniferous after a probable origin in the Devonian . |
| 15 | She was sold to Mrs Paton and the litter was born in quarantine , but , as with so many litters in those days , distemper took a heavy toll . |
| 16 | As with so many details in the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge , the exact date of his birth has not gone undisputed . |
| 17 | As with so many of the later youth subcultures , there was no doubt an over reaction to Hooligans . |
| 18 | As with so many of the environmental issues that face us now , every little helps . |
| 19 | As with so many armorial terms the word ‘ quarterings ’ is not used in a conventional way and applied to a shield divided merely into four ; indeed there can be as many ‘ quarterings ’ as there are family affiliations — perhaps the record is held by the five-surnamed Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville family , whose full achievement of arms boasts 719 quarterings . |
| 20 | Interestingly enough , as with so many spatially-discrete policies , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland did not miss out . |
| 21 | As with so many other aspects of the practical implementation of the Act , there is here the real potential for overkill . |
| 22 | As with so many poisonous animals , the tarantula prefers to keep its venom for feeding time and only employs it against enemies as a last resort . |
| 23 | As with so many of these police powers which impinge on the rights of protesters to freedom of speech and assembly the high quality of police understanding and reasonableness is crucial to success . |
| 24 | As with so many economic megabooks , British readers are going to find it heavily skewed towards the US , which is particularly galling when it comes to the advice preparing for the slump . |
| 25 | As with so many economies , the choice is between the short and the long term . |
| 26 | As with so many things , it was a simple case of economics that brought this one-time luxury fowl within everybody 's reach . |
| 27 | At the same time , as with so many of his ploys , he was telling the absolute truth about his situation . |
| 28 | Also , as with so many of the politicians , some members of the UWC did not appreciate the constitutional and other implications raised by the case . |
| 29 | She was neither young nor old , a tinker ; her hair , as with so many of them , looked as if it were bleached , while her skin was dark with outdoor living . |
| 30 | As with so many of the ideas shown in this book , a sampler made from pressed flowers would make a stunning gift . |