Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gold ( 1958 ) suggests that the researcher may be : ( a ) a complete participant , concealing his true identity and intentions from the group , and living entirely as they do ; or ( b ) a participant-as-observer , actively involved in the group , but they know the researcher is not really one of them ; or ( c ) an observer-as-participant , a less common mode , usually involving a brief visit with limited participation . |
| 2 | The patriarchal values of the countryside seem unthreatening by contrast , much as they do in Francesco Rosi 's film Three brothers , in which a similar transaction between city and countryside is followed through . |
| 3 | The young women of the hareem , her foster sisters , cousins and young aunts scurried around her much as they do in any society , running errands , advising , gossiping . |
| 4 | Searle presented his argument , which attacks the basic tenet of artificial intelligence that machines can in principle understand symbols and signalled events much as we do , in the form of an analogy in a much-quoted paper : ‘ Minds , brains and programmes ’ ( Behavioural and Brain Sciences , vol 3 , p 417 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ But somebody who cares as much as you do , you 'd want to know . ’ |
| 6 | He cared as much as I do . |
| 7 | Perhaps this is why it sleeps twice as long as we do , making up in length of slumber what it lacks in depth . |
| 8 | Of course this reduces our heating bills and keeps us warm and comfortable … so long as we do n't create too much moisture for the air to cope with . |
| 9 | ’ I can navigate on planetary speed without them , ’ Posi said , ’ so long as we do not lose others . ’ |
| 10 | So long as we do n't confuse faction with history , perhaps we should n't agonise too much over such matters . |
| 11 | He can be world champion for the next three years , so long as we do n't have to do it at Bradford because that 's an awful track . |
| 12 | But other sorts of drink may be advertised , so long as they do not link consumption to social or sexual success — thus eliminating the predictable drink-this-and-score line . |
| 13 | We enjoy mysteries , so long as they do not threaten our person . |
| 14 | The time may have come to urge a historic settlement , whereby people in Essex can hang each other to their hearts ' content so long as they do not interfere with traditional sporting practices in the rest of the country . |
| 15 | By contrast the larger class-D animals , living on grasslands where rainfall varies , are less selective and so long as they do not crop the grass too close many animals can cover the same foraging area in a short time . |
| 16 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 17 | In fact , you can choose any level of regular or monthly savings so long as they do n't exceed the maximum savings allowed . |
| 18 | The real wonder is not that some who profess to believe fall away after continuing so long but that some last as long as they do with as little as they have . |
| 19 | Left : Another good predator is the Arrow Crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which along with juvenile crabs are greatly to the Arrow Crab 's taste . |
| 20 | Another good predator is the arrow crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which are also to the crab 's taste . |
| 21 | Christianity in the contemporary world in which we live has become a matter of private belief and personal preference in a society that tolerates any old religious beliefs ( and new ones ) so long as they do not interfere with the running of the machine . |
| 22 | Snooker frames with Julian last about twice as long as they do with anybody else . |
| 23 | ‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’ |
| 24 | So long as they do not transgress their statutory powers , their decisions are entirely a matter for them , and — in the case of local authorities — for the majority of the elected representatives ; subject , however , to one important proviso . |
| 25 | Academics already in post retain their tenure only so long as they do not move to another university or accept promotion within their present university . |
| 26 | ‘ I should just let them get on with it , ’ said Ellen lightly , ‘ so long as they do n't start sacrificing goats . |
| 27 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 28 | Mm , so long as they do n't . |
| 29 | So long as they do n't do it at those two times a day . |
| 30 | New things had happened , the spread of the scientific temper , erm reasonably effective and cheap methods of contraception , the emancipation of women due to the development of industry , the decay of Christianity , all these various factors made the old conception of marriage out of date , and so he takes it in hand , he pillories it , and he suggests new possibilities , of which one seems to be nowadays obtaining favour , that 's trial marriage , i.e. that people should experiment with living together erm so long as they do n't intend at that stage to have children , before they finally decide to marry and settle down . |