Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb mod] as [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That prayer might as well have been couched in his own patois . |
| 2 | This eruption could as well be termed Peleean as Plinian , for part of the force of the great eruption of 1956 was expended in powerful nuees which swept down the flanks of the volcano with terrific force . |
| 3 | We have got a flexibility factor on Tuesday morning , but if I can avoid that I would like to do it , and I 'm sure some some others would as well . |
| 4 | It seemed to him that Strawberry might as well have said that his tail was an oak tree . |
| 5 | The other dealt with weights and seesaws , but forget that balance on a seesaw is governed by weight multiplied by distance from the pivot : in fact for a rigid body the entire weight might as well be concentrated at the body 's centre of gravity , so there 's no way of discriminating head weight from body weight like this . |
| 6 | Furthermore , extensive spreads of such seas can as effectively isolate pieces of emergent continent as spreading ocean floor , thereby creating barriers to migration of terrestrial organisms , and should also promote equability of the continental climate . |
| 7 | For God 's sake , the silly little twinkle might as well have majored in handwriting or media studies ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Corbett , you and your wide-eyed servant may as well sit . |
| 9 | There had been no real objective , except a vague idea that if conditions were good Hvannadalshnúkur might as well be climbed . |
| 10 | Anyone who just wants to play arcade-type games might as well buy a games console . |
| 11 | But 10,000 Maniacs might as well have added the sound of fishing slapping each other , so irrelevant is the instrumentation . |
| 12 | In the present state of our knowledge of provincial life during the late Tsarist and early Soviet periods , no precise scale can as yet be drawn up on any single topic , let alone a general model that encompasses and balances all factors . |
| 13 | You absolutely know it wo n't be , the other people may as well start work already . |
| 14 | Many of the quite commonplace products of modern technology might as well be magic , for all that any normal person could be expected to understand how they work . |