Example sentences of "as [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The claimant brought an action against the bank claiming that she be considered as automatically hired as from March 5,1986 ( the date on which the first of above male candidates had been hired ) and she be paid the relevant salary , plus interest , from that same date forward up to the actual payment . |
| 2 | Miss January and Miss July were posed as carefully to conceal as to reveal . |
| 3 | What he did was relatively harmless , yet it damaged me and was the cause of reckless behaviour with consequences as far reaching as now . ’ |
| 4 | In the case of Northern Ireland , the pressure for uniformity came from the majority of the electorate who want to be as well treated as British citizens are in England or Scotland . |
| 5 | They are as well dressed as is possible to be in such a country as that in which they live . |
| 6 | Having er , been invited to attend the first ever in County Council Hearing I 'm delighted with it 's as well received as it 's had and I would just like to clarify point C which is after the relative sort of consultation with local members and the whole review of meeting er , who will be present at the review meeting ? |
| 7 | Kanter ( 1983 ) is probably as well regarded as any writer on the subject . |
| 8 | The degree of splitting of the bone suggests equivalence to Behrensmeyer 's stage 2 weathering , but the degree of flaking is less : some flaking occurs , spreading out from breaks and splits in the bone , but it is not as well developed as seen in large mammal bone at weathering stage 2 ( Behrensmeyer , 1978 ) . |
| 9 | The human olfactory system , illustrated in Figure 1 , although not as well developed as in many animals , is nevertheless far more sensitive in detecting odours than any known instrumental technique and is capable of discriminating among many thousands of odorous substances , often carrying the memory of a particular odour for life . |
| 10 | Although the art of painting was not as well developed as architecture and sculpture , there were , nevertheless , a number of Slav artists from the Adriatic coastlands who displayed considerable talent and whose works are to be found in church frescoes and other paintings on both the Italian and eastern shores . |
| 11 | O. clavigera can easily be distinguished from O. globifera by the following characters : the plates of the dorsal side are thin not as well developed as in O. globifera ; the spinelets of O. clavigera often have an enlarged rugose tip , those of O. globifera are all of one kind , low and rugose , nearly granuliform ; the apical and oral papillae of O. globifera are shorter and not as rugose as those of O. clavigera ; the oral shield is more regularly rhombic in O. globifera than O. clavigera and the tentacles scales of O. globifera are large rounded while those of O. clavigera are small and spine-like . |
| 12 | if it was one on one , we would n't have anything to do , but it is the fact that they have got good technology , good materials and they are that much more than us , their troops are n't as well trained as ours |
| 13 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 14 | Over the next seven years Cadillac built up a reputation as a quality car maker and , in 1906 , released the four-cylinder Model L. At $5000 , it was six times the price of the single-cylinder runabout and as well made as any car in the world . |
| 15 | The location of such deserted hamlets is an important task for the local fieldworker , since for many areas they were the most characteristic feature of the settlement pattern , although they are usually not as well documented as villages , churches and manor houses , nor are their remains as impressive or extensive . |
| 16 | The animals will become as well fitted as they can be to the local conditions . |
| 17 | Our Anniversary Luncheon , with Malcolm Rifkind , Secretary of State for Transport , as principal speaker , was as well attended as ever ; even the Annual Ball in March was enjoyed by over 300 members and guests . |
| 18 | Erm so I think it was probably quite well attended though there were a vast number of these green files left at the end so may be it was n't as well attended as I thought it had been . |
| 19 | Had a case of a claim by a child for damages for pre-natal injury come before the English courts in the period from 1972 to the enactment of the Act of 1976 , and had it been as well argued as the present cases have been in this court , I have no doubt that the English court would have been referred to Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 and Duval v. Seguin , 26 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 418 and would have preferred the views there expressed to Walker v. Great Northern Railway . |
| 20 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 21 | It sounded good Mick , I mean it 's your first year and I was n't gon na come up here , but I thought I might as well start as I mean to go on . |
| 22 | Equally they were as well placed as anyone to know about the extent of the delays by the emergency services . |
| 23 | Annika Sorenstam , the 22-year-old Swede who was playing in what was only her second LPGA event , finished as well placed as fourth — a performance which won her some $37,000 . |
| 24 | Life on a yacht , even one as well equipped as this , was far more physically demanding than she had ever imagined . |
| 25 | that you arrive at the interview as well informed as possible and therefore in the most confident and self-assured state of mind . |
| 26 | If the security forces are as well informed as they claim about paramilitary leadership , north and south of the border , they must carry their offensive to them , wherever they are . |
| 27 | It 's a , it 's a briefing document so that er all those involved are , that all those that are involved on the operation erm , are as well informed as is possible . |
| 28 | 2 ) the extent to which Northern Irish institutions of higher education attract students as well qualified as those going ‘ across the water ’ ; Why do some courses in Britain attract better qualified students than those who do equivalent courses in Northern Ireland ? |
| 29 | Most of us would agree that it 's useful to stay calm and think ahead , but few of us are as well organised as Caroline Lamb , who makes a point of taking her seven-week-old baby , Ben , out every day to visit friends , the clinic or shops . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's as well spoken as any gent . |