Example sentences of "but as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were discouraged , during the war , from keeping diaries , probably in case these lethal documents should fall into enemy hands , but as nearly as I can now recall it is all true . |
| 2 | The charity 's national organizer , Vivienne Parry , set about finding some mothers-to-be to meet the Princess ; but as fast as she found them , they went into labour . |
| 3 | Of course , the holders of irredeemable stock were not obliged to exchange it for South Sea stock , but as fast as they did so the company would issue an equal amount of its stock . |
| 4 | An election made after the two-year statutory time limit , but as soon as possible given the circumstances , will be accepted if it is made because a relevant and uncorrected Revenue error has resulted in the partners or their agent being misled about whether the requirements of the legislation have been met . |
| 5 | The original corrugated iron booking office ( and present shop ) is to be preserved but as soon as possible it will be rebuilt , using identical , sound materials and the interior will be adapted as offices . |
| 6 | Supply would remain in the hands of crooks who would continue to push , but with total impunity , not just to their existing customers but as hard as they could to new ones as well . |
| 7 | But as late as 1890 , only the Great Western and the Great Northern , with its London milk depot at Finsbury Park , had provided special terminal facilities . |
| 8 | This massive power was to last only three or four decades , but as late as 1916 , 77 per cent of all inter-city freight traffic in the United States went by rail ( much of the balance was water-borne ) , and 98 per cent of all passengers took the train . |
| 9 | Imported raw cotton was the basis for the emergence of the most dynamic of the " new " manufactures , but as late as 1776 Adam Smith omitted cotton goods from his argument for a sustained expansion and downward spread of consumption of non-essentials over the " course of the present century " , and still found examples enough for his purpose . |
| 10 | I do occasionally move through the range two at a time e.g. 4,6,8 but as often as not that is because I 've economised in not buying all the potencies ! |
| 11 | At other places people have often sought to reduce casualties by carrying the toads across the road and putting them into the breeding pond , but as often as not the toads they put into the pond were moving out of it rather than in , so the toads have to run the gauntlet of the road a second time . |
| 12 | Not only is the one space the inevitable extension of the other , but as often as not these days , the kitchen and dining areas are in the same room anyway . |
| 13 | No but as often as not |
| 14 | But as quickly as his arm had gone out , it returned to his side , jerked back there as if by a spring ; and he noticed that his action had n't gone unnoticed by Mick . |
| 15 | Adele had looked up at him , not quickly but as quickly as she 'd been able . |
| 16 | But as far as Great Britain Ltd was concerned and building a food industry that would have a major part to play in China and Brazil and other developing countries , I was sorry the shareholders took the view that they did . |
| 17 | But as far as their ideas of women in society goes it has n't changed — that women should stay home and do the cooking . ’ |
| 18 | All sorts of theories to explain the phenomenon have been advanced , but as far as I am concerned , it works . |
| 19 | But as far as I knew , he had no other friends in Salamanca , though he had only to lift his little finger and both men and women would have come running at his bidding . |
| 20 | But as far as ENSA is concerned , the whole thing is on an official level . |
| 21 | And so we were involved a great deal in what we would call ‘ protesting ’ but as far as political activity , that was never my thing . |
| 22 | As a student in Vienna you were obviously highly motivated , but as far as conducting went there was n't much direct instruction ? |
| 23 | But as far as we are concerned it is not about money , it is about thanking the fans . |
| 24 | We went in gingerly but as far as one could tell the floor was solid except for the one strip over the missing bit of beam . |
| 25 | His mother says that he talked to her about it and she tried to convince him that he was misinterpreting what he had seen and heard , but as far as I can learn John never mentioned it to anyone else until late in life , when telling Dr Schäfer about the thoughts which led him to make his ballet Spuren . |
| 26 | True , the attraction of becoming ‘ British ’ is a big one , but as far as I can see it is the only one . |
| 27 | But as far as … could he pass a competency hearing ? |
| 28 | But as far as efficiency is concerned the work could be done without nearly so many . ’ |
| 29 | Of course , they were doing something , standing around on comers in groups for example , but as far as the boys were concerned nothing memorable seems to happen to them on Saturday night . |
| 30 | I was weak , highly emotional , but as far as I knew , well . |