Example sentences of "[adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must make the switch from half-baked seducer to ruthless interrogator as brutally as possible . |
| 2 | The blitz will be headlined by the long-awaited eight-way system and a 25% to 30% performance boost for the uni-processor 9021 , which is expected to tail off somewhat as more processors are added and coupling overheads multiply . |
| 3 | According to British observers , rules were altered occasionally in mid-flight with protests from the French flying as thickly as English arrows at Agincourt . |
| 4 | Furthermore as nationalised industries were intended to operate in the ‘ national interest ’ , it was claimed that this should lead to improved industrial relations , as the strife between labour and capital , associated with capitalist ownership , was reduced . |
| 5 | Throughout the 60s we watched incredulously as the HVS category bulged evermore lopsidedly as these great pioneers stuffed it with their goodies — Wombat , Carnage , Macabre , Vagabond , Sundance Wall — today as touch a collection of E points as you 'll find anywhere . |
| 6 | Of course , road accidents and pedestrian tumbles would also increase alarmingly as wind-blown polymer dust spread round the locality . |
| 7 | At the root of his lifestyle was pots of money , treated almost entirely as disposable income , given that he still lived with his parents . |
| 8 | Sparks flew from his eyes that were suddenly as black and threatening as thunder . |
| 9 | He shook his head , unperturbed it seemed , not in the least put out yet altogether immovable , a man whose quiet strength struck Daniel suddenly as impressive , a steadily burning , dogged persistence which would be likely to endure far longer than his own vivid bursts of fire . |
| 10 | I ca n't change my mind about the name Lemarchand as suddenly as this . ’ |
| 11 | Daily life continued much as normal . |
| 12 | ONE CAN but wish the publishers of all good luck in getting their money back on this book , for , much as all cricketers should not only strive to become good fielders but enjoy the process of improving their game , how many will lash out nigh on £15 for a manual to help them do so ? |
| 13 | Much as many Ethiopians fear and loathe the government , they are calling for more political and economic freedom , and would not feel liberated by the TPLF . |
| 14 | Given the triumph of fundamentalist Islam in Iran and the strength of similar forces in Afghanistan , many who saw no justification for Soviet intervention in law in 1979 could see one on grounds of ‘ national security ’ : much as such justifications were offered for the flagrantly illegal annexations of western Poland , the Baltic republics , Bessarabia , northern Bukovina and parts of Finnish territory in 1939–40 . |
| 15 | The show has , he said , ‘ something of the air of a school reunion about it ’ , and with a few exceptions ‘ it is the Pound business much as usual ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh much as usual . |
| 17 | On entering the well-guarded but comfortable apartments occupied by the princes , Joan and Alianor were greeted by Prince Richard who looked , Joan noticed with relief , much as usual . |
| 18 | True , on the first working day after the bomb , business did go on much as usual . |
| 19 | True , Novell seems to be promising that life will go on much as usual . |
| 20 | In the shops things were much as usual because wholesalers and suppliers were still using existing stocks . |
| 21 | ‘ Would you say that Glynn was much as usual ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , much as usual . |
| 23 | speaking as much as possible like a native speaker |
| 24 | Er establish trust much as possible and involve er and try and get involved yourself if you can in any way to er show that you 're , you understand the task that they 're doing . |
| 25 | It is true , of course , that most Victorian parents regarded acquaintance with death as an integral part of the school of experience , much as modern parents look upon sex education . |
| 26 | Much as some people hate going to school , they will frequently be glad afterwards that they were made to do so . |
| 27 | In the past month , Malawi 's embryonic pro-democracy movement has seen its hopes rise and almost immediately fall , much as those of Iraq 's Kurds did last year . |
| 28 | In this context , the video disc is no more than a peripheral to the computer , much as any external disc drive might be . |
| 29 | They actually pay a much as any other human being does , given the standard of the property . |
| 30 | This was Bunhill Fields , where pilgrims came to pay their respects to John Bunyan and Isaac Watts , much as later and more politicised generations visit Highgate Cemetery to honour Karl Marx . |