Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The [ draft ] FRS requires such instruments to be accounted for wholly as a liability . |
| 2 | The hut had been cared for inside as well as out and it was being used . |
| 3 | Again , he could not have stayed for long as in 1680 he was back preaching in Mauchline . |
| 4 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 5 | He took his seat in the House in February 1833 , but did not enjoy his position for long as , in the following month , he caught a chill and died in London 28 March 1833 . |
| 6 | This is proved by a letter from one Mr. Wildhagen to Sir William le Fleming and dated the 19 October 1721 : " hellip ; your honr know it is impossible for the men to work att your Fells of Conistone in the winter season for long as their houses are unbuilt , they haveing so far to come and go to thir lodgings … |
| 7 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 8 | But unfortunately this did not last for long as we came to a narrow , shallow strip of the river . |
| 9 | It clearly precludes the collection of data for its own sake , or just in case it might turn out to be useful ; and it requires that information shall be kept for only as long as it remains relevant . |
| 10 | There are probably about 50 stars within radio range if we assume that they have had radio technology for only as long as we have . |
| 11 | The Staples Corner explosion — less than a mile from the Metropoltan police training college — went off just after 1am as Mr Kenneth Baker , Home Secretary , arrived at the scene of the City blast . |
| 12 | ‘ And after yesterday as well . |
| 13 | I 'll find another post as soon as you 're better . ’ |
| 14 | At this Pennethorne was instructed to take steps to purchase the remainder of the property authorized under the 1855 Act as soon as possible . |
| 15 | Timing is also of the essence — flowers can be sent to you through the post as soon as the special event is over , but the best option is to be able to press them on the very day that they are used . |
| 16 | Tattersalls will consider its position as soon as the Chancellor 's decision is definite . |
| 17 | Serve as soon as possible to retain the flavour . |
| 18 | Other documents must be filed and served as soon as practicable , subject to any direction of the appellate court . |
| 19 | th than first thing in the morning erm whereas I , I think probably I am probably better as soon as I get up than last thing at night . |
| 20 | She followed him everywhere , allowing him to bully and browbeat her for all he was worth just as long as he did n't banish her . |
| 21 | If they had agreed a price the deal would have gone through just as SMS found itself in so much trouble with Volvo [ SMS was forced to resign the $40m Volvo account in early 1991 , after it was discovered the agency was rigging performance advertisements ] . |
| 22 | Well some are for tonight as well . |
| 23 | There are plenty of good coaches about just as there are a multitude of nice misguided types who seek to portray themselves through other people over and over again . |
| 24 | There were only three divisions in the city — east , west , and central — and each of us in our own division knew we were the élite ; for just as the men in the west were certain they were best , so the men from the east remained convinced of their own superiority . |
| 25 | The possibility of confusion is very great ; for just as Eleanor of Castile landed at Acre in 1270 , accompanying Edward on the seventh crusade , so Eleanor of Aquitaine had landed there 120 years before , accompanying her husband ( that is , her first , Louis VII of France ) on his crusade — which is presumably what Pound means by ‘ Acre , again ’ . |
| 26 | My perfect house , the one I am condemned to search for just as the womaniser in 10 is condemned to search for his impossible mate , could only have existed in some fiction I had read — or in a past life . |
| 27 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 28 | The selection of methods and resources is a major topic in itself , for just as there is no one best method of learning there is no one best method of teaching . |
| 29 | There is no set pattern for grieving , for just as no two people love in the same way , no two people grieve in the same way . |
| 30 | I have had a word with Swan and he has agreed to become your personal private aeroplane for just as long as you remain small enough to fly on his back . ’ |