Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a couple , they appear as ‘ babes in the wood ’ , helpless and hopeless together as they would be on their own , beset by the awfulness of everyone else . |
| 2 | However , it 's certainly better to be safe than sorry especially better to be safe than sorry especially as one of the symptoms of a d.c. offset at the input would be a similar offset at the output . |
| 3 | These homemade videos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside . |
| 4 | The draft rules for the asylum appeals procedure were issued unfinished so as to aid discussion . |
| 5 | Although welcoming my friend 's generosity in giving me a pair , I did not want to mate brother and sister if possible especially as these were already young from a brother and sister pairing , so I did not intend to use the young male unless I could find an unrelated mate for him . |
| 6 | THE Chattahoochee river seems tranquil enough as it meanders 385 miles from north Georgia 's mountains past Atlanta , along the Alabama border and across the Florida Panhandle , finally spilling into the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 7 | The Americans were anxious to see the Russians engaged in the Far East as soon as possible so as to minimise American losses . |
| 8 | Get actual local conditions as early as possible so as to have time to make any amendments to your plan . |
| 9 | Governments should aim to make their policy instruments as predictable as possible so as to minimize confusion and hence undesirable fluctuations in output . |
| 10 | Perhaps cyclists using the service could be asked to clean their bikes as much as possible so as to minimise the risk of oil stains etc . |
| 11 | ( d ) Party not to take advantage of his own wrong A lease will be construed so far as possible so as not to permit a party to it to take advantage of his own wrong . |
| 12 | The law , she thinks , is strong enough as it stands . |
| 13 | The jury were directed by the trial judge that they could find him guilty only as actor , whereas the true position was that he could be found guilty either as actor or on the basis of art and part . |
| 14 | But in 1914 I wanted to be purely English so as to be able to offer myself untainted to Lily . |
| 15 | Pre-prepared units of work should be labelled and stored so as to make them accessible to pupils and teachers alike . |
| 16 | We talked about London and working in London , which was genial enough as the wine was poured , and then he put a spin on it . |
| 17 | Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe we should breed men an inch high so as to live a million years . ’ |
| 19 | The house is as interesting inside as out , having a collection of about 70 stuffed birds . |
| 20 | Paula was not very clever with her needle but she soon learned to be careful so as not to incur the wrath of the seamstress . |
| 21 | It was , he continued , more important than ever to ensure that leases were well-drafted so as to make landlords and/or tenants fully aware as to whether or not their insurance policies covered damage caused by terrorism . |
| 22 | It is difficult to see any reason why in civil proceedings the privilege against self-incrimination should be exercisable so as to enable a litigant to refuse relevant and even vital documents which are in his possession or power and which speak for themselves . |
| 23 | Perhaps because something called a stoup in a church was not so interesting enough as he had thought . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It had to be light so as not to pull the fabric around but something like polystyrene would have fallen apart . ’ |
| 25 | What he was thinking of doing was risky enough as it was . |
| 26 | Heart racing , she felt for the dangling cord and flooded the room with light just as the door closed quietly . |
| 27 | I managed to roll clear just as it flew off into the air , never to be seen again . |
| 28 | In 1792 wages in Sheffield were said to be so high generally as to allow the leisure-preferring cutlers to live comfortably from working only three days a week . |
| 29 | It is one of the advantages of this balance lift , that an increase of rise is relatively immaterial both as to the time required to make the ascent or descent and as to the cost of the parts . |
| 30 | For instance , cotton stainer bugs , Dysdercus , are distasteful both as larvae and as adults . |