Example sentences of "[adj] as [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rainey 's YZR meanwhile looked as rideable as ever and he no longer needs to broadside his Dunlops as he did in 1989 . |
| 2 | All forest weavers were relatively unsociable as well as being monogamous and eating insects . |
| 3 | This seems to be true of N. lapillus as well . |
| 4 | His voice , too , was as sincere , as unwavering and self-assured as ever . |
| 5 | The outlook is as menacing as ever , the sort of uncertainty which puts excitement into investment markets and pacemakers into investors . |
| 6 | I need to be practical but would like to look feminine as well . |
| 7 | However , this recognition is not in order to freeze into cynical inaction , in the words of John Huddleston , but rather to ensure that our thinking about the future is practical and down-to-earth as well as visionary ( Huddleston , 1991 ) . |
| 8 | They sound really yummy as well . |
| 9 | But does that structure seem sensible as well , for research . |
| 10 | From the contemplation of these copies he distilled " the spirit of Greek art " , which became , for him and his successors , not only the characteristic of all Greek art ( poetic as well as visual ) , but also the criterion of aesthetic value judgements in general . |
| 11 | Although crustal collisions may involve intra-oceanic as well as continental-margin island arcs , it is the convergence and eventual collision of continental crust that gives rise to intercontinental collision orogens ( Fig. 3.15 ) . |
| 12 | Somehow , you can sing ‘ Goodbye ’ till the cows come home , and it comes up as fresh as ever every time . |
| 13 | Darlington Civic Theatre FOR all that Charley 's Aunt is in its 100th year , this production starring Mark Curry in the title role is as fresh as ever . |
| 14 | ‘ We were kids , were n't we , and about as unrealistic as only kids can be ! |
| 15 | ‘ An electric sports car whose exciting styling , 80mph top speed and 6secs 0–60mph time prove that battery power can be exciting as well as green ’ |
| 16 | For instance , in the Finale Paray drives the music very hard from start to finish , with the result that it comes over as something genuinely exciting as well as grand and loud . |
| 17 | The prospect of real freedom after so many years of oppression is exciting as well as daunting . |
| 18 | Ultimately , though , a ship with no rotating parts in its engine room should be not only quieter , smoother and more efficient than a conventional vessel , but a good deal more reliable as well . |
| 19 | ‘ Bush telegraph still as reliable as ever . ’ |
| 20 | Mandeville was a as curt as ever . |
| 21 | In some languages , such as Arabic , gender distinctions apply to the second- as well as third-person pronouns . |
| 22 | FARMERS in Northern Ireland will be paid to allow more public access to land designated as environmentally sensitive under proposals unveiled today by Agriculture Minister John Gummer . |
| 23 | In the ‘ additional note ’ to Guy Mannering , Sir Walter Scott [ q.v. ] states that Billy was ‘ pressed or enlisted in the army seven times , and deserted as often ; besides three times running away from the Naval Service ’ . |
| 24 | The Guild consists of around 140 writers and winning projects have to be environmentally sound as well as contributing something to the local economy . |
| 25 | Copper had made a completely recovery , he was as sound as ever although a little on the thin side in an attempt to save his legs . |
| 26 | French Basques seem happy to go on being French as well as Basque . |
| 27 | In the case of children , it is very important for the parents and other adults to stay calm as well — anxiety is infectious . |
| 28 | Oh mine are graphic enhanced as well |
| 29 | In Belgrade ( the Serbian as well as the federal capital ) tens of thousands of Serbs and Montenegrins held a vigil on Jan. 30-31 outside the Federal Assembly building to demand that the Army be sent into Kosovo and to protest against the stance of the Slovene and Croatian leaderships . |
| 30 | I felt we had to find and develop talk personalities who could be entertaining as well as erudite . |