Example sentences of "[adv] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I ca n't change my mind about the name Lemarchand as suddenly as this . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Much as some people hate going to school , they will frequently be glad afterwards that they were made to do so . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In this context , the video disc is no more than a peripheral to the computer , much as any external disc drive might be . |
| 10 | They actually pay a much as any other human being does , given the standard of the property . |
| 11 | He turned as naturally as any other cleric to the small domestic hospitality . |
| 12 | However , what the hon. Gentleman says is a new one on me , if I may put it as basically as that . |
| 13 | It views women as defined by their biology , ‘ nurturant ’ rather than productive , ‘ intuitive ’ rather than intelligent … if they are at all ‘ normal ’ , suited to the home and the family ’ ( Weisstein 1973 : 418 ) , and basically as all the same . |
| 14 | And it was one of the critici criticisms that came out of the er I think it was one of the annual general meetings non-executive directors in there to oversee er basically as another control against Mister himself I suppose really at the end of the day . |
| 15 | Even in 1964 we commented , ‘ For as long as many of us care to remember there has been a big Healey in the price lists . |
| 16 | So long as such men as Willaert , Verdelot , and Arcadelt held posts in Venice , Florence , and Rome that is , until the mid-century or after Italian music can not be said to have emancipated itself from northern tutelage . |
| 17 | ( e ) Staff Two particular matters , in the nature of carrot and stick , may conveniently be mentioned here as being important for the partners to determine as a matter of firm policy : ( 1 ) r7 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 permits solicitors to share their profits with their bona fide employees so long as such arrangements do not conceal an effective partnership . |
| 18 | 7.6.4 The Landlord shall not be liable to rebuild or reinstate the Premises or the Retained Parts if and for so long as such rebuilding or reinstating is prevented by Supervening Events |
| 19 | Do not worry about this so long as all or most of the important symptoms of the case are in the remedy . |
| 20 | And so long as all citizens stand a good chance of being among the majority on at least some of the major and significant issues , most if not all will be content to accept the majority principle . |
| 21 | If there has to be a last minute addition to the contract after the document has been prepared and is awaiting exchange , it could be written into the draft contract before exchange , or some reference to it could be added to the contract so long as all that was done with the authority of the parties who signed it . |
| 22 | Er but for as long as all of us sit here we will always be looking for further improvements . |
| 23 | Incorporated practices are already permitted ( subject to local law requirements ) if their business is carried on only wholly outside England and Wales so long as all directors and shareholders are properly qualified lawyers ( ie barristers or solicitors or locally qualified advocates etc ) and the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ( see above ) . |
| 24 | Thus , a bidder offering shares in itself as consideration for a takeover will be within the exemption so long as all the shareholders holding shares of the class offered for can take part in the arrangement . |
| 25 | It indicates that the stock in the libraries in that authority , for as long as that local party rules , will reflect the politics of the majority of the voting electorate , in spite of the disclaimer that the policy will be carried out ‘ in the context of wider statutory provision across the authority ’ . |
| 26 | Citizens of the United Kingdom do , however , have an individual right of access to the European enforcement agencies whether Her Majesty 's government likes it or not , so long that is , and only so long as that government continues to accede to the Convention and the jurisdiction of the machinery which it establishes . |
| 27 | Families can be encouraged to take the relative out for the day for as long as that can be managed , and to carry on visiting at least weekly . |
| 28 | This is fine so long as that food is readily available , but it means that the birds are rather vulnerable should there be any changes in circumstances . |
| 29 | I now wanted desperately to belong to the Christian church in general ( which to me , from my Free Church background , was what baptism implied ) while not able to belong specifically to the Anglican Church ( which was what confirmation implied ) so long as that church discriminated against women . |
| 30 | Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child . |