Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it should perhaps be made clear that for most people with schizophrenia , their brains appear completely normal as far as can be made out when looked at under the microscope . |
| 2 | The thesis of ‘ The intentional fallacy ’ , that the meaning of the words in a text is , and should be treated as , a matter of public knowledge , seems wholly unexceptionable as far as the dictionary-definition ( the ‘ denotation ’ ) of words is concerned ; but it seems much more problematic when one takes account of the broader associations that words carry with them ( ‘ connotations ’ ) . |
| 3 | This may seem perfectly acceptable so long as we are convinced of the absolute rightness of these standards ; but the question must arise whether there is any point in seeking for single comprehensive definitions of such categories as poetry , literature , art , etc. , or whether it is not better to regard the definitions that may be devised as applicable only to certain kinds of literature or certain aspects of texts . |
| 4 | But we got some of that pressure off right away , and I think it proved very important as far as the way the tournament went from then on . |
| 5 | Japanese office workers were found to blink only one-third as often as normal when watching their computers , according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine . |