Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This environment is far worse for lichen growth than any known in the Arctic and if we conservatively assume that the Antarctic lichens grow only half as quickly as those in the north , the former with a present diameter of 100 mm must be easily 10 000 years old and perhaps considerably older . |
| 2 | The Evangelical party will perhaps continue to exalt their hero as partially as parties always do — but the members of it will act thus only so far as they are possessed by party spirit , rather than by the pure spirit of the doctrines which they hold in common with their so-called Catholic opponents , whom adversaries style popish . |
| 3 | Driving once more as fast as she dared , she soon reached the pet shop and saw that Mr Miller was occupied with a customer . |
| 4 | He believes the government has generally down-graded people working in the public services sector over the last ten years , with university teachers having fared particularly badly as far as pay is concerned . |
| 5 | Now the spruce spar boom wanted to shrink and swell about twice as far as the plywood which was glued to it and this naturally gave rise to serious stresses near to where the two met along the glued joints ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 6 | Government statistics out this week show that sales for ‘ mixed retail businesses ’ have grown only half as fast as sales for all retailers in the past three years . |
| 7 | They will do so ever more loudly as the organ attempts to drown their noise . |
| 8 | As she collapsed she saw the last of the assassins crumple , his body lifted once then once again as the shells ripped into him . |
| 9 | ‘ Realism and politics ’ ( or at least social issues ) came back almost as strongly as in the 1930s , in the work of writers who often dropped the baton of innovation like a hot potato , vehemently rejecting modernism and experiment . |
| 10 | We hunt in the mountains of West Virginia every fall and he shoots now nearly as well as his daddy . " |
| 11 | It was eight days since they had last lain on the bed together , and sex seemed as far away now as then . |
| 12 | At the beginning of the 1750s very few Englishmen in America had pushed even as far inland as the East India Company had done when it founded its port up the Hughli river at Calcutta . |
| 13 | When the government decreed that student numbers should be cut , that university grants be cut , and that overseas students should pay their full fees for courses and board in the UK , LSHTM with its large overseas intake suffered initially only as badly as other London colleges . |
| 14 | ‘ It is manifestly unfair that the alcoholic content of Scotch Whisky should be taxed almost twice as heavily as that of beer or wine . |
| 15 | ‘ I want some continuity in the squad , going down even as far as the schoolboy grade ’ . |
| 16 | Going much more slowly now as it records more conver conversations . |
| 17 | It was how they knew about pilots going up again as soon as possible after a crash , grandfather had told them . |
| 18 | There are occasions when the Nelson touch is needed and a blind eye turned when events are not turning out quite as well as planned . |
| 19 | ‘ As the fakes wear out twice as fast as proper pads , the driver could hit his brakes one day and the car would swerve violently to the side where the real pad has been fitted , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Got back here as fast as I could . |
| 21 | The radial shields are irregularly tear drop shaped about twice as long as broad and separated along their entire length . |
| 22 | The peculiar design of funnel shown in the drawing would work perfectly well so long as the input was pretty focused . |
| 23 | I got up quite late today as I do not do anything important and it is my one real chance for a lie-in . |
| 24 | A couple of you get down there as fast as you can and watch the cottage . |
| 25 | It is also possible to use festoon or ruched blinds at this type of window , but they would only draw up satisfactorily as far as the level at the bottom of the arch . |
| 26 | And that 's what you 're getting here so as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 27 | Whilst most modern witch covens can be traced back only as far as the revival stimulated by Gerald Gardner and the repeal of the Witchcraft Acts in the 1950s , there still exist traditional covens which date back much further . |
| 28 | ‘ Still , I intend to go back there as soon as possible , hopefully this time to be applauded . ’ |
| 29 | The sheet was pulled up only as far as his hip , so that backs of her fingers touched his bare back , warm and still slightly damp . |
| 30 | ‘ I started back as soon afterwards as seemed right . |