Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [adv] [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the year A.D. 43 , Emperor Claudius sent an army under Aulus Plautius , who quickly subdued Kent as far as the Medway where again the British forces gathered to oppose the Romans . |
| 2 | Later generations spread south as far as the tip of South America ; later still they reached similar latitudes in southern New Zealand . |
| 3 | She had been on the verge of hysteria then ; add to that a day of travelling , with him pushing Chalon as fast as the horse could go carrying a double weight , plus the previous day 's tensions , and it was a wonder she had n't given in to it . |
| 4 | Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . |
| 5 | Except on the odd occasion when the paper tray is empty , the problem only seems to be the inability of the printer to handle data as quickly as the PC can send it . |
| 6 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 7 | This analysis will have relevance as far as the passing of property and risk is concerned ( see Chapter 10 ) where the goods are damaged in the meantime ( Clarke v Reilly ( 1962 ) 96 ILTR 96 ) . |
| 8 | Suffice it to say that whatever the Court of Appeal 's finding there are likely to be significant procedural and resource implications as far as the administration of the complaints system is concerned and these will have to be explored during the coming year . |
| 9 | In contrast , Western whaling nations needed the whale oil , although it is true that products from coastal whaling in Europe included meat as early as the 11th century . |
| 10 | All students are urged to pursue these performing studies as far as the acquisition of a Teacher 's Diploma of one of the recognised colleges of music and , in suitable cases , to proceed to a Performer 's Diploma . |
| 11 | Some of the regulations from Brussels would destroy jobs as surely as the policies of the Labour party would if they were ever to be followed . |
| 12 | He had learned to his cost , when the ‘ Empire ’ had staged nude reviews in a desperate attempt to keep going , that using sex quite frankly as the basic attraction meant losing the reliable , come-every-week family audience to gain the dubious favours of a fickle , rowdy mob of hooligans . |
| 13 | Rik Mayall , as the Sultan of Turkey , is a natural too , swapping lines as smoothly as the best of them . |
| 14 | The poem which advocates marriage so long as the partner is chosen reasonably is included , but not the second poem which examines the dangers of marriage per se . |
| 15 | Before the days of radio , boats like her would race down-channel as far as the Lizard to get first contact for the ship-to-shore trade from vessels making port . |
| 16 | It works on the principle that the pursuer will not be able to change direction as efficiently as the prey . |
| 17 | Nothing escapes attention so easily as the obvious . |
| 18 | Indeed , if Wright was hiding last night , it was only as camouflage and he emphatically answered Graham as early as the sixth minute . |
| 19 | In Bursa , Seyh Mehmed-i Cezeri and Semseddin Fenari and Molla Yegane [ sic ] and his son Yusuf Bali and Bahaeddin Omer and Yar-Ali-i Sirazi and Hoca-zade and Husam-zade and Ali Celebi and Mufti Ahmed Pasa gave fetvas as far as the year 929 [ 1552–3 ] ; in Edirne , Molla Haydar-i Acemi and the aforementioned Molla Fahreddin and Molla Abdulkerim and Umm Veled [ gave fetvas ] ; and Molla Gurani and Molla Ali-i Arab , and [ Ali ] Cemali became independent muftis in Istanbul … |
| 20 | Scotland Yard 's Special Branch officers , who had infiltrated both the Communist and Fascist movements , reported that the Communists were organising disruption as assiduously as the BUF was planning the details of the rally . |
| 21 | As historians are very much writing as the product of their times , Coleridge as the poet wrote poetry very immediately as the result of his state at that particular time . |
| 22 | UEFA is unlikely to reduce a punishment apparently designed to make the Dutch authorities , civil as well as sporting , take hooliganism as seriously as the British have been obliged to . |
| 23 | It is expected to become law as early as the Summer . |
| 24 | If taxes are raised to finance the spending , the policy will still be expansionary and so reduce unemployment so long as the taxes raised do not exceed the increase in government spending by a certain amount . |