Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [adv] [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later generations spread south as far as the tip of South America ; later still they reached similar latitudes in southern New Zealand . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The object of the court in interpreting legislation is to give effect so far as the language permits to the intention of the legislature . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It works on the principle that the pursuer will not be able to change direction as efficiently as the prey . |
| 11 | Nothing escapes attention so easily as the obvious . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is expected to become law as early as the Summer . |
| 16 | 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 . |