Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] as [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Hannibal was also the object of some sort of pseudohistorical tale of which a papyrus has preserved a piece that as far as I know has never been connected with the oracle transmitted by Antisthenes .
2 She met his eyes and as calmly as she could told him she and her father had loved visiting castles and mansions on their holidays .
3 It well I say one it was one of the aspects that was that tha that cropped up in our discussion about the criteria on Friday and as far as we 're concerned , what we are trying to do is not er to exclude anything from the discussion in terms of er trying to locate or find a suitable location .
4 The field of art and design education represents a very broad spectrum of study and as far as it is possible to distinguish between ‘ art ’ and ‘ design ’ the former is generally used to denote painting and sculpture and the latter is concerned with the production of graphic material , three-dimensional or textile/fashion artefacts by hand or machine processing .
5 A few evenings later , in Russell 's alehouse , Ralph Bryant told Pascoe that as far as he was concerned , there was no reason why they should not sail on the Sunday following .
6 to Coronation Street do not know all the facts of course , we are ignorant of the finer points of the time gone by , but why is Deirdre so lasted to Ken I 've yet to catch up with Wednesday night 's proceedings on my video contraption , but the last thing that I heard Deirdre say to Ken as he was recovering on a put-u-up in her front room was , I 'm stuck with you till you back on your feet and as far as I 'm concerned it ca n't come soon enough for me , Ken lay there immobile , stunned , a cruel carry on , what 's the poor chap done , but then I 've missed too much
7 It 's the highway and as fast as we can go . ’
8 yeah because the person er who 's job it is to deal with the sulks for want of a better phrase there is not is preferring not to tackle the issue because as far as she 's concerned it 's not affecting the efficiency of the office , that 's what I 'm trying to say and it 's not , in fact it 's added to the efficiency of the office if anything .
9 ‘ I treat you like a child because as far as I can see you are one . ’
10 Meredith , trying to use her bump of direction thought they had gone in a circle and as far as she could tell through teeming rain and darkness , were in the middle of the open moor or common .
11 Starkey said yesterday that he knew nothing of the move and as far as he was concerned he was still on Cacoethes .
12 One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening .
13 No I sha n't be getting my cheque book out on that basis because as far as I 'm concerned the thing would still not belong to the city .
14 I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’
15 He said , ‘ I 'd talked so much to Nigel about his thoughts on so many things that as far as I 'm concerned he was with us all the way through .
16 Olomouc is full of churches , huge and chillingly ornate , freezing inside and as far as I could see deserted during the week .
17 And the , the price was thirty nine pounds and as far as I know at the time the , the pianos went down that terrace I do n't think anybody could play it properly .
18 and I 'm not , I 'm not paying mine before October cos as far as I 'm concerned it was paid , he has my wages
19 Supply would remain in the hands of crooks who would continue to push , but with total impunity , not just to their existing customers but as hard as they could to new ones as well .
20 He started accusing everyone from Sam Gristy to Jan Treffry himself of meddling with his fish barrels , and insisted on one of Sam 's barrels being opened as well ; but when it was found to be brim full Martha told him in plain terms that as far as she was concerned , he had lost the contest .
21 Most were allowed to stay out till 11.30 during the week and as late as they liked at weekends .
22 I love Cindy and as far as I know , she loves me .
23 And we were we covered sixteen different MPs which is especially good news because Hugh Bailey normally supports the bill and as far as we know is likely to turn up and and vote for it .
24 It was dangerous because it left her at his mercy and as far as she knew he had none .
25 We have facts about a charitable trust using ACE schemes to actually do my members ' jobs , do my members ' jobs in the home help service , do my members ' jobs in the social services — driving people about when they are not insured ; they do n't have PSV and as far as they 're concerned , ‘ so what ? ’
26 We have been asked by the County Council to do these works and as far as we are concerned we will comply with them .
27 Well the only thing that as far as I 'm concerned erm er Richard is is when would you like to come on the training course ?
28 Last year , this union held a ballot and a hundred and forty thousand members took part in that ballot for the leader of the Labour Party and they made it absolutely clear to the executive that as far as they were concerned they wanted a part and a say in who was the leader of the Labour Party , and they di decided dem democratically .
29 I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another .
30 you know , below the shadow of both the next two properties , we shall , we shall , you know , just have a brick wall , and if they they just shifted the garage to one end and as far as I 'm concerned it 's an excuse for them to put up the power , that is ,
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