Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] as [pron] do " in BNC.
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1 | You can avoid any foods you do not like and replace them with others from these lists so long as you do not exceed your daily calorie allowance . |
2 | In fact , you can choose any level of regular or monthly savings so long as they do n't exceed the maximum savings allowed . |
3 | In everyday speech , we do not pronounce words as clearly as we do when we are asked to say them in isolation . |
4 | Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore . |
5 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
6 | You must think yourselves lucky to be able to go to Thrush Green as often as you do . ’ |
7 | The BBC believe that no one does sport as well as they do — and they may be right . |
8 | Left : Another good predator is the Arrow Crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which along with juvenile crabs are greatly to the Arrow Crab 's taste . |
9 | Another good predator is the arrow crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which are also to the crab 's taste . |
10 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
11 | With their bizarre appearance and seemingly mysterious but treacherous way of life , the dodders have certainly latched on to human imagination as successfully as they do to the innumerable species of plants they parasitise , spawning fables , myths and fascinating names such as love vine , immortal vine , vine in the sky , beggar vine , strangleweed , devil 's gut , scald and so on . |
12 | Now , gentlemen , this war has shown that among the leaders of Labour there is a body which is national and patriotic ( Hear , hear and applause , ) and feels these sentiments as strongly as we do . |
13 | There 's a lot of competition to get your space , specially with the Latins ; they 're not used to a woman doing the same job as well as they do . ’ |
14 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't think Hugo or Georgina would do the job as well as you do . |
15 | The time may have come to urge a historic settlement , whereby people in Essex can hang each other to their hearts ' content so long as they do not interfere with traditional sporting practices in the rest of the country . |
16 | ‘ Meaning , I can have my say so long as I do what you tell me ! ’ |
17 | Most people do n't actually go into things as deeply as we do . |
18 | After a moment he added , ‘ Anyway , if you knew Elsie as well as I do you would n't blame Sidney for getting a bit on the side . ’ |
19 | The hon. Lady knows those ferry owners as well as I do . |
20 | So how do interest groups come into existence as often as they do ? |
21 | ‘ You know the rules as well as I do . ’ |
22 | Jerusalem artichokes , they make a lovely cream soup so long as you do n't mind the flatulence . ’ |
23 | If you keep listening to the radio , you 'll probably hear any news as quickly as I do . |
24 | The hall and the gallery and the enormous stained glass windows which faced the door as you came in , and the three reception rooms were ours , and as I suffer from terrible claustrophobia , I thought it was a wonderful place to live although David , who I am sure does n't suffer from claustrophobia as badly as I do , being British and like most British people , would be content to live in smaller environments . |
25 | They do n't , and wo n't , know that he talks Greek as well as they do . |
26 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
27 | ‘ You know the odds as well as I do . |
28 | Though economists quarrel about the causes of the 1930s depression as inconclusively as they do about everything else , certain basic features are not in doubt . |
29 | He knows Northern Ireland Electricity as well as I do . |
30 | ‘ You know your master 's habits as well as I do . |