Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over time , less glamorous ‘ tortoises ’ can change the rules of competition and the structures of industry just as much as the ‘ hares ’ of rapid change . |
| 2 | Again material changes stimulated the new thinking just as much as the perceived inadequacies of existing theory . |
| 3 | He loved the sound of those words almost as much as the weight of the gold coins in the priest 's belt . |
| 4 | ‘ All done now , ’ she had murmured , the once vibrant eyes quite as lifeless as the rest of her emaciated form . |
| 5 | In terms of recoverable energy reserves India has the tenth largest coal reserves in the world while Pakistan has gas reserves almost as large as the UK , yet economic growth in both countries is hampered by recurrent energy shortages — particularly electricity — while the cost of importing oil is a severe drain on weak exchequers . |
| 6 | He disliked the estate car almost as much as the Suffolk Punch , which was why he preferred to make his way around the streets of Dynmouth on a bicycle . |
| 7 | Unmoving , he seemed part of the very landscape he stood in , his eyes deep and clear as the blue sea before him , his shoulder-length hair just as golden as the sun burning far above in an azure sky . |
| 8 | For the province will be affected by the next Labour government 's policies just as much as the rest of the UK . |
| 9 | But it is difficult to measure the effort in military and social co-ordination which such isolated outposts must have required : they were a liability just as much as a help . |
| 10 | The adult seems to enjoy the experience just as much as the baby does . |
| 11 | In Eretz family life will not be the same as you have known here in Cork or anywhere in the Diaspora because in the settlements women are involved in communal work just as much as the men are . |
| 12 | In this way , the original formulation contributes to the overall relevance just as much as the reformulation does . |
| 13 | For a while I was released and sat next to the big machine now as silent as a pensioned Dalek . |
| 14 | It is only after experiencing the vicissitudes of life that we realise how much the difficulties and pains enrich our lives almost as much as the joys and pleasures . |
| 15 | When clothes were put on a kouros the forward step made for play between stuff and limb ; the forward step and skirt pulled aside were combined in the creation , in the second half of the century , of a new type almost as regular as the kouros and known to us as kore , girl . |
| 16 | The light was good , the window twice as large as an ordinary window , though it faced south . |
| 17 | Ronni squeaked a puny protest , her body suddenly as stiff as a rod of iron , as Guido 's hand closed around her wrist . |
| 18 | To this could be added the possibility of building the towers only as high as the wall itself , thus enabling the cannon used for defence to be moved along its length ( now on one level ) to whichever part it was most needed . |
| 19 | I find the seats just as comfortable as the highly acclaimed Rover items , while rear passengers enjoy greater legroom . |
| 20 | You need the Anders Limpars just as much as the Tony Adams . |
| 21 | The storage of grain or many bolts of cloth imposed loads upon the structures of these buildings almost as heavy as the machinery contained in the textile mills and therefore their construction had to be equally robust and similarly fireproof . |
| 22 | Beyond , surrounding a thicket of rushes , stood an enclosure of posts and rails half as high as a man . |
| 23 | It was a pleasant interlude , and we did not mind the delay nearly as much as the captain did . |
| 24 | Bream do not transfer successfully even to a water equally as rich as the one they came from . |
| 25 | Agnes absorbed that and found that she believed it : Mo had been thirty years in intelligence work which trains up a determination not to know some things quite as strong as the desire to know others . |
| 26 | The relatively plentiful supply of physicians in Scotland and the attraction of the university medical schools for sons of the gentry made the medical officers ’ appointments in the army and navy almost as attractive as the similar appointments in the service of the East India Company . |
| 27 | A tablespoon is considered a 20ml measure , a teaspoon 5ml , and a coffee-spoonful 2.5ml , so a granule dissolved in : — 40 tablespoons = 800ml = granule/ml so a 5ml dose contains a of a granule. ( 160 days supply ) 30 tablespoons = 600ml = of a granule per 5ml dose ( 120 days supply ) 20 tablespoons = 400ml = of a granule per 5ml dose ( 80 days supply ) 15 tablespoons = 300ml = of a granule per 5ml dose ( 60 days supply ) 8 tablespoons = 160ml = of a granule per 5ml dose ( 32 days supply ) A coffee spoonful will represent a dosage twice as small as the above i.e. 40 tablespoons = of a granule per 2.5ml dose . |
| 28 | The aim … to hit the high speeding , high earners just as much as the less well off , who still enjoy life in the fast lane . |
| 29 | Even a firm 's intellectual product , like systems for psychological measurement and testing can have an environmental impact just as pervasive as the air conditioning or noise . |
| 30 | This is , again , a media argument almost as much as a creative one , but there is a lot of evidence , mainly from direct response , that cost-effectiveness decreases over a certain size of ad . |