Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adj] as they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Florida on Oct. 20 two members of the rap music band " 2 Live Crew " were acquitted on obscenity charges for having performed songs from their album As Nasty as They Wan na Be , although a retailer had been convicted of selling the record after it had been declared obscene by a federal district judge on June 6 . |
| 2 | The weather is unpredictable and the mountains exceptionally high as they climb towards the Vaults . |
| 3 | Are the hit-squad as well-meaning as they make out ? |
| 4 | Were things as inevitable as they seem ? |
| 5 | She must be every bit as cruel as they say , my lady . ’ |
| 6 | This tends to make most people somewhat lazy as they take one another for granted . |
| 7 | We welcome the proposals by the Government as far as they go , but we have to point out that those proposals leave police authorities in an unstable situation . |
| 8 | Today and in the future they regard the borders of all states in Europe as inviolable as they stand on the day of the signing of this treaty . |