Example sentences of "[noun] that [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Integrity , combined with wariness , pride , and the kind of stoic endurance that accompanied an understanding of suffering , a loss of innocence that went as deep as the soul .
2 The purpose for which the transaction is entered into , be it to make a profit or to further some divergent managerial interest , is not an issue that arises as far as questions of authorisation are concerned .
3 We had trips in those days that took as long as three months which not many people would undertake now .
4 A very careful choice of rod should be made for a fish that fights as hard as barbel .
5 The seller , if he is to receive cash or debt securities rather than shares , would want a price that reflected as fully as possible the value to the buyer of creating a monopoly ( and thus the lost chance for the seller to do it himself ) .
6 Of the two main regions , Bas Armagnac produces more elegant spirits , whereas Ténarèze , with its heavy , chalky clay soil , tends to make hefty brandies that take as long as thirty years to show their true potential .
7 The kind of standards of performance which you need to search for and devise are ones that rely as far as possible on observable facts rather than mere opinion .
8 establishing a language that mirrors as closely as possible the language found in the literature and the language used by potential users ;
9 For example , the completed miniature illustrated in the photograph on the facing page shows a design that represents as closely as possible the way the plant grows in the wild .
10 And some masticate earth with saliva to produce a cement that sets as hard as rock and with it build some of the most magnificent and complex mansions to be found anywhere on earth except for those made by mankind .
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