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

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1 They had a routine for it , as most couples do — Annie put the fuel in , Tessa took some paper towels from the dispenser and cleaned the windscreen ; then Tessa went to the pay-window and handed over a credit card as soon as Annie put the pump nozzle back into position .
2 Our new £250,000 maintenance depot at Churston has been paid for out of revenue as well as footbridge repairs at Churston , a new signalling system and major works at Kingswear station .
3 The definition of insider dealing would be expanded to include those contemplating a takeover bid as well as people using inside information .
4 However , the desire to provide an extensive training programme as soon as boards came into existence did rule out any early collaboration between provider and receiver .
5 He hit the roof as soon as Peter came in .
6 We will also offer additional financial support to branches as soon as funds allow .
7 With its pictures as well as text contributed by a team of experts , it portrays a colourful decade in which hope was more rekindled than lost .
8 The Dutch genius as master plant showmen as well as growers has its most lavish expression in the 200 acres of the show , 25 under cover , in which 35,000 different varieties of plants are used .
9 He was then granted full power for six months as well as authority to draw up a new constitution , which would be put to a popular referendum for ratification .
10 Many other sites as well as Rollright have been monitored and the general conclusion so far is that there are radiation anomalies but they vary over time and that only an intensive continuous study at a site is likely to reveal the pattern .
11 Thus , in this view parents as well as children tend to appear as victims and , in particular , working-class parents are seen as vulnerable and powerless vis-à-vis statutory agencies .
12 A letterpress accompanying the illustrations would give the work a scientific legitimacy that Audubon 's work as well as Lear 's had lacked .
13 The Kandyan judicial system , which included tests by oath and ordeal as well as trials conducted by various grades of headmen , was initially left largely intact .
14 The product will support PCL and Postscript emulations as well as FAX viewing under X. Special patented technology will be used to route incoming FAXes to the appropriate client workstation automatically .
15 This is beginning to happen through the exhortation as well as education received from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace .
16 Half the sample is male and half female ; West Indians as well as whites have been interviewed .
17 Moreover , the individuals themselves who are suffering these severe episodes need security and containment as well as space to move about , to feel unfettered and to retain some privacy .
18 Truman indicated on 11 August that American forces should if possible occupy Dairen and a port in Korea as soon as Japan surrendered without awaiting the formal surrender of Japan : the latter could not occur until approximately a fortnight after surrender .
19 Sir Leon Brittan , Britain 's EC commissioner , told a Bow Group fringe meeting last night that the Government should enter into the ERM as soon as turbulence subsided in the foreign exchange markets .
20 Ways into reading text , strategies for coping with monolithic texts as well as texts considered to be of less " value " are arguably as vital a part of the educational process as any learning about text .
21 The second example of how the historical transformations underpinning modern society may be examined from unconventional perspectives which emphasize consumption as well as production comes from a series of studies in American historical archaeology .
22 In this sense it is first and foremost the executive agency of the mind and is charged with the fundamental functions of decision-making and surveillance of the input from the senses as well as sensations arising from the instinctual drives of the id .
23 Wind-blown particles from soils as well as particles created in the atmosphere by the transformation of gases such as sulphur dioxide and volatile organic compounds ( VOCs ) are also included .
24 Quantity as well as quality entered this calculation ; the buff label ( 31i ) featured two ‘ Red Label ’ artists , the pale green ( 31g ) featured four , and the white ( 31i ) four on one side and six on the other .
25 J starts to speak in overlap with B as soon as B has spoken the main part of her Creole " echo " sentence , me na go outside [ line 4 ] .
26 Conversely , spring warming begins immediately under the ice as soon as sunlight penetrates , usually , in early summer after the surface snow ( which is relatively opaque to solar radiation ) has ablated or melted .
27 It offers fascinating insight into the history of machine as well as hand made lace .
28 Extensive laboratory facilities are available , including terminal laboratories with up-to-date equipment as well as laboratories specializing in areas such as software development and computer graphics .
29 Conix can run all existing applications as well as applications developed under C++ .
30 Haliborange tablets are available in traditional orange and blackcurrant flavours as well as packs containing four individual fruit flavours — orange , lemon , tropical and blackcurrant .
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