Example sentences of "[verb] as [adv] as they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have . |
| 2 | Our hospitals are so short of cash thanks to the shortsightedness of the Government that it 's a wonder hospitals function as well as they do . |
| 3 | TWO-TIMING men with neatly trimmed pencil moustaches who like to drink as hard as they work are unwittingly modelling themselves upon a style that is at least 4,500 years old , archaeologists have discovered . |
| 4 | With Mark Hughes stepping into the centre-back role , Tranmere defended as well as they have all season , restricting Leicester to a smattering of half chances . |
| 5 | They tend to subside as quickly as they arise . |
| 6 | That is why so many ‘ start up ’ schemes finish as early as they do . |
| 7 | The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | ‘ You got to keep going when you find 'em , ’ he continued , ‘ the little buggers disappear as fast as they come . ’ |
| 9 | The real wonder is not that some who profess to believe fall away after continuing so long but that some last as long as they do with as little as they have . |
| 10 | Only because of Labour proposals and actions have schools managed to deal as well as they have with L M S. Congratulations , I say , go to the Labour Group . |
| 11 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 12 | It do n't take as long as they say . ’ |
| 13 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 14 | And try as hard as they do , residential staff can never turn a residential establishment into a home . |
| 15 | All children have fads at different times which resolve as quickly as they arrive and so it can be difficult for parents to determine where they should start to draw the line . |
| 16 | But yesterday organiers decided competitors could go as fast as they like . |
| 17 | They can go as fast as they want and there will be no restrictions . |
| 18 | He did not deny that errors abounded in the contemporary world , but in a characteristic image said that ‘ they often vanish as swiftly as they arise , like mist before the sun ’ . |
| 19 | The abduction and murder of 2 year old , James Bulger , she says , underlines the importance , whenever possible , of not letting youngsters out of your sight and ensuring they know that when confronted by a stranger they 're allowed to scream and shout as loud as they like . |
| 20 | The stress concentration at a crack tip was first calculated by Inglis in 1913 , as we have said , and his results are classic and correct as far as they go . |
| 21 | I think they 're under a great pressure and you know th I think it 's erm you know , quite amazing really , that people survive as well as they do , given the pressures they 're that they are under . |
| 22 | I am often asked how , with Biros vanishing as often as they do , is it possible for some writers to get so much down on paper in a single lifetime ? |
| 23 | Among these worlds the probabilities of their state ( i.e. their entropy ) will increase as often as they decrease . |