Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] as [adv] [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is part of the accumulated folk wisdom of gay male subcultures that the homosexuality of an individual will reveal itself primarily through matters of taste — not good or bad taste but particular taste , a fondness for certain cultural artefacts above others , a set of preferences that proclaim one 's sexual affiliations as clearly as any sloganeering T-shirt . |
| 2 | Dyson-Hudson ( 1984 ) has also commented that since c. 1970 the equivalent of $US600 million has been given as development funds to Africa 's rangelands but has brought few rewards as far as more efficient and productive pastoralism is concerned . |
| 3 | The narrowing down of this primitive trade-route took place , perhaps in stages , in Saxon and early medieval times as more and more land was taken in for arable cultivation . |
| 4 | So if there 's any er er erm thought that the er ombudsman complaints were running at a high level as far as this committee 's interest were concerned , I can confirm that that is n't in fact the case . |
| 5 | Carol , who has learned to manage her meagre budget as carefully as any accountant , exemplifies the deeper problem of Easterhouse behind the unemployment , said to be 30 per cent , but much higher when the unemployed 16- to 18-year-olds , those on invalidity benefit and people who do not register for non-existent work are taken into account . |
| 6 | This annual service charge is an object of some suspicion as far as many would-be buyers are concerned , and in some countries there is legislation to protect buyers against developers who set the charge low initially and then raise it excessively later . |
| 7 | The proposed timetable for public platforms/launches as far as these can be scheduled is as follows : |
| 8 | That is probably an impossible dream as far as this present government is concerned . |
| 9 | This as far as this is my personal opinion as far as that claim is concerned , that that is totally and utterly valid . |
| 10 | You have the County Council sitting on an absolute goldmine as far as that land 's concerned . |
| 11 | Lysine 85 is protected almost three times as well as any other lysine in H5 . |
| 12 | On the other hand , the rank and file of his army of conquest of 1016 , comprising Norwegians and Swedes as well as Danes , doubtless contained a fair number of heathens , and it is very unlikely that the Danish church had yet permeated national life as deeply as that of the English . |
| 13 | But you do n't break into the Miletti family as simply as that ! |
| 14 | SELLAFIELD is used to being the Aunt Sally of the nuclear industry as far as some sections of the Press are concerned . |
| 15 | It then compares the costs incurred for control samples with those of action sample clients , and finally examines the most important question as far as this project is concerned : whether those who were sustained at home with project support for six or l2 months after their referral to the psychogeriatrician cost more , less , or about the same to keep at home compared with the cost of institutional care ( taking into account the probability of their being in an institution were it not for the project support ) . |
| 16 | The trade in plutonium between Britain and the US has shown that two countries that proclaim their peaceful intentions as loudly as any are not beyond suspicion and that it is difficult to believe assurances that nuclear power stations have no weapons connection . |
| 17 | From the outside it looks uninhabited facing on to the icy , wind-ravaged sidewalks as anonymously as any of the disused warehouse and industrial buildings that litter the once-thriving district . |
| 18 | The prefix " horse " in many plant names does not mean that the plant is a particularly delectable food as far as those animals are concerned ; it did in fact evolve from " coarse " , and in this case served to separate the plant from the one which actually supplied a radish root . |
| 19 | ‘ No , ’ said Tessa , who sees things her own way as resolutely as any baby . |
| 20 | We can not interpret the single market as narrowly as some Conservative Members of Parliament . |
| 21 | You put yourself into cold storage for two years as far as any kind of political practice goes and just sit and think — and do n't forget you 'll get paid £5000 a year to sit and think about the purity of the struggle we 're all fighting back here . ’ |
| 22 | It is questionable if this play fulfils Eliot 's new vision as powerfully as those Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama fulfilled his old . |
| 23 | The graphic presentation in each of the three products is much improved from Fun School 3 , but each volume has its own quirks as regards controls and interface — this remains the main grumble as far as this reviewer is concerned . |