Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not perhaps generally realised that this practice began as early as the late seventeenth century and that many of the splendid coloured aquatint books of the nineteenth century first reached the public in this way . |
| 2 | The audience laughed nervously but Fleischmann remained serious : ‘ If this device worked as effectively as the small scale experiment we have done , it would be generating about 800 watts of power . ’ |
| 3 | Henry 's poetic career began as early as 1215 . |
| 4 | Even in her dazed and painful state his imperious , if not to say imperial manner amused as well as annoyed her . |
| 5 | Members of the radical Inter-regional group went so far as to table a motion of no confidence in the government , but a vote on whether to consider this motion was heavily defeated on May 29 . |
| 6 | She could feel the soft leather stretched as tight as cat-gut across her protruding arse . |
| 7 | Stuart 's plump little visage tightened as far as that was a physical possibility . |
| 8 | The colours and shapes were intensified by the sun 's last strong rays so that the ruins of the abbey looked unreal , a golden fantasy against the blue of the sea , and the dry grass gleamed as richly as a lush water meadow . |
| 9 | The first split occurred as early as 1948 when Yugoslavia was denounced by the Soviet Union and its allies for supposedly giving too much favour to peasants at the expense of the working class and for exercising party authority in an insufficiently decisive manner . |
| 10 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
| 11 | One writer went so far as to say that this construction ‘ flies in the face of the settled interpretation of this provision . ’ |
| 12 | One journalist went so far as to assert , ‘ Carter should have little trouble with Congress ’ , while Professor Ross Baker noted that ‘ the basic elements are in place for a highly satisfactory relationship between Carter and Congress … there is no reason to forecast discord between the White House and Capitol Hill . |
| 13 | In hepatectomized rats , DNA synthesis begins at 14h but can be inhibited by an α 1 -adrenergic inhibitor applied as late as 11h after partial hepatectomy . |
| 14 | Again perceptions of the value of these interviews differed , but one teacher went so far as to say that if it needed an appraisal to bring these advisers into the school then it was worth it . |
| 15 | Indeed , so fundamental to the outlook of Jacobean Protestants was this identification of the pope with Antichrist that one contemporary went so far as to define a Protestant as one who ‘ can swear the Pope is antichrist and that flesh is good on Friday ’ . |
| 16 | The first night passed quietly enough as the newcomers were thoroughly examined and were glad to get a roof over their heads . |
| 17 | Perceived as ‘ weak ’ and ‘ lonely ’ , one respondent went so far as to condemn raisins as ‘ embarrassing to be seen with in public ’ ! |
| 18 | The figure was well below City estimates and one analyst went as far as to say that the detailed announcement ‘ deserves to set the standards for all ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I will go up to the roof , just remember though to tell them to send a ladder up there ’ said Ralph ‘ Take the child with you and hurry ’ And with that Carter ran as fast as he could through the dark air with the lady and child and before long he was out Ralph 's sight . |
| 20 | Once Baldwin 's decision was made , the right-wing plot collapsed as suddenly as it had grown up and , as always after prolonged but successful mental strain , he felt free . |
| 21 | If Day-Lewis is the movie 's greatest strength then its most noticeable defect is that it was shot by two different cinematog-raphers , often with the same scene lit very differently as if taking place at contrasting times of day . |
| 22 | As it became clear that the Bolsheviks were prepared to make peace on terms which fully restored Polish territorial integrity , the wave of anti-war feeling subsided as quickly as it had appeared . |
| 23 | All this reinforced Attlee 's determination to get a new governor installed as soon as possible . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've got 19 players with contracts up for renewal and want a new manager installed as quickly as possible , ’ he said . |
| 25 | No other state went so far as this ; but then none needed to , for none started from the same position of isolation and estrangement from the outside world . |
| 26 | An even more spectacular reversal occurred as recently as the day following the inauguration of President Clinton when Mr F Pena , the incoming US Transportation Secretary , quite unashamedly declared that the US ‘ can not give away valuable rights … without equivalent benefits for US carriers . ’ |
| 27 | Then they turned out the lights , the great brass chandelier with its false candles , and the moon 's lemony radiance lay as still as cloths draped over the shining wood . |
| 28 | Their duty done , the whole gang ran as fast as possible back to the engine and gathered in the cab . |
| 29 | His exalted mood faded as swiftly as his dream . |