Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll get better at this as I get more practice . |
| 2 | The tentative price was £8,000 and Oceanic Airways of Australia were interested as they operated 10 Monospar four-seaters . |
| 3 | The distant forest became obscured by a misty darkness which closed in round them , broken by the odd pinprick of light as they passed some hamlet or village . |
| 4 | They are expensive and share many of the disadvantages of hypochlorites although they are more acceptable as they have little smell or taste . |
| 5 | ‘ We improved in as much as we won one game , ’ said North McQuay , secretary of the Irish Bowling Association and an international selector . |
| 6 | But remember the advice of Robin Leigh-Pemberton , governor of the Bank of England : the 12-month inflation rate reflects what happened a year ago as much as what happened last month . |
| 7 | This academic study was seen as a means of extending , developing and enriching the student 's mind and , in as much as it fulfilled this function , had much to commend it . |
| 8 | It could well be that it was the very fact of the fading of life enjoyment which is experienced with the responsibilities of adulthood and parenthood — and this could have affected the very primitive man just as much as it does modern man — which precipitated the very first of man 's attempts to take control of his future and the progress of evolution , by becoming ‘ civilised ’ . |
| 9 | At the time , Jean-Claude was paralysed with grief , and much as he craved professional recognition , he had no idea how to pursue it . |
| 10 | He hated pettiness as much as he did superficial quotation . |
| 11 | This point should become clearer as you read this book . |
| 12 | A 23-year-old woman poured paraffin over her 38-year-old lover and set it alight as he lay bound hand and foot , and blindfolded , ‘ wearing a pair of her open-crotch panties and nylon stockings ’ on a mattress in their living-room . |
| 13 | Some employers may encourage you to start with fewer hours than you think you can manage , with the intention of adding to these as you gain more confidence . |
| 14 | Of course the type of soil in the area plays an important part in good gooseberry growing , and the good heavy loam of Egton Bridge is ideal as it retains vital moisture . |
| 15 | Gray also reported making three sales ‘ three times as many as I made last year ’ . |
| 16 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |
| 17 | It is economical because it allows a high temperature to be maintained in just a small area , and useful as it encourages speedy germination of seeds and rapid rooting of cuttings . |
| 18 | What possible justification can there be for that , given the fact the actions are reasonable as they stay this year . |
| 19 | As long as they get some exposure to written language , most learners will acquire at least a modicum of literacy . |
| 20 | The birds hatched in an incubator can then be hand-reared or given back to their parents , who will rear any number of chicks as long as they have enough food . |
| 21 | As long as we stay this dose to the hole we have to keep the rocket thrust going . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Or , at least it is n't so long as we avoid that bit of road . ’ |
| 23 | We are humbled and brought low by them , but the spirit of man — and I now have to say woman — and the freedoms that we enjoy lie within our grasp as long as we hold this House . |
| 24 | ‘ As long as we take proper care of the children . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ As long as we understand each other on that score , fair enough . ’ |
| 26 | As long as we understand each other . |
| 27 | Peter Rogers , who produced all the movies , told me that he said that as long as he had enough money to keep himself and his mother he was happy . |
| 28 | But it was his duty to suffer , if only vicariously , with his people , and as long as he had any strength left he would fulfil his duty as he saw it . |
| 29 | ‘ As long as I drink some Lucozade straight away , then I 'm OK . |
| 30 | As long as you apply common sense , you 'll emerge unscathed from the financial crisis . |