Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or are you still so naïve as to believe that he just wanted a comforting kiss and a cuddle ? ’ |
| 2 | The TUC found them nearly as awkward as did the Government . |
| 3 | Even something as purely physical as exercising brings its own awareness . |
| 4 | Although they undoubtedly exist throughout the world , only Scotland could resort to something quite as sad as turning a pub into a museum of dispirited sport . |
| 5 | There 's nothing quite so depressing as watching your tan fade along with the memories of that wonderful holiday . |
| 6 | There is nothing quite as bad as watching other people eat and drink what you are trying to avoid . |
| 7 | A restrained virility that boded ill for anyone so incredibly foolish as to even think of challenging his authority . |
| 8 | I mean I found it almost as ridiculous as trying to sort of say , well half of my clerical staff are fairly incompetent so I think we should have a sort of incompetency rating for each of |
| 9 | Was it however so paradoxical as to have dealt a death blow to the theory ? |