Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exposure and remedy of facets of systems performance which are not entirely as predicted is in everyone 's interest . |
| 2 | Though Lyra is small , it contains a number of interesting objects , and of course it is graced by the presence of Vega , the lovely blue star which is almost overhead as seen from British latitudes during summer evenings . |
| 3 | We are now just as determined to move upwards as a university at the forefront of high quality research , contributing to knowledge and understanding relevant to the needs of society . |
| 4 | ‘ But it is n't quite as switched on as our ad men make out . ’ |
| 5 | On another occasion , having been introduced to a pop personality at a cocktail party , his name — it was then not as celebrated outside his own world as it is now had left me within five seconds . |
| 6 | Women , and men for that matter , had no sources to call upon for improvement of their looks other than plants , and the vast cosmetic industry that we know today has replaced what was probably just as complicated a business two or three thousand years ago , given the great number of plants that have cosmetic application . |