Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It literally happened as quickly as that — on the Monday I decided to finish it and on the Tuesday I packed my bags and left . |
| 2 | This is the principle , though it is rarely done as nakedly as this . |
| 3 | Although our sense of smell does not compare as favourably as some of our other senses , it allows us to detect tiny traces of a very wide range of complex chemicals . |
| 4 | As algae does not multiply as quickly as some marine parasites the turnover in the pond need not be very fast . |
| 5 | These males entered the pool as they reached it and were soon calling as lustily as those first there . |
| 6 | The question of images in churches was further addressed by two sets of injunctions issued by Cromwell in 1536 and 1538 , but even here the reforms did not go as far as some iconophobes would have liked , as they drew back from condemning all images and denounced only those that encouraged ‘ superstition and hypocrisy ’ and ‘ that most detestable sin of idolatry ’ . |
| 7 | They do not go as far as some countries , who plan to make actual cuts in emissions rates . |
| 8 | We can not go so far as that ; and I lay it down as fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic . |
| 9 | But we need not go so far as that ; it will suffice to suppose that firms rise and fall , but that the ‘ representative ’ firm remains always of about the same size , as does the representative tree of a virgin forest . [ … ] |
| 10 | At present the authorities have not gone so far as this . |
| 11 | But matters had not gone as smoothly as all that . |
| 12 | This has taken a number of forms and has not spread as widely as some of its supporters might have hoped . |
| 13 | Mathematics for a multicultural society must recognise the skills children already have as well as those we want to enable them to develop . |
| 14 | But it is naïve to assume that the LDDC has always operated as effectively as some reports would suggest . |
| 15 | ‘ We like to play the ball around like the Continentals , but we still work as hard as any team in England . ’ |
| 16 | First , they are rarely posed as clearly as this ; things tend to happen incrementally or interstitially . |
| 17 | But the company say they have n't done as badly as some of their competitors , and predict a better year ahead . |
| 18 | Oh well I have n't got as far as that because I |
| 19 | ‘ I had n't thought as far as that , ’ she said , quivering . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't fare as badly as some showbiz celebrities I 've talked to . |
| 21 | Cos you do n't go as slow as this , even round here something like that Ann . |
| 22 | ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 23 | Then he looked up with a solemn expression and replied : ‘ Well , I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 24 | No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in |
| 25 | I had run out of ideas ; ideas do n't come as easily as all that . |
| 26 | Where committees are established to overcome this problem they will ordinarily meet as regularly as all the partners of a smaller firm to ensure continuous supervision of the firm 's business . |