Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One collective line of approach adopted by the GCC was to put forward a draft resolution to the UN Security Council , so worded as to highlight the Iranian role in endangering shipping , while remaining silent on that of Iraq . |
| 2 | Burial and fossilization changes are often so extensive as to obscure the primary modifications which must be identified in order to understand the mechanisms of accumulation of the bones . |
| 3 | In this context , regulations were , in the main , perceived not so much as serving the public interest but as representing ‘ capture ’ of the economic system by specific groups serving their own self-interest , reducing economic welfare and inhibiting economic development . |
| 4 | This apparent infall is so fast as to smother the expanding white hole . |
| 5 | An " optimum " rate of population growth could be considered one which while it increases the labour supply , is not so fast as to outgrow the supportive powers of the economy and prevent income per head from rising . |
| 6 | The central importance attached to the inefficiency of labour markets is either so generally abstract as to have little or no practical application or so partial as to ignore the necessary interdependence between labour supply and a whole range of institutions . |
| 7 | Quite a lot of guesswork and estimation has to go into this , but the margins of error are not so great as to nullify the whole enterprise . |
| 8 | Bridges across the River Thames were gradually being constructed , but the one nearest to the estuary had to be so constructed as to permit the tall ships entering the London Docks , to pass under , so the Tower Bridge was designed and opened in June of 1894 . |
| 9 | However , he is not so undiplomatic as to resist the horrendous hospitality of overindulgent underdeveloped countries . |
| 10 | Obtaining a patent is a complex , expensive and lengthy process and the services of a patent agent are desirable because the drafting of the application and the specification is extremely important as regards the future scope of the patent . |
| 11 | Entering the train was not so bad as entering the eastbound one would have been . |
| 12 | I think there 's a lot of the co , er , the smaller companies feel that way , but the bigger companies have tried the smaller ones , and I think we , we 're not likely to lose the bigger ones as easy as lose the small ones . |
| 13 | In commemoration of the end of apprenticeship in 1838 John Relly Beard looked on behalf of religious liberals as much as had the evangelical Wardlaw to the ‘ genius of Christianity ’ producing future success in the US and the wider world . |
| 14 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 15 | Lay investiture was symbolically objectionable as representing the quasi-sacerdotal position which had long been claimed by kings and emperors . |
| 16 | Or perhaps the Government may decide that the provision of cheap houses to its young supporters in the South-east is not as important as holding the thin green line , while cultivating the older guard . |
| 17 | Regular physical activity or exercise is just as important as eating the right type of food . |
| 18 | This faith extended to allowing Verity Lambert considerable freedom in choosing her Directors , a key area where selecting the right type of Director was as important as finding the right sort of author . |
| 19 | Providing the right foods to the player on the course can be almost as important as giving the correct playing advice . |
| 20 | It 's quite obvious as regards the longer-term that we must think in terms of today 's starting point , we ca n't just introduce the market and cease all state regulation . |