Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] as [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The yard at the side had been roughly roofed over with corrugated iron ; it was not entirely waterproof as buckets and other containers were dotted around the floor to catch the drips . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , even with the practice of awarding half a star over the minimum grading the system is not entirely satisfactory as standards and even prices very enormously in each star grade . |
| 3 | ‘ Children are not so serious as grown-ups and they love to laugh . ’ |
| 4 | Humans are normally diurnal , but we are not as immutable as plants or other animals . |
| 5 | They are not as dangerous as MERMAIDS or NIXIES , and on nights of the lull moon will dance in the meadow flats , wafting scarves of silver mist above their heads . |
| 6 | While Microsoft Corp rolled out Bill Gates to demo a slick-looking Windows NT , Univel Inc admitted that UnixWare is not as elegant as Windows and probably wo n't even come near Windows NT in look and feel . |
| 7 | Although they are not as fast as wolves or horses , spiders can move swiftly over obstacles or rough territory thanks to their eight legs . |
| 8 | Broken bottles are just as dangerous as knives and should be treated with equal respect . |
| 9 | It 's just as soft as pads or cotton wool balls and is thick , extra-absorbent for mopping up jobs and it wo n't fray either . |
| 10 | Human beings he found , yet again , were not nearly so interesting as animals and besides , his bare legs had been stung by the nettles that grew thickly round the boathouse . |
| 11 | About 1780 an eminent surgeon made use of one and by 1783 ‘ umbrellas are also as frequent as shoes and stockings and many umbrella warehouses are opened ’ . |
| 12 | Decaffeinated coffee is now widely available as beans or as instant coffee and is suitable for drinking by children and insomniacs and by people with heart conditions and high blood pressure , where caffeine can aggravate the symptoms . |
| 13 | French businessmen no longer lobby for special privileges in African ex-colonies now almost worthless as producers or customers . |
| 14 | It was like it was n't as long as Bedgeys but it was really tight and really you know ? |
| 15 | As far as I am concerned novelists are almost as redundant as psychiatrists because both species have the same irredeemable impertinence . |
| 16 | The oils are energetically twice as efficient as carbohydrates and , although the bees are highly specialized , flowers very like modern Malpighiaceae , complete with oil glands , are known from the mid-Eocene . |
| 17 | Death rites remain , but rites that are no longer recognisable as rites or common practices . |
| 18 | Serve hot and very well seasoned as snacks or ideal children 's party food . |