Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was he who pronounced in open court that a husband was entitled to beat his wife so long as the rod he used was no thicker than his thumb . |
| 2 | Secondly , be prepared to experiment with other typeface libraries so long as the format they produce has compatible printer and screen fonts . |
| 3 | ‘ All else failing , a man 's character may be inferred from nothing so surely as the jest he takes in bad part . ’ |
| 4 | The work of solicitors varies as widely as the community they service . |
| 5 | Whatever the answer , do not fall into the trap of imagining that the impact of a flood in one of this year 's drought-ridden rivers will pass as quickly as the time it takes for the river to ‘ look ’ normal again . |
| 6 | As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’ |
| 7 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't have asparagus , ’ he would say as loudly as the way he had greeted the waiter , ‘ it 'll make my pee smell . ’ |
| 9 | In an interview with The Scotsman , he said : ‘ It 's an issue which goes wider than education — to family life and social values , and whether we are prepared to accept the responsibilities we have as well as the rights we enjoy . ’ |
| 10 | Fleury 's cakes had not turned out very well ; in fact they had dried as hard as the stone they were baked on , and had to be chipped off with a bayonet . |