Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 2 | Manager Alan Lockwood was forced to bring in a number of young faces and he could only look on agonisingly as they struggled against more experienced golfers in gusting winds . |
| 3 | Or you may sort of erm people who you do the same thing over and over again , the same sort of job , would you not agree a little bit of complacency can set in and erm things do n't perhaps come over quite as they should ? |
| 4 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 5 | ‘ When the recovery does come , we will not benefit as quickly as we should . |
| 6 | When the recovery comes we will not benefit as quickly as we should . |
| 7 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 8 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
| 9 | It is easy to blame the pressure of daily life and the stress it causes for the fact that we do not feel as well as we should like — and , indeed , in many cases an excess of stress and tension may be the cause . |
| 10 | Another reason why coaching does not occur as often as it might is due to the time pressures which every manager faces . |
| 11 | Tribunals are an essential check on the powers of officialdom but at the moment they do not work as well as they should to ensure justice in welfare provision . |
| 12 | A high skin means oil can not flow as easily as it could from an undamaged well . |
| 13 | Many of us do not sleep as well as we might , because we are unable to relax when we go to bed . |
| 14 | In some schools , the library committee did not meet as frequently as it might have ; nor was it always as open and participatory as might have been hoped , and in at least one school the committee was subverted and eventually dissolved by senior staff . |
| 15 | There the nectar does not evaporate as quickly as it would if it were in a more exposed position . |
| 16 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
| 17 | Without the work of these dedicated men and women the Church could not progress as rapidly as it does . |
| 18 | Lévi-Strauss has rendered social anthropology an invaluable service in emphasizing the significance of such contrasting motifs ; although we need not go so far as him and turn our subject into an esoteric animal , vegetable or mineral parlour-game in which every card is a joker and can assume whatever meaning the player likes . |
| 19 | I can not get around now as I was once able to for my newspapers — but I stick to my policy now , as then , of wanting to see and size up would-be advertisers beforehand , so beg the pardon of the newcomers not included in my list . |
| 20 | There will always be homes , local authority as well as private sector , which do not always behave as well as they should within the rules . |
| 21 | The best laid plans do n't always run as smoothly as they should , so we have tried to identify areas where you might encounter problems . |
| 22 | Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’ |
| 23 | will always support as far as it is possible to do so . |
| 24 | Sadly , I can not share your optimistic conclusion , which implies we will always muddle through together as we have done so often in the past . |
| 25 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 26 | He does n't exist as far as I 'm concerned . ’ |
| 27 | But it does n't matter as far as we 're concerned because one side of Katrina is just as bright as the other side . |
| 28 | The only slight criticism I could have was that maybe we did n't finish as well as we should have , ’ he said . |
| 29 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 30 | ‘ But one thing I do n't want to happen as time goes by is to sit down and say that I did n't do as well as I might have done in another tournament because I did n't put in enough effort . |