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 Dana did not shave as often as I did .
3 ‘ When the recovery does come , we will not benefit as quickly as we should .
4 When the recovery comes we will not benefit as quickly as we should .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Another reason why coaching does not occur as often as it might is due to the time pressures which every manager faces .
9 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 .
10 A high skin means oil can not flow as easily as it could from an undamaged well .
11 Many of us do not sleep as well as we might , because we are unable to relax when we go to bed .
12 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 .
13 There the nectar does not evaporate as quickly as it would if it were in a more exposed position .
14 I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time .
15 Without the work of these dedicated men and women the Church could not progress as rapidly as it does .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’
20 will always support as far as it is possible to do so .
21 It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view .
22 He does n't exist as far as I 'm concerned . ’
23 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 .
24 The only slight criticism I could have was that maybe we did n't finish as well as we should have , ’ he said .
25 One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves .
26 ‘ 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 .
27 ‘ You do n't do as well as she 's done in the majors without being a very good player , ’ said Jim Webb , the LPGA 's deputy commissioner .
28 She 's just come out of Saint Mary 's did n't do as well as she thought , or everybody else hoped she would do in her A levels , so is now retaking one .
29 I do n't work as hard as I used to .
30 Of course , our buzzers did n't work as quickly as theirs , and they got all the easy questions .
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