Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] as they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is open to the parties to use a description as broad or as narrow as they choose . |
| 2 | But the government believes that , not least in the light of what is being achieved in other countries , the standards now generally attained by our pupils are neither as good as they can be , nor as good as they need to be if young people are to be equipped for the world of the twenty-first century . |
| 3 | Bedrooms are simply furnished and generally quiet as they face inwards away from the square , and room service is available . |
| 4 | The tendons to the corners of the mouth may stand out clearly like lengths of string , and the facial muscles will become more and more obvious as they tauten and contract in the normal flat plains of the horse 's head . |
| 5 | ‘ The thing with The Wedding Present is that they can be as big and as successful as they want to be , ’ says Marshall . |
| 6 | The problems they encounter in creating and interpreting them are as sophisticated and as complex as they come . |
| 7 | She 's old money and as snooty as they come , while he 's the typical self-made second-generation Italian who wants to buy himself a piece of class . ’ |
| 8 | He sent all sorts of Christmas presents but as fast as they arrive they disappear . |