Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | As studies have focused on the immediate pregnancy related complications of gestational diabetes it is not surprising that the value of such screening has not been properly investigated as far as long term complications are concerned . |
| 2 | First , they are rarely posed as clearly as this ; things tend to happen incrementally or interstitially . |
| 3 | This simplicity is , of course , in many respects the precise object of their management , because energy and nutrients are thereby channelled as directly as possible into human consumption with few sidechains and reduction in the losses involved in transferring energy between trophic levels . |
| 4 | When the patient is fit enough these measures are best performed as frequently as every 12 minutes . |
| 5 | Searches are not made as frequently as staff would like , because they say , shortages mean there simply are n't enough officers to do it . |
| 6 | what 's interesting is that those rivalries are not focused as strongly as they used around the very big clubs , and we 're talking less here about what 's gon na happen at Manchester United and Chelsea and perhaps more about the difficulties of Wolves and and Stoke . |
| 7 | High average wind speeds tend to stunt the upward growth of plants and encourage the lateral growth of dwarf forms , e.g. of Calluna vulgaris or Juniperus communis , though prostrate forms of the former are not encountered as frequently as expected on exposed mountain plateaux . |
| 8 | Stress-relaxation tests are not performed as often as creep tests because many investigators believe they are less readily understood . |
| 9 | According to the Commission , they should be progressively reduced as soon as possible — most likely from the start of 1991 . |
| 10 | ‘ I will have regard to how vigorous competition with the tunnel can be best assured as well as with how well the current competitive arrangments have operated , ’ he said . |
| 11 | This makes sense : war and politics were perceived by lay participants as subject to supernatural interventions that could be magically invoked as well as interpreted — hence the important role of churchmen and their rituals in these areas of public contestation and conflict , for instance in not just the retrospective presentation but the preliminary " staging " of battles as Judgements of God . |
| 12 | In previous chapters we have seen how the ancient manor of Combsburgh had been partially enclosed as early as the fourteenth century , especially in the areas close to the market town , and how the bulk of the field structure had been established by the late sixteenth century . |
| 13 | The keys to the Cathedral were widely distributed as far as I can make out . ’ |
| 14 | The difficult and often contradictory principles of this age-long argument were memorably expressed as early as Plato 's version of the Apology of Socrates and , with a different bearing , in his Republic . |
| 15 | To explain why they were not employed as frequently as they were amongst the middle class until the inter-war period involves consideration of the complicated relationship between the occupational characteristics of both husband and wife with their respective values and expectations and how they related to each other . |
| 16 | In 1972–3 full-time courses in the polytechnics began to offer computing studies as part of the normal curriculum and attempts were also made as early as 1969 to include a European language ; while the latter proved to be an irrelevance , the former has certainly not . |
| 17 | The Lebanese press had obligingly produced a comic version of McFarlane ; but the film versions of both Reagan and North were also set as early as November 1986 , and did not much change thereafter . |
| 18 | Children could leave school entirely at thirteen on possession of the ‘ labour certificate ’ , which required either a minimum attendance record or the passing of Standard VII , although it seems that the certificate was rarely if ever refused and 10 per cent of 10–15-year-old girls were fully employed as late as 1911 . |
| 19 | After ‘ most diligent discussion ’ convocation concluded that the process against the Despensers was erroneous , sinful ( sic ! ) and revocable ; on the king 's orders these conclusions were solemnly published as quickly as possible in each church in the land , together with an indulgence of forty days for those praying for the health of the king and the peace of the realm . |
| 20 | Potential inferences which were disconfirmed by a later statement were invariably rejected , and inferences which were neither confirmed nor disconfirmed were falsely identified as often as they had been in the neutral condition . |
| 21 | This is the principle , though it is rarely done as nakedly as this . |
| 22 | advise the bank/organisation if the policy is not renewed as soon as practicable after such non-renewal has come to their knowledge ; |
| 23 | ‘ If a co-ordinated effort is not made as quickly as possible , the death toll could increase dramatically to become a major catastrophe , ’ said Mr Demoze Kebebu , regional representative of Ethiopia 's Bureau of Refugee Affairs . |
| 24 | The vendor should ensure that the sale agreement provides that the purchaser is obliged to pay that part of the price that is not disputed as soon as possible and that interest is paid on the additional amount if any that the purchaser is subsequently required to pay . |
| 25 | Because it is a large fish , it is not kept as often as it should be , as it is a very peaceful fish for its size . |
| 26 | The urban environment is not defined as readily as a region such as North America or Australia but it is a way of studying part of the world that has some unifying attribute . |
| 27 | The possessed woman , like her bewitched counterpart , becomes the immediate centre of attention and care , and although she exerts pressure upon her spouse the latter is not assailed as radically as he would be were he accused of being a witch . |
| 28 | This is a safety net for press coverage which falls outside statutory protection — because , for example , it is not published as soon as practicable after the event . |
| 29 | The Tender is the defenders ' finest weapon , and is not used as often as it should be . |
| 30 | Therefore the choice of must be a compromise which limits the charging current to within the supply capacity , but ensures that the capacitor is fully charged as quickly as possible . |