Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
| 2 | In theory this process could go as far as equating marginal cost with demand so that the bureaucracy obtains all the consumer surplus . |
| 3 | We 've put those together , we 've looked at the staff that we need to administer that particular level of activity , and we 've come out with a figure that we think is a reasonable estimate , in fact I would go so far as saying , we think this is the lowest estimate that we can safely put forward , as to our needs for the coming year . |
| 4 | BELOW Making a detailed scale drawing of a vertical section can take as long as excavating the feature in the first place . |
| 5 | Creating a game from a film costs hundreds of thousands of pounds and can take as long as making the movie . |