Example sentences of "[adv] as hard as " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Oz had worked just as hard as she had , not stopping to gaze down into the dale , but picking and picking until his fingers were stained blue-purple . |
| 2 | But he was granted no special treatment and had to toil just as hard as the hired hands . |
| 3 | Think , everybody , just as hard as you can . ’ |
| 4 | You 've worked just as hard as everyone else on this production , even though … ’ |
| 5 | But the academic publishing world has been hit just as hard as the rest of the academic world . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , I can assure you I play just as hard as I work ! ’ |
| 7 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Teams fighting against relegation sometimes scrap just as hard as teams challenging for promotion . |
| 8 | It had become , as it were , welded into one thick compact mass , nearly as hard as wood , and which it was impossible to separate , unrole , or divide in any other way than by cutting … |
| 9 | But self-improvement is n't nearly as hard as people make out . |
| 10 | It was n't really as hard as I thought it would be . |
| 11 | If I had been a marquis , I felt , I would still have been in bed or perhaps just parting the curtains and peering out to see what kind of day it was But Lord Hulton worked all the time , just about as hard as any of his men . |
| 12 | The offworlder was breathing almost as hard as his mare . |
| 13 | Black staff should not have to train twice as hard as their white colleagues . |
| 14 | ‘ And when we are married , I 'm sure I can work twice as hard as I do now , and earn more . ’ |
| 15 | He made her work twice as hard as the others . |
| 16 | ‘ So , Rosie , like a fool I let him manipulate me into working twice as hard as I imagined I would . |
| 17 | The Carlsson does n't accelerate quite as hard as you might expect ( 0–60mph in 8.8secs ) , but its top speed of 131mph looks healthy enough . |
| 18 | IT has always been tough being a woman , but never quite as hard as now . |
| 19 | I pushed him again as hard as I could and ran for the door . |
| 20 | But we have to push forward as hard as we can and hopefully someone will see sense . ’ |