Example sentences of "[pers pn] as carefully [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Museums catalogue them as carefully as paintings . |
| 2 | Provided that they have done so , and that the child has been matched with them as carefully as possible so that they can best meet his or her needs , their situation is likely to be no different from that of any other family with teenagers . |
| 3 | Think about the shape of the flowers that you are pressing and try to place the blotting paper on top of them as carefully as possible to ensure that they will lie flat under the weights , because once they are permanently pressed you can not start again . |
| 4 | It was n't easy to make out his expression , but she was watching him as carefully as she could . |
| 5 | When he reaches back into his jacket pocket for that inevitable pack of cheap cigars I 'm watching him as carefully as a dog with a drunken master , unsure whether he 'll get a kick or a bowl of food . |
| 6 | The buzzard flew to the king 's palace , waited , perching in an oak tree , until the princess came out for her evening stroll , and then picked her up and carried her back to the forest , holding her as carefully as if she were made of rose petals . |
| 7 | Since he looked after her as carefully as he did the rest , the princess too was happy to share their life in the forest . |
| 8 | When a nova is found , it is important to follow it as carefully as possible , and binoculars can be very helpful indeed , particularly as most bright novæ remain within binocular range for some time . |
| 9 | Yet he deposited her on it as carefully as if she were china , and that brought a weak tear to her eye . |