Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] fast as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not grow as fast as N. indicum , but the slender stalks produce more aerial leaves than the larger species . |
| 2 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
| 3 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |
| 4 | " I 've never seen anything work as fast as that injection . " |
| 5 | I can run as fast as Magnus when I try . |
| 6 | I could n't run as fast as I would have liked . |
| 7 | I ca n't run as fast as you ! ’ |
| 8 | A penalty is that the translated binaries do not run as fast as programs compiled from source for Alpha — DEC says performance degradation is around 50% — but translation can save customers from rewriting old applications . |
| 9 | Watching him , we all became aware that the style of play was beginning to favour forwards who should run as fast as wings or centres . |
| 10 | An average polar bear stands almost four feet tall at the shoulder , weighs 1,500 lbs and can run as fast as 25 miles an hour . |
| 11 | Asian ships did not go round the Cape of Good Hope to trade with Europe , and East Indiamen , as the Company 's ships were called , were so heavily armed and were so much safer from the risk of piracy that merchants found them useful carriers even though they did not sail as fast as local ships until the Company had its ships built of teak some decades later . |
| 12 | She would n't have believed that he could move so fast as , with a rushing like that of fluid from a punctured sac , the rotten body comes slithering out in a wave of its own juices . |
| 13 | Women can move as fast as men in weighing up situations rapidly . |
| 14 | She 'd never seen anyone move as fast as he did when he put poor old Dan Pearson on his back . |
| 15 | ‘ When I was young , I could move as fast as Harald . |
| 16 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
| 17 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |
| 18 | ‘ The companies should be warned of the falling guillotine and urged to produce and ship as fast as they can . ’ |
| 19 | The economists agree that reforms should happen as fast as they are technically possible , whether ordinary citizens want it that way or not . |
| 20 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 21 | It can develop as fast as a Charolais if fed appropriately and under ideal circumstances it can achieve similar weights within the same time span , especially if breeders are selective in their choice of stock . |
| 22 | Over-optimism at the Treasury Through the summer , the signs of a slowdown in domestic demand had come reasonably on cue : the inflation figures duly peaked , retail sales tailed off , even labour costs did not accelerate as fast as feared . |
| 23 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |
| 24 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 25 | But yesterday organiers decided competitors could go as fast as they like . |
| 26 | They can go as fast as they want and there will be no restrictions . |
| 27 | She has such a thirst after knowledge that the more she knows , I verily think the humbler she is , and I can not help letting go as fast as she pulls as my son used to do to his kite . |
| 28 | " shall I go as fast as a whirlwind , as fast as thought , or as fast as a bird ? " |
| 29 | He says sometimes it 's a pain cos you get up and if I 'm late I 've got to rush around and go as fast as I can to school and you get cold and your fingers start freezing up so it 's not much fun . |
| 30 | Mouse pups born in Dr Friedler 's laboratory weighed less at birth and failed to grow or mature as fast as those born of fathers treated ( for the sake of comparison ) with either salt-water injections or compressed air . |