Example sentences of "as [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The things that work — harvest festivals , Armistice Sunday , pancakes on Shrove Tuesday , all the details about who sits where at weddings and how you do that kind of thing — things which I suppose the more strictly religious people might regard as rather to one side of the central questions . |
| 2 | The argument applies just as forcibly to many manufacturing industries , such as those of automobiles , electronic components , computers and aircraft . |
| 3 | But his defence of an independent natural creation seems to me to apply just as powerfully to our home acres . |
| 4 | Fortunately , he wrote , while every person , more or less , in the Western world , has access to pen and paper and can write down a word or two , few will turn as naturally to painting or music to soothe their troubled breasts . |
| 5 | The metaphor of war came as naturally to the lips of men who discussed their ‘ struggle for existence ’ or the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , as the metaphor of peace came to them when they described the home : ‘ the dwelling place of joy ’ , the place where ‘ the satisfied ambition of the heart rejoiced ’ , as it could never rejoice outside , since it could never be satisfied , or afford to admit itself satisfied . |
| 6 | And Caroline , who had never developed the art of flirting , behaved as if it came as naturally to her as breathing . |
| 7 | Cameron half-turned , to speak as much to the crowd as to the table , put his head back , and spoke slowly , pausing between his sentences . |
| 8 | Second , he was speaking as much to the American people as to the citizens of the divided Germanys . |
| 9 | They might see it as better to take-over their main supplier , even if it means that company losing some existing orders from competing manufacturers of food products ; * buyers may deliberately seek international suppliers , so as to maintain their choice and retain some degree of control over the prices and terms of supply . |
| 10 | ‘ In the end I think the problem comes down to this : what does public policy demand as best to be done ? |
| 11 | Yet it could apply as easily to Wandsworth Borough Council as to the Free State of Bavaria . |
| 12 | He tried ( unsuccessfully ) to get Mackenzie King , who was visiting , to speak as bluntly to the King as he had done himself , but the Canadian Prime Minister , although agreeing with Baldwin , preferred to use his audience for flattery rather than warning . |
| 13 | Their positions were under constant sniper fire during the day so I had to keep as close to the ground as possible . |
| 14 | Alone , the two girls were playful as they went about their tasks , mischievous at times , even carefully boisterous ; but as soon as their father came in they would sink into a beseeching drabness , cower as close to being invisible as they could . |
| 15 | I like to use cosmetics as close to my natural skin colour as possible . |
| 16 | However , coupled with a European high-speed rail network , owned by an EC track authority with both national and private operators running trains on it , the high-speed travel market in Europe could well come as close to perfect contestability as anything . |
| 17 | She was free to go as close to the man 's music as she dared , to stare as long as she wanted , to dance on the kerb right beside him where he seemed so tall he almost blacked out the sky , and the music so overwhelming you could hear nothing else . |
| 18 | Since then it has been brilliantly restored to as close to its original condition as can be . |
| 19 | I do n't know much about marathon running and I shall try and stick as close to Mota as possible . |
| 20 | Mr Patten , 46 , a former Oxford geography don , is regarded as close to the European Christian Democrat tradition , which is predominately Roman Catholic . |
| 21 | Britain 's future must be safeguarded by active membership of a European Community which is united and democratic and in which decisions are taken as close to the people as possible . |
| 22 | If you have car trouble , try to get as close to a telephone as possible . |
| 23 | If you do n't have a garage , park as close to your home as possible , preferably somewhere where you can easily observe the car . |
| 24 | Also — wherever possible keep valuable livestock , feedstuffs or other bulk materials as close to the farmyard as you can . |
| 25 | Keep bulk feedstuffs as close to the farmyard as possible |
| 26 | Your main objective should be to sail as close to the wind as possible whilst maintaining speed . |
| 27 | If you are sailing in this curved air flow you can not sail as close to the wind as you could if you had been in clear wind . |
| 28 | The course you steer when beating , ie , sailing as close to the wind as possible . |
| 29 | Their purpose was to provide unloading and warehousing facilities as close to the heart of London as possible , and Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) and Philip Hardwick were appointed chief engineer and architect respectively . |
| 30 | My idea is to cast as close to the branches as I dare , then allow the current to carry the bait into the roots . |