Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv] as [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 2 | You must think yourselves lucky to be able to go to Thrush Green as often as you do . ’ |
| 3 | The BBC believe that no one does sport as well as they do — and they may be right . |
| 4 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
| 5 | With their bizarre appearance and seemingly mysterious but treacherous way of life , the dodders have certainly latched on to human imagination as successfully as they do to the innumerable species of plants they parasitise , spawning fables , myths and fascinating names such as love vine , immortal vine , vine in the sky , beggar vine , strangleweed , devil 's gut , scald and so on . |
| 6 | There 's a lot of competition to get your space , specially with the Latins ; they 're not used to a woman doing the same job as well as they do . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't think Hugo or Georgina would do the job as well as you do . |
| 8 | The time may have come to urge a historic settlement , whereby people in Essex can hang each other to their hearts ' content so long as they do not interfere with traditional sporting practices in the rest of the country . |
| 9 | ‘ Meaning , I can have my say so long as I do what you tell me ! ’ |
| 10 | So how do interest groups come into existence as often as they do ? |
| 11 | Jerusalem artichokes , they make a lovely cream soup so long as you do n't mind the flatulence . ’ |
| 12 | If you keep listening to the radio , you 'll probably hear any news as quickly as I do . |
| 13 | The hall and the gallery and the enormous stained glass windows which faced the door as you came in , and the three reception rooms were ours , and as I suffer from terrible claustrophobia , I thought it was a wonderful place to live although David , who I am sure does n't suffer from claustrophobia as badly as I do , being British and like most British people , would be content to live in smaller environments . |
| 14 | They do n't , and wo n't , know that he talks Greek as well as they do . |
| 15 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
| 16 | Though economists quarrel about the causes of the 1930s depression as inconclusively as they do about everything else , certain basic features are not in doubt . |
| 17 | He knows Northern Ireland Electricity as well as I do . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , ’ Louise replied , ‘ You know your mother as well as I do . |