Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many teachers belonging to the teachers ' union ANDES became actively involved in the struggle for political justice as well as for their own economic interests . |
| 2 | Where we have the , the erm , responsibility for a formal consultation , er , then we need to set about that process as soon as possible to try and meet our deadline , Mr Chairman . |
| 3 | Also , it recommended that psychiatric emergency cover should be available every day of the week , and that a psychiatric history and examination be completed for each patient as soon as possible . |
| 4 | The Greeks favoured silver vessels as votive offerings , and the Romans for private ostentation as well as for diplomatic gifts intended to disarm barbarian princes ( fig.22 ) . |
| 5 | The Scottish National Party deputy leader , Allan Macartney , said that Highlands and Islands needs had been accentuated by recent job losses , and forecast : ‘ The UK will never press our case for regional funding as effectively as we could . |
| 6 | I 'm getting us off this planet as fast as I can . ’ |
| 7 | According to the theologian O. Cullmann in his book Christ and Time , ‘ the symbol of time for primitive Christianity as well as for Biblical Judaism … is the upward sloping line , while in Hellenism it is the circle ’ . |
| 8 | Many references have been made to phonology in this course , with the purpose of making use of the concepts and analytical techniques of that subject to help explain various facts about English pronunciation as efficiently as possible . |
| 9 | This allows for cultural continuity as well as for cultural change . |
| 10 | Our marriage has been at an end for some time as far as I am concerned . |
| 11 | First there is another objection to be considered : do deviant identities and sexualities really denaturalize through theatrical parody as straightforwardly as is sometimes suggested ? |
| 12 | He was in no hurry , but just wanted to get out of that town as soon as possible . |
| 13 | The fact that she was worried about her own career seemed to be a matter of little interest as far as Ross was concerned . |
| 14 | The bankers ' peace , however , was not a genuine one , but a rampant militarism which threatened to destroy the foundations of civilized life as surely as , if less quickly than , war itself . |
| 15 | Geoffrey Martel had perceived the propaganda potential of public war as early as the mid eleventh century ; later it enabled Henry the Liberal of Champagne to claim the military service of all lords within his county , a reapplication of the Carolingian ban . |
| 16 | This annual service charge is an object of some suspicion as far as many would-be buyers are concerned , and in some countries there is legislation to protect buyers against developers who set the charge low initially and then raise it excessively later . |
| 17 | By and large , their message is that we should get rid of this Government as quickly as we can and put a Labour Government in their place . |
| 18 | Resolved that this meeting concurs in Apinion [ sic ] with the said Committee — that it will be necessary to carry on the Business of this Institution as perfectly as possible , that there should be two Professors appointed & that as soon as the proposed plan for the College is executed , which , from the Encouragement already given , 't is hoped will be speedily accomplished — The members will avail themselves of the Offer made by the Committee and refer the Merits of Candidates for the second professorship to their investigation . |
| 19 | And and and the three thousand nine hundred does n't seem out of this world as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 20 | That co-operation will be vital in getting to the bottom of this matter as soon as possible . |
| 21 | That Leeds was working within the constraints of this theory as early as 1912 is often overlooked . |
| 22 | They wanted the return of civil government as early as possible , and on this point they seemed satisfied by the assurances of Lord Mountbatten 's representative and Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith . |
| 23 | All you have to do is stand still , then in a sudden , short burst of activity you chuck this sort of cannon-ball-like object as far as you can . |
| 24 | Cross-references to this appendix are given by italic numbers , ( eg 16 ) From Joseph Conrad , The Secret Sharer On my right hand there were lines of fishing-stakes resembling a mysterious system of half-submerged bamboo fences , incomprehensible in its division of the domain of tropical fishes , and crazy of aspect as if abandoned forever by some nomad tribe of fishermen now gone to the other end of the ocean ; for there was no sign of human habitation as far as the eye could reach ( 1 ) . |
| 25 | And to be more explicit and to show you how tall I stand by the giant , I will put down a simile of human life as far as I now perceive it ; that is , to the point to which I say we both have arrived at . |
| 26 | This is another interesting theoretical point , but probably of little consequence as far as error correction is concerned . |
| 27 | Why is it that in some societies like our own the three stages of childhood development are clearly distinguishable and of great importance as far as personality formation is concerned , whereas in other societies this is much less true , and one or two stages seem to be almost absent altogether ? |
| 28 | But I can end with one piece of good news as far as I 'm concerned — the reappointment of Alan Davies and Robert Norster to the coaching positions . |
| 29 | If the Bank 's lawyers fail to have the case struck out early on , they will probably appeal on the principle of regulatory immunity as far as the House of Lords , Britain 's equivalent of the Supreme Court . |
| 30 | In addition , the use of these hypersensitive sites as markers for regions which are of regulatory importance as well as for use in gene targeting experiments is now possible . |