Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 As this list also reminds us , journalists seem to worry as much as sociologists about their proper analytical role .
2 Already a £4.1 billion industry , quick-service restaurants continue to expand as quickly as ever , despite the economic trend .
3 But you want to be sure that your parents get to hear as soon as possible that you are safe , do n't you ? …
4 One implication of phenomenal rates of economic growth can be seen in rising incomes leading to an enormous increase in the ownership of consumer durables , although it is debatable whether incomes have risen as fast as GNP .
5 With the October 1987 stockmarket crash and , now , a British recession , these revenues have vanished as capriciously as they arrived .
6 The Motorola plant , Scotland 's most significant inward investment of recent years , is expected to reach its target employment level of 1,500-2,000 jobs next year , two years ahead of schedule , but senior managers have indicated that the eventual total could be nearer 4,000 if markets continue to perform as robustly as currently projected .
7 Over the millennia , cultures have changed very substantially as they have learned to cope with environmental vicissitudes .
8 No doubt , when events start to run as smoothly as I forecast , you will assume it must be coincidence .
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