Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. and learned Friend has said as clearly as possible that he regards the second London terminal at King 's Cross as an intrinsic part of the scheme . |
| 2 | Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video . |
| 3 | Edgar managed to get as far as the door . |
| 4 | By the end of August , Brusilov had advanced so far as to make replenishment of men and matériel difficult , often impossible . |
| 5 | The study of the distribution of exotic imported goods within England has extended as far as noting that there are two basic patterns to their distribution , apparently depending on their sources , and that particular areas or individual cemeteries have disproportionately high quantities of some of these goods . |
| 6 | Severus managed to get as far as the Montrose region and perhaps briefly beyond that : tantalizingly , in 1869 labourers on the Duke of Sutherland 's railway extension to Helmsdale and ultimately to Thurso in distant Caithness unearthed a collection of Roman bronze coins in a region never held and supposedly never reached by imperial forces . |
| 7 | In Classical antiquity there were connections between Europe and India even before the conquests of Alexander had extended as far as the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent . |
| 8 | Ian and Vicki decide to explore as far as the next hill , leaving Barbara and the Doctor behind to sunbathe . |
| 9 | In the three weeks since , Theda had tried as far as possible to keep her so . |
| 10 | Indeed , Professor Roskell has gone so far as to suggest that the nobility could not be relied upon to attend parliament in the 1350s and 1360s even when they were present in England , and that these parliaments amounted to little more than tax bargaining sessions between the king and the commons . |
| 11 | By 1990 , IGBP had progressed as far as defining a set of seven core projects ( IGBP 1990 ) addressing these four themes . |
| 12 | The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package . |
| 13 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 14 | At the outset the ECSC tended to move cautiously so as not to jeopardise expansion of the European ideal by alienating public opinion . |
| 15 | Karl stopped laughing as suddenly as he had begun , his face grave and concerned and kindly . |
| 16 | Constance came hurrying as fast as she could with her stick . |
| 17 | The US had maintained as recently as Oct. 15 its opposition to IMF assistance to Vietnam , blocking a French plan at a regional IMF meeting in Bangkok to help Vietnam pay off arrears of US$140 million to the Fund . |
| 18 | Tolkien and Lewis had met as early as 1926 ; in 1939 Charles Williams had moved as a publisher from London to Oxford , and by the last years of the war Christian revival was in active literary life . |
| 19 | José Harris has gone as far as to describe the dispute as ‘ a major conflict of principle ’ between the two boards . |
| 20 | Charles turned to walk as quickly as he could down the steps and away without actually running , when a young woman appeared beside the butler . |
| 21 | Indeed , Francis Crick had gone so far as to suggest , at least half seriously , that all work in molecular biology and biochemistry on anything else should stop until E. coli was ‘ solved ’ — whatever might be meant by such a solution . |
| 22 | Valerie Cass had left rather petulantly as soon as she had finished her gin , and Malcolm Harris , breathing imprecations against Michael Banks , had gone soon after ( without of course , buying a round ) . |
| 23 | Eire is planning to use its forthcoming Presidency of the European Commission to press Britain to embark on a major upgrading of road and rail links between North Wales and the Channel Tunnel , and the Shadow Irish Transport Minister Gay Mitchell has gone as far as proposing an Irish Sea Tunnel to be constructed using Channel Tunnel equipment and an allegedly largely Irish Channel Tunnel workforce . |
| 24 | Under rule changes which Mr Smith wants implemented as early as the annual conference in October this year , future contests for the leadership and deputy will be decided in a 50:50 division between constituency members and MPs , including members of the European Parliament . |
| 25 | I asked Toby why he thought John had reacted as violently as he had to the whole business of our falling in love . |
| 26 | After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name . |
| 27 | Louise had gone so far as to allow him access to her papers and portfolio : he and Simon Scher were working on them now . |
| 28 | Tess wanted to leave as soon as possible , but the young man insisted . |