Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] well as [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cal was thinking about having children , when she can act nearly as well as I can ! |
| 2 | He ca n't behave or think or speak or do anything else better than I can — nearly as well as I can — so he 's going to be the Old Man of the Sea until I shake him off somehow . |
| 3 | I hope you are both as well as you can be , and to make up for my lack of inspiration here is a poem which I discovered in a very nice book of modern Scottish poetry : — |
| 4 | Surprisingly , it follows the original plot admirably ( or at least as well as it could ) but unfortunately there are only eight screens to negotiate , leaving very little in the lastability stakes . |
| 5 | That is why I want to find out , at least as well as I can by watching him , what he is like … . |
| 6 | In that task I am assisted by a team of six managers , all of whom are professional nurses and district nurses or health visitors and they of course are there to advise me on professional issues , and to share with me the management task of using the resources of Oxford City in the way that we feel is best appropriate , and in doing that , I think one of the important things for us to do , I do n't think we do it quite as well as we should , is to work more closely with the local council , and to look really at what the needs of our local communities are for health , and to try and make sure that the feelings that might well be expressed by individuals , either individually , or through caring associations , or through other statutory agencies , or through voluntary health organisations , are actually given a chance to be there , and to influence our , that official policy and constituents , and to , to influence the planning process . |
| 7 | For the first time , things are n't working quite as well as they used to . |
| 8 | I ca n't walk half as well as I could . |