Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as it [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When partially cooked , regular pasta has a slightly transparent look , and becomes whiter and more opaque as it finishes cooking . |
| 2 | Labour was moving on as a renewed party — ‘ a party that cares as much about consumers as it cares about producers ; a party that wants to make the economy work as much as it wants to change the economy ; a party that embraces as much of the green as it does of the red ’ . |
| 3 | The presumptuous way in which it has laid claim to the English rose as representing the party is indicative of its misplaced self-assurance that the people of ‘ our country ’ , as they repeatedly refer to England , wish to be governed by Labour as much as it wishes to govern us — an illusion emphatically dispelled last week . |
| 4 | So these people are important to you , so it 's vitally important that you do n't let them down , because initially this business has a strange effect on you in as much as it seems to take over your mind , does n't it ? |
| 5 | But is this conclusion as inevitable as it has come to seem ? |
| 6 | Look no further than the row of foundations — most of them have been used for about a week , which is as long as it takes to realise that they are wrong for your skin . |
| 7 | She says , I 'm not bothered what it is as long as it 's got all its fingers there . |
| 8 | And we we we we and we 're n not as long as it 's put in the under God it 's alright . |
| 9 | ‘ We are interested but that 's as far as it has gone because Alex Ferguson has shown no desire to let him go , and that 's despite the fact that Neil has not been in his first team . |
| 10 | But that 's as far as it seems to go . |
| 11 | So we were able to complete the Hall or complete the Hall as far as it 's got . |
| 12 | Humanity is n't as sacred as it likes to think . |
| 13 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 14 | Critical thinking is , however , essentially negative as it seeks to dissect and not to build . |