Example sentences of "[adv] as [adv] as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only as far as they know she had n't seen a doctor . ’ |
| 2 | Then deaths declined steeply as mysteriously as they had increased . |
| 3 | There is no doubt that their super-sensitive barbules detect our lines just as easily as they detect food , but , fortunately for us , they usually accept our offerings in spite of the obvious danger they have felt , though the same danger compels them to take the bait ‘ hit-and-run ’ style . |
| 4 | Now although such a rule is not part of my physical or material world , its existence constrains my action just as effectively as they do ; we can call this a constraint of the world of ideas . |
| 5 | Blackbirds , wrens and some others will mock a ferret just as readily as they mock any other predator . |
| 6 | And then , just as suddenly as they 'd started , they stopped . |
| 7 | Then , just as suddenly as they had grabbed at his throat , the hands released his windpipe and the weight lifted off him . |
| 8 | Now as far as they know their money is coming . |
| 9 | He took Sotheby 's into the art financing business , and directed staff to cultivate potential buyers at least as carefully as they had hitherto cultivated sellers . |
| 10 | Once returns began to grow and disillusion amongst consumers had set in , the new players began to withdraw from the market almost as quickly as they had entered . |
| 11 | The storms seldom last long and the floods subside almost as quickly as they arise . |
| 12 | When they have moved forwards as far as they feel they want to go they then leave one of the bottles , place both their hands on the other and have to get back without touching the the floor with any part of their body . |
| 13 | Despite this , most people persist in proposing their ideas at least twice as often as they suggest them ! |
| 14 | ‘ What computers can easily do is to enable unskilled people to produce rubbish twice as quickly as they did before , ’ Forsyth remarks . |
| 15 | Snooker frames with Julian last about twice as long as they do with anybody else . |