Example sentences of "[adv] as the [adj] [noun pl] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That gives him the space to make long-term bets , but also deprives him of advice against short-sightedness : borrowing sums that he can service only so long as the good times roll . |
| 2 | However , it is reasonable to demand a more positive rationale for transforming data , especially as the resulting numbers seem so unfamiliar . |
| 3 | For , although St Leonard 's is surrounded by fields , R.A.F. Coningsby is only a second away as the supersonic fighters fly . |
| 4 | Just as the new ministers encounter groups of civil servants within their departments with policy concerns that conflict with their own , so too they encounter local authorities keen to take new initiatives . |
| 5 | Just as the economic trends have affected industries differently , so they have affected the players within an industry in various , often quite contradictory ways . |
| 6 | Just as the velar environments prevent backing in BV , so they have also prevented rounding after [ w ] in RP : hence , wax , quack , but want , swat . |
| 7 | For this and other achievements they deserved the recognition as Lions officially denied them — just as the whole Lions tour party had deserved to be invited to Paris . |
| 8 | As soon as the developing eggs begin to move within their globes of jelly , the males lean forward and appear to eat them . |
| 9 | But on the other hand , the statute will also include a clear intention that extended rights of audience are put into practical effect as soon as the necessary conditions have been met . |
| 10 | Many commentators fear that this caveat may allow host states to erect barriers to the single market and prevent the marketing of innovative products as soon as the old barriers have been dismantled . |
| 11 | The chemical is quickly inactivated by the soil , so you can replant as soon as the dead weeds have been cleared . |
| 12 | As soon as the cold fingers let go for a moment , I pulled my hand quickly back , put a pile of books in front of the broken window , and tried not to listen to the desperate cries outside . |
| 13 | I know these are increasing at a very rapid rate almost as quickly as the new legislations develop and keeping accurate paper records is becoming increasingly more difficult . |
| 14 | Intermittent war rages across Ulthuan once more as the Dark Elves consolidate their hold on the northern lands . |
| 15 | The nine gleaned from this encounter puts Essex ahead of the field on 30 points , with Norfolk one-and-a-half behind as the six-time winners prepare for a final match against Cambridgeshire . |
| 16 | It would be a mistake , however , to dismiss this aspect of the Liberal reform programme as being of no legislative or historical significance , at least in so far as the preceding details have revealed that the different schemes were the result of much thought and argument on the part of a number of interest groups , each of which cared about the transition process , believing it to be critical for the economic and moral welfare of working-class youth . |
| 17 | David Lodge , in Language of Fiction , adopts a monist stance , arguing that there is no essential difference between poetry and prose , in so far as the following tenets apply to both : |
| 18 | These divisions run very deep and go back as far as the available documents provide information on such matters . |
| 19 | Every teenage fantasy , frustration and obsession is here as the naive youngsters exchange their drab existences for an alcohol-induced escapism . |
| 20 | Your two year olds do n't do as much exercise sometimes as the old horses do . |
| 21 | We see that er there is no possibility our children can have because unless until they move around so freely as the Western children do move , that is the only way they can choose the right sort of person as a , as the companion for family . |
| 22 | The elegant studies undertaken by Bissell et al showed that none of the individual major matrix proteins used as a culture substratum would maintain hepatocyte function as effectively as the complete EHS gel complex . |