Example sentences of "[det] as [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a dado rail you would hang all of one type first , but we did n't do this as we needed both pieces wet so we could cut right through the overlap point with a sharp knife and remove both pieces of waste to leave a perfect butt joint . |
| 2 | I 'll get better at this as I get more practice . |
| 3 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 4 | It is certainly possible that the distinctions between different types of variable drawn by Dressler and Wodak and by Kerswill will turn out to be methodologically important in as much as they yield new insights into the principles underlying patterns of variation and processes of change . |
| 5 | The paradox is that social representation theorists must search for those aspects of socially shared beliefs which would not classify as social representations , just as much as they study social representations . |
| 6 | ‘ We improved in as much as we won one game , ’ said North McQuay , secretary of the Irish Bowling Association and an international selector . |
| 7 | But remember the advice of Robin Leigh-Pemberton , governor of the Bank of England : the 12-month inflation rate reflects what happened a year ago as much as what happened last month . |
| 8 | This academic study was seen as a means of extending , developing and enriching the student 's mind and , in as much as it fulfilled this function , had much to commend it . |
| 9 | It could well be that it was the very fact of the fading of life enjoyment which is experienced with the responsibilities of adulthood and parenthood — and this could have affected the very primitive man just as much as it does modern man — which precipitated the very first of man 's attempts to take control of his future and the progress of evolution , by becoming ‘ civilised ’ . |
| 10 | Stereotyped deviant behaviour is inevitably a social phenomenon , and concerns us almost as much as it does social psychologists or psychiatrists . |
| 11 | The market distrusts people businesses almost as much as it distrusts American companies with their main share listings in London . |
| 12 | The reason for this is that the money you receive back at the end of the year will not go as far or buy as much as it did 12 months earlier . |
| 13 | The choice of the right level at which to study a phenomenon is as important a strategic decision in biology as is the choice of the right organism or the appropriate control experiment , and it affects present-day research just as much as it did twenty years ago . |
| 14 | At the time , Jean-Claude was paralysed with grief , and much as he craved professional recognition , he had no idea how to pursue it . |
| 15 | He hated pettiness as much as he did superficial quotation . |
| 16 | As much as I hate comparative reviews — I can never really justify deifying one package at the expense of several other perfectly good packages — WSWIN has facilities that I find to be very attractive and useful . |
| 17 | Some employers may encourage you to start with fewer hours than you think you can manage , with the intention of adding to these as you gain more confidence . |
| 18 | Gray also reported making three sales ‘ three times as many as I made last year ’ . |
| 19 | I mean I think the , I , I think it can effect this , but not that materially erm there are many as you know different provinces round the world and what happens in the C I S is , is obviously very important for the Middle East and so erm it will have an impact . |
| 20 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |
| 21 | Simon had once told her how if a Formula One driver blinked during a race it was the same as him driving thirty yards with his eyes shut , and Vitor 's stare was unrelenting . |
| 22 | Donna 's leader on the DTS is the same as I had 5 years ago ! |
| 23 | Just the same as he loved this woman of Samaria , and because he loved her he wanted to communicate with her , he wanted to share with her , he had something for her . |
| 24 | The national gallery gets £2.75 million , the same as it received seven years ago and rather less than it received 10 years ago . |
| 25 | They also exert a fascination very much of their own as they slither round circuses and brush through old city gates , flashing arcs of lightning as they switch tracks on winter nights . |