Example sentences of "thing [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It need not be a big thing so long as it is something novel to you and breaks your normal routine . |
| 2 | By and large , Parliament and the judiciary have taken the view that free speech is a very good thing so long as it does not cause trouble . |
| 3 | You guys are gon na sponsor this but it will bring the the trade buying price , not the retail because that 's there is n't there 's no such thing in in as a retail price for that sort of industry . |
| 4 | ‘ Same thing as far as council 's concerned , ’ Jeremiah said , writing in his book . |
| 5 | None of this had been cleared or replanted ; it was scrub woodland as nature had made it , the real thing as far as the boys were concerned . |
| 6 | The Empire might have become the Commonwealth , but that was just a new name for the same thing as far as we were concerned . |
| 7 | Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government . |
| 8 | The main thing as far as I 'm concerned is getting official approval . ’ |
| 9 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 10 | You have to have confidence in your own ability and being black is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned 'cause I 've had to sample bits and pieces of how life can be nasty and it 's done me good . |
| 11 | That had to be a good thing as far as she was concerned , she told herself , so therefore she took him exactly at his word . |
| 12 | The only other slightly ‘ negative ’ thing as far as I was concerned was there seemed to be a lack of ‘ thrust ’ up front . |
| 13 | But the important thing as far as we were concerned , as is that the translation was done by John de Trevisa in thirteen ninety-eight , and some of you like Sam , were able to quote the middle English period and place thirteen ninety-eight towards the end of the middle English period , it 's really on the verge of early modern English . |