Example sentences of "thing as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Same thing as far as council 's concerned , ’ Jeremiah said , writing in his book . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | The Empire might have become the Commonwealth , but that was just a new name for the same thing as far as we were concerned . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The main thing as far as I 'm concerned is getting official approval . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | The only other slightly ‘ negative ’ thing as far as I was concerned was there seemed to be a lack of ‘ thrust ’ up front . |
10 | 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 . |