Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as yet far from complete , with only half a dozen of the country 's forty-plus aerodromes included , but subscribers are promised that the remainder will be issued them as soon as possible . |
| 2 | Then comes this scrabbling round my belly-button and I 'm walloping myself as hard as I can . |
| 3 | When he reaches back into his jacket pocket for that inevitable pack of cheap cigars I 'm watching him as carefully as a dog with a drunken master , unsure whether he 'll get a kick or a bowl of food . |
| 4 | So the practice has been to regard them rather unofficially as having been satisfied if there is compliance on about … three occasions out of four , or four out of five , or two out of three — practices are variable from one authority to another . |
| 5 | Though I am resigning myself as far as possible to the will of God , you will surely find it quite human and natural that my tears almost prevent me from writing … |
| 6 | In cases of unplanned interruptions , our aim is to notify you as soon as practicable of when your supply will be restored . |
| 7 | And also , he 's buying you as well as he 's buying the product . |
| 8 | The best solution to bristleworms is to remove them as soon as possible when setting up a tank , perhaps by quarantining living rock and corals before introduction into the display tank . |
| 9 | And the key therefore to writing scenes of action is to limit yourself as strictly as you can to describing happenings . |
| 10 | Looking at the fossil animal itself , the first necessity is to reconstruct it as accurately as possible from its fragmentary remains . |
| 11 | His eyes , blue-green , were set widely apart on a face which was defining itself rapidly now as unforgettable . |
| 12 | My task was to record it as objectively as possible and leave the reader to judge , yet not to provide some indication of the effect it had on me would be to paint a very incomplete picture . |
| 13 | Some time later , my headache had receded , my costume was discarded and my bunk was clasping me as tenderly as a mother 's arms . |
| 14 | Danquah 's evidence was somewhat defensive , even apologetic : Nkrumah felt that their intention was to distance themselves as far as possible from his pronouncements and actions . |
| 15 | Eventually an equilibrium was reached , and although the Troll flesh was still there Grom was digesting it as fast as it was regrowing . |
| 16 | She was watching him so intently as he bit into it that he began to wonder if Smallfry was right to fear she would poison him at the slightest opportunity . |
| 17 | It was n't easy to make out his expression , but she was watching him as carefully as she could . |
| 18 | The easiest and most commonly used method was to ignore them as far as possible . |