Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't start the proceedings until you are sure that the speakers themselves are present as well as the hosts or anyone else who will be thanked or mentioned in the speeches . |
| 2 | There is in many societies a strong economic , political and psychic advantage in having male children , so the proposition of preventing any births , precludes that possibility , and those benefits are perceived to be real as soon as the ( male ) child is born . |
| 3 | It would have to be renewed as soon as the the nationalization was prepared to go , the government took over . |
| 4 | This should not be necessary as soon as the band plays in larger venues . |
| 5 | They could say it is human as soon as the egg is fertilised . |
| 6 | All is well as long as the subject is lying down , but when he stands up , the reflexes which normally make arteries all over the body contract to meet the new hydrostatic conditions no longer operate effectively , and a sharp and dangerous fall of blood pressure follows . |
| 7 | The Cabinet was stubborn as well as the owners . |
| 8 | The disproportionate hold it has on the psyche of white South Africa was evident as soon as the two-pronged Antipodean assault on the previously unconquered Springbok citadel got underway . |