Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The older the child the longer you can wait so long as there are no other signs of serious illness . |
| 2 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 3 | Third , you have to believe that they can do as well as you . |
| 4 | If the safeguards we propose are adopted , we are confident this can work as successfully as it already does in the magistrates ’ and county courts . ’ |
| 5 | First you are told that you can take as long as you like to put the counters in the jar . |
| 6 | And oh , when we do something else , and my hands say to my feet , ha hang on , you can walk as well as they can , let's try it . |
| 7 | They can go as fast as they want and there will be no restrictions . |
| 8 | However , with the Land Rover we can go as far as you want . ’ |
| 9 | erm If United can play as well as they did this afternoon and Oldham perform as well as we know they can , we 're in for a really tremendous game of football . |
| 10 | Take the numbers from one to ten ( although of course you can continue as far as you like ) . |
| 11 | The Intifada was perhaps the most convincing refutation ever of the time- honoured , complacent dogma that ‘ the status quo can last as long as we want it to . ’ |
| 12 | In one of my lectures to the Staff Colleges , The Bombing Years — A View from the Cockpit , I can say as pertinently as I can that my first bombing tour was a complete and utter waste of time . |
| 13 | Taylor , interviewed by Sir David Frost , said : ‘ Between games , as any sportsman knows , you can train as hard as you like , but what is also important is what you eat and how you eat , what you drink and how much you drink . |
| 14 | A society in which all can climb as far as their talents can reach , in which the ladder of opportunity is available to every boy and girl , will be both more vital and more prosperous . |