Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when Bevin as British foreign secretary speedily found himself entangled in tough disputes with the USSR , this did not lead him to follow Churchill 's line that Britain had of necessity to work as closely as possible with the United States . |
| 2 | The burst of enthusiasm died as swiftly as it had kindled . |
| 3 | It may be necessary to restructure the business before it is acquired ; the tax liabilities involved need to be assessed , and the position of management protected as far as possible . |
| 4 | But he floated into the midst of a sea of water stretching as far as he could discern on every side around him . |
| 5 | The information is needed for the compilation of trade figures as well as for VAT calculations . |
| 6 | Facts were to do with the material conditions of life described as precisely as possible and counted as accurately as possible . |
| 7 | You can have been had by the whole of Fighter Command as far as I 'm concerned ; just as long as you add me to the list . ’ |
| 8 | Part of the three-year letter of intent went so far as to say — this is quite astonishing that for an initial period , which as far as I can recollect was never defined , British Rail should subsidise bus services because buses were being substituted for trains . |
| 9 | The rumblings of death appear as early as Mark 3:6 after the stories of conflict with the religious authorities . |