Example sentences of "do [adv] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a simplistic model based exclusively on smoking habits fails to explain the higher incidence in women , since women do not smoke as heavily as men . |
| 2 | They do not go as far as some countries , who plan to make actual cuts in emissions rates . |
| 3 | Most recent historians would agree that the Hammonds were much too reluctant to accept that there was even serious talk of revolution , although the majority do not go so far as Thompson in their assessment of the seriousness of the threat . |
| 4 | Indeed it seems that girls very quickly replaced boys at this task : " Evidently [ the boys " ] tongues do not go so glibly as the girls , " as the STC was already saying as early as 1875 , " for in most of the offices where girls are employed , reading boys are now unknown . " |
| 5 | Older people do not adapt as easily as young people . |
| 6 | It is easy to blame the pressure of daily life and the stress it causes for the fact that we do not feel as well as we should like — and , indeed , in many cases an excess of stress and tension may be the cause . |
| 7 | Many of us do not sleep as well as we might , because we are unable to relax when we go to bed . |
| 8 | People who do not care so long as the passing hour is comfortable and cheerful are not likely to exhibit much of a front when they call themselves a union . |
| 9 | Lubricated condoms do not break as easily as non-lubricated ones . |
| 10 | A penalty is that the translated binaries do not run as fast as programs compiled from source for Alpha — DEC says performance degradation is around 50% — but translation can save customers from rewriting old applications . |
| 11 | Tribunals are an essential check on the powers of officialdom but at the moment they do not work as well as they should to ensure justice in welfare provision . |
| 12 | Cos you do n't go as slow as this , even round here something like that Ann . |
| 13 | You do n't go as far as Church Hill ! |
| 14 | Well you do n't go as far as Church Hill then . |
| 15 | But I confess I do n't go as often as I might , ’ Omi said . |
| 16 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 17 | ‘ You do n't do as well as she 's done in the majors without being a very good player , ’ said Jim Webb , the LPGA 's deputy commissioner . |
| 18 | You do n't sleep so much as you get older . |
| 19 | If you do n't want to spend as much as £400 , remember that cheaper beds do n't last as long as more upmarket models . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't fare as badly as some showbiz celebrities I 've talked to . |
| 21 | It do n't take as long as they say . ’ |
| 22 | The form is all you have in the initial stages , and if you do n't erm fill it out sensibly then you do n't get as far as the interview , when of course your individual personality can start to come through . |
| 23 | I do n't work as hard as I used to . |
| 24 | I do n't heal as quickly as I used to . |
| 25 | Actually they do do n't play as well as they used to . |
| 26 | And I would like to say thank you to the people who sit on the budget review sub- committee , a committee which actually I do n't attend as often as I probably ought to , particularly to the labour spokesperson , for the way he 's guided the committee , both from within the chair and at other times , on it 's work this year , to be able to propose a budget which erm , so well fulfils the aims that many of us had when we were elected in May , which were of course , to maintain services , er , to squeeze efficiency out of the sy into the system and squeeze any waste out , and to get our officers working towards zero base budgets . |
| 27 | Her agent , Cleveland County Coun Alan Sykes , told The Northern : ‘ Things do n't look as well as they might be . ’ |
| 28 | I had run out of ideas ; ideas do n't come as easily as all that . |
| 29 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |