Example sentences of "as [adv] [adj] as they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
| 2 | Even in the northern counties , Scottish raids were never as frequent or as deeply penetrating as they had been in Edward II 's reign , and although the inhabitants of those counties made the most of their plight in petitions for relief from taxation , the raids in the years after 1332 did little long-term damage to the region 's economy . |
| 3 | Yes , I would hope that er this is a mark time ; it gives us a time to re-examine some of the schemes to see whether they are as financially viable as they looked er when perhaps times were better , and we would be hoping very much that er the economy will pick up and with it , land sales . |
| 4 | The new finance minister , Carlos Bolona , was educated at Oxford and is as financially orthodox as they come in Peru . |
| 5 | The issue was as politically predictable as they come , there should have been no muddle as a result . |