Example sentences of "as [adv] as [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor could it be said that the British welfare system identified , or even defined , let alone assisted , the genuinely needy groups as effectively as did some systems prevailing elsewhere . |
| 2 | On inspecting this table we can begin to raise questions about the balance of men and women in secondary school teaching ; especially as far as teaching particular age groups are concerned with more women teaching the younger pupils in middle schools than teaching in comprehensive schools where the complete age range is present . |
| 3 | They had n't got as far as stating any intention on that subject — for the simple reason that marriage had n't been part of the plan . |
| 4 | In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters . |
| 5 | There is little doubt that Hamer have achieved what they set out to do as far as producing great vintage guitar tones from contemporary instruments . |
| 6 | In theory this process could go as far as equating marginal cost with demand so that the bureaucracy obtains all the consumer surplus . |
| 7 | ‘ And he set us on a new track as far as putting human rights violations in a political context was concerned . |
| 8 | No party of more than three Black-necked Grebes has been noted since 1960 , and most reports are now of single birds ; these occur inland about as often as do Slavonian Grebes . |
| 9 | It was a part of becoming adult that I grew aware of the great invisible universe of personality which controls us as surely as do physical laws . |
| 10 | For as well as maintaining stately homes and castes , the National Trust is in the holiday home business . |
| 11 | All you need do is have a lift-up lid instead of a solid base or shelves added under the actual seat part and you have immediately doubled the usefulness of the piece as well as gained some footage . |
| 12 | The discovery that he will have to master house-training as well as overcome serious temperament problems makes it a difficult task . |
| 13 | Such study can deepen RE as well as promote spiritual awareness across the whole curriculum . |
| 14 | There is nothing implausible in the argument that peasants , especially better-off peasants , managed their holdings , and their familial strategies , as adroitly as did some people higher up the social scale . |