Example sentences of "[noun] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took a sandwich as casually as he could , covering the embarrassment of his capitulation by asking : ‘ What were those foreign words you said a moment ago ? ’ |
| 2 | At a Christmas assembly at Aachen in 837 , having carefully built up aristocratic and episcopal support , and secured the agreement of Pippin ( whose own ambitions in Francia now looked blighted ) and Louis the German , Louis solemnly conferred on Charles " a part of the regnum " , with the following boundaries : the greater part of the Belgic provinces , in other words , the whole of Frisia from the North Sea and Saxon frontier as far as the frontier of the Ripuarian Franks , and along the latter , the counties of Mulekewe , Ettra , Hamarlant and Maasgau ; then all the territory between the Meuse and Seine as far south as Burgundy , including Verdun ; and going from Burgundy , the counties of Toul , Ornois , Blois , Blaisois , Perthois , the two Bars [ i.e. Bar-le-Duc and Bar-sur-Aube ] , Brienne , Troyes , Auxerre , Sens , the Gâtinais , Melun , Etampes , the Pays de Châtres , and Paris ; then along the Seine to the Channel and up the coast as far as Frisia again : within these , all the bishoprics , abbacies , counties , fisclands , and all pertaining thereto . |
| 3 | I will ensure that the hon. Gentleman receives a reply as soon as possible . |
| 4 | ‘ All right , send me your letter , and I promise to reconsider and let you have my reply as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | She points out that we know little of the differential impact of changing material circumstances on different kinds of tending , and is surely right when she argues that it would be ‘ useful and interesting to discover how long term unemployment alters conjugal roles as far as caring is concerned ’ . |
| 6 | It is clear , furthermore , that Categories 1 and 2 do not impose an evidential burden on the defendant as far as the consent issue is concerned , for generally speaking , where the defence seeks to do no more than deny the prosecution 's assertion , it is entitled to have its claims placed before the jury . |
| 7 | She realized that she was feeling it too , frozen to the marrow in this bitter East wind which kept whipping her cloak off her shoulders as contemptuously as if it had been made of pocket-handkerchieves instead of tablecloths , her stomach hollow and aching , her head feeling light and aching a little too . |
| 8 | May I urge him to press for a return to traditional standards of teaching in our primary schools as soon as possible ? |
| 9 | The Conservative Group put forward proposals to give this power to the schools as soon as possible , as Councillor did say , and many of our schools took advantage , around fifty percent I believe . |
| 10 | Teachers ' centre wardens ( usually themselves experienced teachers anxious to develop active supportive programmes ) keep in close touch with teachers and schools as well as with local advisers and " the office " , and centre management is frequently run on quasi-democratic lines with a significant element of teacher-participation ( the local authority none the less is responsible for finance ) . |
| 11 | Women in developing countries are generally undereducated because young girls are often taken out of schools as early as possible to allow their mothers to work whilst they take care of younger siblings . |
| 12 | Meanwhile at least one offspring of the NPA flourishes — the ‘ English Through Activity ’ programme in Swaziland , where I found similar activity and enthusiasm in schools , talked to a committed supervisor who saw her role entirely as getting her materials — including issues of English Ladybird books — to rural schools as efficiently as possible and of encouraging ‘ active learning ’ , ( but of what and why she took little heed ) . |
| 13 | The publication of the decision caused widespread consternation , not least because Lacey had informed Barr as early as Oct. 26 that there were " sufficient specific and credible allegations " to extend his inquiry . |
| 14 | With pots you can change the effect as often as you like . |
| 15 | But there are some bright spots on the horizon–what occurs as June gets underway should have an amazing effect as far as your worldly ambitions , happiness and general well-being are concerned . |
| 16 | Thus his argument is that although both effects exist , the important effect as far as eyewitness testimony is concerned is that high levels of arousal in actual crimes are likely to lead to impaired memory performance . |
| 17 | And that meant quite a effect as far as the aborigines were concerned they had lost their territory ! |
| 18 | We will ensure that the recommendations of the Government-Industry Joint Working Party are put into effect as rapidly as possible . |
| 19 | The hammer carved through his eyebrow and opened up a cut as deep as the frontal bone it cracked . |
| 20 | There he became a world champion in a year filled with controversy and difficulty and there he learned that he neither really liked being world champion ( it was inhibiting ) nor really driving fast cars as fast as he was expected to ( they were thoroughly frightening ) . |
| 21 | We plan to install one of the ‘ Amstrad ’ draft printers so as to provide some draft printing capability as soon as possible , and to consider further the possibility of replacing the heavily-used Epson printer next financial year . |
| 22 | He cursed her , and blessed her , and fumed away on her errand as far as the door ; and turned there to say with genuine fury : ‘ Am I mad , that I turn you loose to take your chance among wolves ? |
| 23 | Paragraph , earlier reply will be , be appreciated as I want to finalize the Aran price for the units as soon as possible , best regards , Sam . |
| 24 | Arrange your units as deeply as possible . |
| 25 | ( 5 ) In order to keep his underwriting costs to a minimum , the bidder will normally wish to shut-off the cash underwritten alternative as soon as practicable . |
| 26 | This is true for whole nations as well as for individuals , as Israel 's his tory proved . |
| 27 | ‘ And because the transfer rules have still to be approved people who trade quota now are operating completely in the dark as far as ring fences around transfer areas , the siphon or other regulations are concerned . ’ |
| 28 | But the disappointment as far as Mark is concerned is the British Superteen championship in which he was hoping to ride a 400cc Yamaha . |
| 29 | The only disappointment as far as Chalmers is concerned was that the Scots scored only one try . |
| 30 | In a report on accident and emergency provision , published yesterday , the Commons public accounts committee called on the Scottish Office to maintain close checks on the employment of first year , pre-registration junior doctors in four rural and island hospitals , and to end the practice as soon as possible . |