Example sentences of "[adv] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A compact microwave with turntable , featuring the Twinwave system ( microwaves enter the food from below as well as from above ) . |
| 2 | In certain species , the long , fine roots trail below as far as the muddy or sandy bottom and anchor the plant , still giving it ample freedom for floating . |
| 3 | Windows was the environment of choice — the DOS version works identically as far as the mechanics are concerned , except that pretty Windows graphics are replaced by character based displays . |
| 4 | The only way to conquer a fear is to face it , and to do so as frequently as possible . |
| 5 | 4 If you need to phone back , do so as soon as possible . |
| 6 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |
| 7 | I know of my hon. Friend 's interest in the matter , following the report of the Select Committee on Employment , and I can give an assurance that if the consultants ' report to which I referred has not yet reached the Department of Employment , it will do so as soon as possible . |
| 8 | If he was going to adopt this strategy , it made sense to do so as soon as possible — before new legislative elections renewed parliament 's mandate and while Algeria was still fresh in people 's memories . |
| 9 | ‘ True , though it 's only a yard with a three-room building , so as soon as possible we shall sell up and move to something bigger . ’ |
| 10 | Many workers in Britain have argued in favour of special family courts for divorcing families , and for divorce conciliation services , to help couples who wish to separate do so as amicably as possible ( see for example , Parkinson , 1982 ) . |
| 11 | Industrial Action and we 're only three days back in January before the Prelims , so as far as I can see that is St Agnes 's Eve out the window . |
| 12 | However , the USA have never ratified the Warsaw Convention so as far as air carrier liability is concerned within the USA the sky is the limit and any party whose negligence can be proved is liable . |
| 13 | And that 's what you 're getting here so as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 14 | This is clearly so as far as deixis is concerned . |
| 15 | So as far as I know there are no plans . |
| 16 | Er , so as far as I 'm concerned and I 'm sure as far as you 're concerned , we are battling this together . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's never ever mentioned that night to me since , so as far as he 's aware , ’ he rapped cuttingly , ‘ I could think you were nothing more than an easy one-nighter for him ! ’ |
| 18 | Er it means generally that I 'm coming home quite late , so as far as a daily paper 's concerned , I 'm really not very much interested . |
| 19 | So as naturally as anything , Judith switched to Spanish and greatly impressed the customer as well as pressing upon him the need to provide proper facilities for his ladies . |
| 20 | But no system can wholly protect fools from their own folly or from the knavery of others , and the advantages of trying to do so as fully as possible have to be weighed against the disadvantages of imposing fetters on business conducted honestly and efficiently . |
| 21 | It is the responsibility of the counsellor to move into the difficult area of feelings , and to do so as gently as possible . |
| 22 | So as often as could be managed I went for trips with my father on the trams . |
| 23 | We are currently considering all viewpoints , and I can assure my hon. Friend that when we are in a position to announce our final decision , we shall do so as speedily as possible . |
| 24 | From that experience , he derived an ideal of stage unity stemming from a close collaboration ‘ regardless as far as possible of individual prestige and personality ’ , which was reinforced by working in the Group Theatre of the thirties with Auden , Isherwood , Spender , Britten and others . |
| 25 | But the numbers can increase only as fast as fencing , which is expensive . |
| 26 | When the government decreed that student numbers should be cut , that university grants be cut , and that overseas students should pay their full fees for courses and board in the UK , LSHTM with its large overseas intake suffered initially only as badly as other London colleges . |
| 27 | Might not the Ketterings specify girl children only as reasonably as ‘ no pets ’ or ‘ using the premises for business purposes forbidden ’ ? |
| 28 | The British government gave him protection , but backed the principle of free speech only as vigorously as was diplomatically comfortable . |
| 29 | Then he strode away — but only as far as the corner of the hearing room , temporarily out of range of the television cameras . |
| 30 | ‘ Only as far as they know she had n't seen a doctor . ’ |