Example sentences of "[be] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not been as far as the parish is concerned |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Plomer shows a fine ear for the dramatic exchanges of his story : his half-rhymes are as just as his formal pieces — songs , homilies and ballads . |
| 3 | But I can not see what I would do with a home computer , one of which I am continually being urged to buy by manufacturers and retailers and by drops in prices of the things that are as near as a toucher opening up my cheque book . |
| 4 | Intermediate measures of support through loans and grants will be necessary in order to achieve viability , but perpetual subsidies are as far as possible to be avoided . |
| 5 | It will be up to the engineers to spread what resources there are as far as possible . |
| 6 | Erm all the figures there are as far as I know full year effects , so there are no half year effects . |
| 7 | They are as still as in Bryonia but it is because they are so tired and weary , not from the pain and their head is more congested than in Bryonia . |
| 8 | In this form the interview would be as near as possible to a personal discussion between two people with a common interest . |
| 9 | Just as the most difficult task of the manager is ruthless intellectual honesty about his own skills , weaknesses and motives , so it is notoriously difficult to be as near as possible totally objective about the strengths and weaknesses of your company , particularly because in many cases a perceived weakness can actually be utilized as a source of strength . |
| 10 | Once any treatment has been completed , partial water changes should be carried out every three days on three consecutive occasions , before returning to fortnightly changes of about 20% , with water that must be as near as possible to that already in the aquarium , ( but hopefully that goes without saying these days ) . |
| 11 | The hot water-cylinder should certainly be as near as possible to the boiler — preferably vertically above it — and to the taps it serves . |
| 12 | It would be as soon as possible , but they could n't say exactly how long . |
| 13 | ‘ They said it would be as soon as possible — but it takes years for some people . |
| 14 | When the Dwarf King 's messenger reached Dieter the Emperor reacted immediately , not by sending help ( for the army was so starved of funds there was no help to send ) but by removing his entire court westwards to Altdorf in order to be as far as possible from the threat of Grom 's horde . |
| 15 | Well er to me it does n't quite ring true , it 's always been the boys ' ploughing match and it always will be as far as I 'm concerned but I think this happened at the time post war I ca n't say exactly which year , when the date was changed from easter time to August . |
| 16 | You say that , but are n't is n't it th the case that the loyalists , the Protestants in Northern Ireland are terrified of any kind of deal that might involve Gerry Adams because that would be as far as they are concerned the ultimate sell out , and hence there is the danger of growing sectarian violence because of fear ? |
| 17 | A reading of some of the sacred texts of Hinduism and even non-theistic Buddhism arguably reveals a vision of reality permeated by a single transcendent being as clearly as do the texts and commentaries of the Near Eastern religions . |
| 18 | It was agreed that a steering group , led by HCIMA , would develop an action plan to bring this education/industry interface into being as soon as possible . |
| 19 | But first the staff at Slim bridge set about creating a faithful replica of his garden : water spaces , land areas , nesting boxes , feeding devices — all were as near as possible the same . |
| 20 | I wonder if I could have belonged to revolutionary movements , even if they were as just as — I find the panthers ' movement and the Palestinians ' movement to be very just — but this belonging , this sympathizing with them is at the same time dictated by the erotic charge which the Arab world in its totality or the black American world represents to me , to my sexuality . |
| 21 | Lorton had known who they were as soon as he 'd seen them ; he had been expecting the police , though not quite as soon as this , and in any case salesmen rarely travelled in pairs . |
| 22 | And once she 'd made the choice that she wanted to stay , no matter what the consequences were as far as money were concerned , well that was it . |
| 23 | Those who left service for marriage were as often as not entering an economically less secure situation : rarely one in which they could expect to be " kept " in comfort . |
| 24 | Martin Glen , at Lehman Brothers , disagrees : ‘ In terms of realising value , it would have been nice to pick the top of the market , but in terms of business necessity , the best time to do it is as soon as possible , ’ he says . |
| 25 | The farmer with fertile land in a favourable situation and with a good business sense may be able to adjust his product ‘ mix ’ so as to hedge his income from market fluctuations , and to ensure a cash-flow which is as even as possible throughout the year . |
| 26 | I reckon I know where he is as well as you do , and I might have to say . |
| 27 | This sanguine trust in the unity and coherence of the universe is as far as possible from ‘ the American Puritan temperament ’ , as Eliot suffered it and articulated it . |
| 28 | So the writer of police procedurals is basically faced with the task of making what is in life dull into reading that is as far as possible exciting . |
| 29 | The clearest example of referential language is scientific prose , in which the evocation of feeling is as far as possible eliminated , and the writer 's and reader 's attention focused entirely on things . |
| 30 | Erm the on the only bit of information I got down there is as far as the maximum limits are concerned I do n't think it 's a government I think it 's an insurance company agreement actually of seventy |