Example sentences of "[prep] another [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Bumbling John Major dropped one clanger after another yesterday as Britain 's economy took yet another hammering and last night he was reeling as two new opinion polls showed Labour verging ahead to a five point lead , enough to put them into Westminster with an overall majority .
2 Many children feel the need to pour from one container to another continuously as they slowly acquire manual skill .
3 It certainly seems probable that addictive disease has a genetic element although the strength of that genetic component may vary considerably from one individual to another just as the intensity of short sight or other conditions that are genetically linked may vary in different individuals .
4 I watched a girl in front of me trying to hop from one patch to another so as to avoid ducking the two strips of leather somebody had sold her as shoes .
5 The aim of structural fire precautions is to limit the spread of fire within the building or from one building to another so as to minimize the risk to life .
6 Christian preachers could declare how wrong it was for an individual to be dominated by another so as to be his legal property , and to be bought for much less than the rich would give for a racehorse .
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