Example sentences of "[adj] as [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It has not proved possible as yet to get a Homeopathic lecturer but this is still being followed up and will be fitted into a future programme . |
| 32 | Finally deciding it was not only pointless , but spineless as well to stand at the door waiting for a man who would n't come , she went up to bed , and surprisingly she fell asleep almost at once , only to be woken some hours later by a violent storm . |
| 33 | In front of the entrance there is a pillar of rock forty feet high , called the Soldier Rock , and the entrance itself is so narrow as only to admit a small boat , and then only in fine weather . |
| 34 | ‘ Well — but my nose is red , ’ she said ruefully , ready as always to poke fun at herself . |
| 35 | In general , however , the contract of a mentally disordered person is fully binding on him unless the other party was aware that he was so insane as not to understand the nature of the transaction . |
| 36 | The sensitivity of the test is such that a diluted specimen may still give a positive result , but the contaminants will be so dilute as not to cause a problem . |