Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggie , too , was on her feet and her voice was much lower now as she said , ‘ Aye , it 'll suit me . ’ |
| 2 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 3 | is highly mobile internationally as well in America . |
| 4 | In 1792 wages in Sheffield were said to be so high generally as to allow the leisure-preferring cutlers to live comfortably from working only three days a week . |
| 5 | Sgt Hayter 's problems were only half over as the height of the museum building was too low to allow assembly inside the building , so R5868 had to be assembled outside . |
| 6 | Lord Quinton could never have imagined that in the columns of the Library Association Record in 1990 someone would suggest , only half jokingly as we shall see , that the librarian 's motto should be ‘ When in Doubt , Chuck it Out ’ . |
| 7 | Perhaps because something called a stoup in a church was not so interesting enough as he had thought . ’ |
| 8 | But perhaps you 've got a long drive ahead , ’ he said , not so much hesitantly as enquiringly . |
| 9 | On the other hand , neither did the faithful military figure so much here as it did in the political activities of the Smolensk party organization . |
| 10 | Mr Sims , if that was his real name , dressed not so much snappily as very cleanly . |
| 11 | Dada accepted all the changes at Deer Forest , not so much apathetically as with genuine indifference . |
| 12 | Shutting his eyes , he stopped and was there the one he always remembered from his childhood polish , dust , though not so much now as the smell of books . |
| 13 | While the Panel does not fall squarely within this category of body , its activities are considered by the courts to be sufficiently similar so as to be subject to judicial review . |
| 14 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |
| 15 | On the other hand , this goal , that is , a sample sufficiently large so as to make it representative , had to be weighed against time , staffing and other factors which imposed a practical limit on the size of the sample . |
| 16 | All the trees , so large now as to enclose this garden , excluding the sight of other houses , so that but for the complex of railway lines it might have been in the country , were in late summer leaf . |
| 17 | I trust that my proposals as to where I believe library and information science professionals should direct their efforts are sufficiently clear-cut so as to draw responses from the professionals involved . |
| 18 | Be so good now as to march these miscreants to Mutton House . |
| 19 | Ever so many here as well |
| 20 | The breakfast dishes were n't even washed , though I have n't so many now as two daughters are away . |
| 21 | The excellence attributed to precious substances which made them so useful both as symbols of successful emulation and as expressions of love and regard extended to other matters of keen interest to individuals . |
| 22 | We talk about ‘ god ’ sometimes here at home , and you have been told at school to sing hymns and say prayers to ‘ god ’ , and you hear ‘ god ’ spoken about on the radio and television , also your friends talk and argue about ‘ god ’ , but nobody at all will tell you who or what ‘ god ’ really is , and this is because ‘ god ’ is only imaginary just as fairies are . |
| 23 | Although the relevance of recordable bill of lading data depends upon the type of transaction involved , the following data are sufficiently generic so as to become prime candidates for public registry recording : 1 ) storage of goods in carriers ' warehouse or independent warehouses awaiting carriage ; 2 ) issuance of port to port and combined transport bills ; 3 ) on board loading ; 4 ) carriers ' ( actual or contractual ) names , and electronic signatures or authenticating devices ; 5 ) certificates of carrier , freight forwarder , and other issuer solvency or sufficiency of insurance ; 6 ) inspectors ' and other examiners ' names , electronic signatures or authenticating devices , and certifications of solvency or of sufficiency of insurance ; 7 ) negotiation , transfer , pledge , and presentation ( including cancellation ) of port to port and combined transport bills ; and 8 ) storage of goods upon termination of carriage , and issuance of warehouse and trust receipts . |
| 24 | There had been little birdsong in the devastated places I had come from and I think it was the striking on my ear of the calling of a blackbird , so meaningful somehow as it sounded out clearly from the delicious chatter in those trees that made me feel the war was over . |
| 25 | Similar distribution to each party in each land results in PR that is highly accurate regionally as well as nationally . |
| 26 | But that 's not so far off as I am , I thought you were much younger than I . |
| 27 | This is a small town of some character , a historic strong point standing up above the Gave , in which there are competitions in summer to catch the surviving salmon , no longer so abundant here as in the good medieval days . |
| 28 | And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now . |
| 29 | How , she wondered bemusedly , could she have been so trivial recently as to wish to upset these unexceptionable people . |
| 30 | At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart . |