Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was slightly damp not in patches but all over as if it had been soaked in water then wrung out and left to dry through the night . |
| 2 | Have you ever seen things so clearly as when you were first in love ? |
| 3 | I have expressed phenomenalism so far as if all phenomenalists agree that observation statements report the nature of the reporter 's own sensory states . |
| 4 | Now if this is erm , a perhaps a non representative hundred in so far as if , if you can compare it with er the , the average in the West of Scotland , I know your speaking as , as an expert because you work , well , well tell me exactly what you do , I know your with the transport |
| 5 | Under pressure from government economic policies and spending cuts , the predisposition to rethink conventional provision is slight , except in so far as as competition for student numbers , effective teaching hours and fee-income intensifies the concentration on popular recreational and leisure pursuits , rather than innovative and developmental work in areas which can not be relied upon to be lucrative . |
| 6 | This adage applies in many specialities , but never so appropriately as where French furniture is concerned . |
| 7 | In fact , Lance Percival came to a conclusion as long ago as when the One Over The Eight show was still running that Ken would n't have minded if his comedy days had been over , too . |
| 8 | The nature of a painter 's technique is never scrutinised so closely as when a work has just been cleaned , and at the heart of the exhibition will be eight of the fourteen Titians in the Louvre 's own collection that have just been freed of their treacly , dark varnishes and retouchings . |
| 9 | With a final darting glance to ensure that her appearance was in order she made her way as nervously downstairs as if it had been she herself about to marry . |
| 10 | The Stealer loped slowly away as though injured , dodging from one steel column to the next . |
| 11 | His wrinkled face creased more deeply as though he were smiling . |
| 12 | It was then that Fat Watt regarded them most sullenly as though their nearness was a threat . |
| 13 | ‘ They 'll manage without you , ’ said Juliet , and went into the ward , striding confidently along as though she belonged there . |
| 14 | Individualised programmes , alternative activities and simplified worksheets , when they are directed at certain children can cut them off from their peers as effectively as if they had been withdrawn . |
| 15 | He stood back to look down the line of her figure under the flimsy nightgown , his eyes caressing her as blatantly as if she had been naked . |
| 16 | If you eat more on some days and less on others , you will shed weight just as successfully as if you stuck to the same number of calories each day . |
| 17 | Lee had felt the emotional voltage in the room heighten to a point when she thought that Philippa would slam the door behind her , hard , but the door closed as gently as if there were a baby asleep in the house . |
| 18 | She instructed him to wash her , and was surprised when he soaped her as gently as if she was a baby . |
| 19 | He had carried her in his arms as naturally as if he had been doing so for years , and she had felt right there . |
| 20 | When they had reached St Matthew 's church he had followed her inside as naturally as if they had set out together that morning . |
| 21 | They believe me , Connelly thought as he tried to suck in breath , tasting the rancid atmosphere as thickly as if it were smoke . |
| 22 | At the end of August the rains stopped as suddenly as if taps had been turned off September was considered by the English community even under normal conditions to be the most unhealthy month of the year ; while the hot sun resumed its office of drying out the pools of water which had collected on the sodden earth , fever-bearing mists and miasmas hung everywhere . |
| 23 | Her garments were removed as swiftly as if she 'd done it herself . |
| 24 | Some of his oldest friends , who for years had been accustomed to seeing him , fat and genial , as the leading light of a pig-sticking expedition , were astonished to hear him now holding forth like a veritable Newton or Faraday and discussing the latest discoveries in medicine as fluently as if they were entries in the Bengal Club Cup or the Planters ' Handicap . |
| 25 | A clamour of conflicting emotions warred within her while her treacherous body arched greedily to every movement he made , answering each speaking gesture as fluently as if used to long practice . |
| 26 | She shared her home with Irina and me and watched over us as fiercely as if we were her own children . |
| 27 | She dimly saw Aunt Emily by the fire and the silver tea service winked on a table beside her , and there , in front of the fire , standing there as comfortably as if it were his own fire , she saw with no surprise at all , that it was Michael Swinton . |
| 28 | Ellen twisted away and Sweetman laughed at her obvious discomfiture , then , as coolly as though he owned Wavebreaker , he stepped down into the central cockpit where he first brushed at , then sat on , one of the white cushioned seats by the ship 's wheel . |
| 29 | Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day . |
| 30 | When they reached her floor eventually , she bade him a perfunctory farewell and stepped out of the lift with a feeling of release , hurrying towards her apartment , heart and hormones defeating any intention of greeting Luke 's arrival as coolly as if it did n't matter to her one way or the other . |