Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some biologists regard this as the only , or at least as the predominant , mechanism of speciation , whereas others take a more pluralist view . |
| 2 | And where technical qualities are very obtrusive , as in Joyce 's Ulysses , the novel is dismissed by this tradition as a ‘ dead-end , or at least as pointer to disintegration ’ ( Leavis 1962 : 36 ) . |
| 3 | For a public good-the consumption of which is defined over geographic subsets of the total population and for which the costs of providing each level of output of the good in each jurisdiction are the same for the central government or the respective local government — it will always be more efficient or at least as efficient for local government to provide the Pareto-efficient levels of output for their respective jurisdictions than for central government to provide any specified and uniform level of output across all jurisdictions . |
| 4 | Against this background of a wife who was willing to work on the market , the choice to work at home must involve a higher ( or at least as high a ) level of utility . |
| 5 | The quay was deserted ; soon the Black Pig was floating out on the falling tide , and for once as they hoisted the mainsail the crew were well pleased to be going back to sea . |
| 6 | ‘ And after yesterday as well . |
| 7 | Erm as I told you before , the original er conformation of the house was that that the cooked food was brought through that door through the screened door and into here as you see . |
| 8 | Er we do get locally as well and from outside as well . |
| 9 | Sir Christopher Wren sits behind his desk , large as life and at least as natural , until a cloth is draped over the leather bound book concealing the projector , and his head is revealed as a white splodge which takes 80 hours of modelling . |
| 10 | But the record shows clearly that they were definitely more expensive and at least as disruptive of local village life … as the earlier British programs had been . |
| 11 | She liked the people — many of whom she knew well , and at least as importantly — many of whom knew her well and had known her since early childhood , before the mark of fame had set her apart . |
| 12 | As far as possible and at least as regards all legal aspects , the lawyers should be clearly responsible for compliance with these regulations . |
| 13 | Finally , it was suggested that widespread philosophical , political and economic beliefs serve to make the relative small amount of measured redistribution that appears to take place the order not only for today but for tomorrow as well . |
| 14 | And the issue is not simply that of deteriorating staff-student ratios , which has attracted so much attention , but at least as much a question of capital investment . |
| 15 | But at least as important was the provision of coinage suitable for reasonably small deals and sufficiently abundant for merchants to be able to rely on the supply . |
| 16 | When her children needed clothing she received doles for shoes , stockings and shoe repairs , but at least as grateful was the woman in Leytonstone who in 1740 received one to redeem her stays from pawn . |
| 17 | But at least as instructive is its analysis of why the problem has so burgeoned . |