Example sentences of "[vb -s] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas lies as naturally as other men breathe , if he told truth he would be untrue to himself . |
| 2 | All that matters as far as the law is concerned is , did you buy the goods from a shop ? |
| 3 | That 's all that really matters as far as the law is concerned . |
| 4 | The deposit of a variety of jade amulets for ensuring good fortune and warding off ill-luck among Fu Hao 's grave goods shows that jade had already begun to be directed to individual needs as early as the Shang dynasty , at least for one at the peak of the social system . |
| 5 | ‘ But somebody who cares as much as you do , you 'd want to know . ’ |
| 6 | Thus , in France it seems that the general beneficiary of attempts by politicians or organs of the mainstream right to appear restrictionist on immigration has as often as not been the FN . |
| 7 | She has as far as pictures are concerned Rich . |
| 8 | establishing a language that mirrors as closely as possible the language found in the literature and the language used by potential users ; |
| 9 | Difference bands behave exactly like the corresponding combination bands as far as symmetry selection rules , band contours and polarization are concerned . |
| 10 | You need to replace the brush heads as often as you would a conventional toothbrush . |
| 11 | Through its national resources centre , by collaboration with university departments and other academics , community-based and government bodies , in promoting conferences , workshops and seminars , and supporting a visiting fellows programme , CRER hopes to disseminate its research results as widely as possible . |
| 12 | Since it is battery-powered , it can be used on location shoots as well as in the studio . |
| 13 | This slope climbs as abruptly as the southern slopes of the Montagne de Reims , starting at 100 metres and rising quickly to 200 metres . |
| 14 | US officials admit that they knew about the coup plans as early as last Saturday , but say they were given little time to judge its chances of success or to plan any US involvement . |
| 15 | You 're never very far from urban centres but the walk sidesteps and swerves as cleverly as the best Welsh fly-halves to follow a largely rural route . |
| 16 | yeah , but it goes from computer to computer , but summat 's gone wrong ai n't it ? , somewhere along the line , they 've rang the bank themselves maybe he did n't believe your dad or not I do n't know , she got back to him , she says , we 've rang your bank and they were very helpful , they saw it so what you have to do is ring Blackpool , she says as so as soon as Blackpool ring back , she 'll ring |
| 17 | My Boss says as far as he 's concerned a crêche is a motor accident in Kelvinside and any self respecting woman should have a good man to take care of her so its only pinmoney anyway and that 's bound to come out in the attitude . |
| 18 | She says as far as pensioners are concerned some will get hypothermia . |
| 19 | A spokesman for one of the giant supermarket chains stocking Turtle food , says as far as they 're concerned , there 's plenty of nutritional value in their pizzas . |
| 20 | On the other hand , this second annual edition scores as mightily as the first in the insight it provides into the thoughts of the top echelon . |
| 21 | The copula occurs as frequently as twelve times ( out of sixty-five main verbs ) , and other categories of verb which are prominent include those denoting attitudes ( hesitated , liked , treating , etc ) , cognitions ( known , supposed , reflected , etc ) , speech acts ( speak , repeated , address , invited , etc ) , and perceptions ( hear , looked , appear , etc ) . |
| 22 | Expression of NFs occurs as early as 9-10 days of gestation in the mouse central and peripheral nervous system and coincides with the appearance of postmitotic neurons ( 2 ) . |
| 23 | The evolution of oxygen in this process occurs as rapidly as it does in photosynthesis . |
| 24 | What happens as far as patients in hospital are concerned Ann when it comes to an election ? |
| 25 | And I think there 's a big difference between you talking about what happens as far as forestry is concerned and actually what some of the logging companies are up to . |
| 26 | Ramazzini described the symptoms of poisoning from the lead which was regularly used by house painters , plumbers , glaziers and potters as well as by the extremely short-lived wretches actually employed in lead works : " First their hands become palsied , then they become paralytic , spenetic , lethargic , cachectic and toothless , so that one rarely sees a potter whose face is not cadaverous and the colour of lead . " |
| 27 | We wo n't get the coach parties if the show ends as late as it does now . ’ |
| 28 | As Miller puts it : ‘ Education is a source of economic growth if it is anti-traditional to the extent that it liberates and stimulates as well as informs the individual and teaches him how and why to make demands upon himself . ’ |
| 29 | No significant differences ( χ 2 test ) were found between the two subgroups as far as index polyp number , size , histotype , or degree of dysplasia were concerned . |
| 30 | They can be tailored to cater for differing retirement ages as well as for varying contribution levels , which explains why some organisations are able to offer early retirement on very attractive terms . |