Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] fast as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |
| 2 | It does not grow as fast as N. indicum , but the slender stalks produce more aerial leaves than the larger species . |
| 3 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
| 4 | A penalty is that the translated binaries do not run as fast as programs compiled from source for Alpha — DEC says performance degradation is around 50% — but translation can save customers from rewriting old applications . |
| 5 | Asian ships did not go round the Cape of Good Hope to trade with Europe , and East Indiamen , as the Company 's ships were called , were so heavily armed and were so much safer from the risk of piracy that merchants found them useful carriers even though they did not sail as fast as local ships until the Company had its ships built of teak some decades later . |
| 6 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
| 7 | Over-optimism at the Treasury Through the summer , the signs of a slowdown in domestic demand had come reasonably on cue : the inflation figures duly peaked , retail sales tailed off , even labour costs did not accelerate as fast as feared . |
| 8 | I could n't run as fast as I would have liked . |
| 9 | I ca n't run as fast as you ! ’ |
| 10 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |
| 11 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |