Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not concerned with any bridges being built in South Africa so much as ensuring that our own are not destroyed . |
| 2 | ‘ But even that is not as hard as recognising that the sum of human misery has probably been increased by what we did , incredible though that would have seemed to us then . ’ |
| 3 | A sequence and no dates is as useful as knowing that one site lies to the west of another without knowing how far . |
| 4 | FOOTBALL shares are about as safe as betting that Gazza wo n't injure himself this season . |
| 5 | This is about as convincing as claiming that her signing ‘ clock ’ manifests her mastery of ‘ time ’ . |
| 6 | In all , identifying Ulf as the son of Ragnvald seems at least as plausible as believing that he was Cnut 's brother-in-law Ulf . |