Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rainey rarely finishes as low as third ( even if he was only a fraction of a second down on Schwantz at Suzuka ) , but at Eastern Creek he proved he 's dynamic as ever . |
| 2 | their dates erm so happens as far as I can see only the twenty fourth of September |
| 3 | Drivers in the Community 's northern states use unleaded more than their southern counterparts , while Germany alone uses as much as all 11 other member states put together . |
| 4 | But then the rest of the Oligocene alone reaches as much as 3000 metres . |
| 5 | It no longer seems as obvious as it used to that I can detach myself from my interactions with other things , observe them objectively , and arrive at facts about them wholly independent of my own reactions and decisions . |
| 6 | How the vision is communicated thus becomes as important as what is communicated . |
| 7 | At nineteen , it always looks as simple as this . |
| 8 | As quality carpet it still looks as good as ever ( apart from two small areas of wear ) in spite of being well used ( I have five grandsons ) . |
| 9 | Still looks as good as new though do n't it ? |
| 10 | Just a few years younger , the Pullman Astoria still looks as grand as when Churchill stayed there , though the neighbourhood has certainly lost some of its sparkle ( Upper Town , 103 Rue Royale , telephone 02/2176290 , cost 6,000 fr ) . |
| 11 | It soon became an organisation of worldwide influence and still exists as strong as ever . |
| 12 | Objectively , it is true that Okapi nearly always retrieves as much as or more than LIBERTAS , but LIBERTAS sometimes outputs records in a more sensible order , keeping editions of the same work together and taking word adjacency into account in the weighting procedure ( so that records containing the actual search statement come out first ) . |
| 13 | She probably feels as embarrassed as you do Bet . |
| 14 | The argument about deficiencies of extreme-right leadership also remains as strong as ever . |
| 15 | But some big names have crept in as well — Abbey National , the Woolwich , Northern Rock , National & Provincial and the Leeds have all demonstrated a commitment to keeping overall costs as low as possible . |
| 16 | Otherwise , cleaning the room inevitably becomes more difficult as hairs are shed over the chair covers , and there is an increased risk of flea infestations . |
| 17 | The Magic Kingdom , with spires and turreted castle at its heart , now shares as many as 150,000 visitors a day with the Epcot Centre ( seven futuristic theme pavilions and an 11-nation world showcase , built around a massive silver geosphere ) and the Disney MGM Studio theme park . |
| 18 | How much truth there was in all these myths you now know as well as I. Certainly the Witnesses hit early on the fact that , rippling in and out of hyperspace , even ships as basic as the Bergen Kobold change slightly every time . |
| 19 | The Film Noir book is equally encyclopaedic as a reference work , and its opinions are sensitive , sensible and totally without those daft claims which even films as good as White Heat and The Woman in the Window ca n't really sustain . |
| 20 | For ma , accepting the fact that it will rain today seems as difficult as coming to terms with the amputation of a limb . |
| 21 | An act of dispersal made in secrecy , often reluctantly at the behest of political masters , immediately becomes as public as the shelves of the local bookshop . |
| 22 | The Horizons Agency serves Lincoln and District and that 's called the Lincoln Travel to Work Area , which vir virtually stretches as far as Horncastle to the east and Gainsborough to the er , west and Market Rasen to the north and Sleaford to the south , so it 's a very large proportion er er of the county , but it 's called the Lincoln Travel to Work er Area . |
| 23 | Such an agency generates a repulsive force which eventually becomes so strong as to halt the contraction of the object and to make it ‘ bounce ’ . |
| 24 | Food never tastes so good as it does after a long day 's hike . |
| 25 | The question of how we are to construct explanations that reflect this insight is not swept away by the conclusion that one approach to the task is inadequate , and the problem therefore remains as pressing as ever . |