Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] as this " in BNC.
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| 1 | But only so far as this : that the Pioneers did not in fact succeed in creating the Manufacturing Society as a Co-operative . |
| 2 | I tuned in halfway through as this guy was complaining about the official . |
| 3 | There is one poem in which the I dominates to a remarkable extent and which , since it has been read literally , might seem an exception to my argument , namely 62 : If one reads only as far as this point , or reads the rest of the poem inattentively , one might indeed take this as an attack by the poet on his own narcissism . |
| 4 | JR was suspicious by nature , and even more so when figures came together as easily as this . |
| 5 | It went on falling steadily , although not so rapidly as this . |
| 6 | ‘ However , ’ Herbie continued , ‘ I will concede that I have never seen one as far upstream as this before . ’ |
| 7 | It was hot , even as early as this . |
| 8 | Even as recently as this summer , for old time 's sake , perhaps , one of them was seen hanging round the campsite . |
| 9 | She had been expecting him to call , though not quite so soon as this . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Fenella , who had not really been thinking in terms of armies and battles quite so definitely as this . |
| 11 | Then , serious again , he continued soberly , ‘ Anyway , as I wuz sayin' , I do n't think we 've anythin' to worry about as far as this Angel One fella 's concerned . |
| 12 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 13 | Yet as early as this blacks were also making their own films : ‘ race films ’ , shown in all-black theatres during the years of segregation . |
| 14 | What other company could pull itself round as radically as this in such a short time ? |
| 15 | ‘ And may not be ever again as far as this company 's concerned . ’ |
| 16 | Do not be tempted to throw the toy too far ahead as this will be counter-productive . |
| 17 | I ca n't change my mind about the name Lemarchand as suddenly as this . ’ |