Example sentences of "[adv] as [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So as much as the reviewers ' preferences shine through , I still feel that they review without prejudice . |
| 2 | So as far as the actual topics I 'm going to cover are concerned , erm can everybody see . |
| 3 | Erm so as far as the , the you know , the steps was concerned that , that went through good , very well , and you went through them all in er in , in the right order . |
| 4 | An unsigned act which is being chased by half a dozen record companies does have some leverage in negotiations , but only as much as the levels of supply and demand will allow . |
| 5 | Dice up the leaves and feed only as much as the fish will consume in ten minutes . |
| 6 | Lunatic to reckon that it would work for him … but only as stupid as the acceptance of the alternative which was fourteen years in the camps . |
| 7 | At the end of the day PR is a people business and you are only as successful as the number of good people you have . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The line 's only as far as the gate . ’ |
| 9 | Databases are only as useful as the questions pupils ask of them . |
| 10 | Nicholas was sympathetic : ‘ He is only as good as the players we give him . ’ |
| 11 | The working principle of Balcon 's life was that a ‘ film producer is only as good as the sum total of the colleagues with whom he works ’ , and he understood better than anyone else at the time how to turn the studio into a source of creative energy . |
| 12 | The solicitor 's defence is only as good as the quality of the information in the written documents . |
| 13 | Visits are only as good as the preparation made before them . |
| 14 | Man was only as good as the tools he had available to impress his will on the environment , Heinz suggested . |
| 15 | In the end , however attractive the idea of glasnost , it is only as good as the people who must make it work . |
| 16 | I suppose a guitar is only as good as the number of styles you can successfully impose upon it , and this one went through the card without a problem . |
| 17 | ‘ At the end of the day , a system is only as good as the user wants it to be , ’ says Peterborough Software 's David Laking . |
| 18 | Guarantees are , however , only as good as the people or businesses giving them . |
| 19 | Any guidebook is only as good as the input of information into it , and this is an opportunity to make sure the guide is up to date and accurate . |
| 20 | The second is that the experiments we do are only as good as the psychological theories that underlie them . |
| 21 | A phone is only as good as the system it is plugged into . |
| 22 | ACE schemes are only as good as the people who run them . |
| 23 | They are , of course , like computers , only as good as the people who program them , and do not offer miracle solutions to impossible situations . |
| 24 | We may say , in fact , that a stylo-statistician is only as good as the linguistic theory on which he relies . |
| 25 | I 've persuaded the people who matter that I 'm the best man to work with you to help us clear this up , but I 'm like a football manager , Cameron ; I can be replaced at a moment 's notice and I 'm only as good as the results I get . |
| 26 | Though I do not doubt the considerable advances made in certain ultrasound centres in Britain and the United States in the use of fetal ultrasonography as an adjunct to prenatal diagnosis of fetal trisomy 21 , the evidence in the Down 's syndrome register is only as good as the information provided to the cytogenetics centres from people requesting karyotyping . |
| 27 | There is a clear analogy to computers here which are only as good as the individuals who are responsible for their programs : An error in either case results in chaos . |
| 28 | But remember , codes have no legal status and they are only as good as the organisation 's power to enforce them . |
| 29 | The strength of your business is only as good as the strength of its suppliers and customers , and the relationship will need to be a much closer , less adversarial one . |
| 30 | The most stringent policy document advocating the best practice is only as good as the level of compliance achieved . |