Example sentences of "[adv] as [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but , but they 're an easy target to go for as opposed to , I mean Mao could e perhaps as easily as argued , saying you know commercialization is not the way forward , erm and we do n't want greater interaction with the world economy erm as opposed to saying , you know , overthrow the local landlords . |
| 2 | On inspecting this table we can begin to raise questions about the balance of men and women in secondary school teaching ; especially as far as teaching particular age groups are concerned with more women teaching the younger pupils in middle schools than teaching in comprehensive schools where the complete age range is present . |
| 3 | Bearing in mind that there 's something like forty companies chasing about eighteen percent of this market , do you honestly feel that your advertising revenue is going to go down as quickly as feel if you want to try and keep ahead of the the pack and keep up with the leaders . |
| 4 | He handed her the double bladed paddle as she continued , ‘ I shall go down as far as Browns Mill , so could you possibly pick me up here about five thirty ? ’ |
| 5 | In spite of the recession the PSBR continued to fall , though not as fast as had been forecast . |
| 6 | New captain Terry Moncur and Alabaster both won in the afternoon singles , though not as handsomely as expected , but only Kenny Breeze managed to score points thereafter . |
| 7 | Once airborne , the technique of control comes just as easily as riding the proverbial bicycle … until that is , you fall off ! |
| 8 | Elizabeth had been amazed to see workmen slicing through stone blocks with hand-axes , just as easily as cutting butter . |
| 9 | So it is just as well when approaching a strange horse to check that one 's presence is , if not welcome , at least accepted . |
| 10 | One gets used to this , but it would be just as well when engaging astern gear to check that both blades have thrown before calling on any real power . |
| 11 | Skilfully used , a fabric border can pull a room together just as effectively as swagging everything in sight with the same chintz . |
| 12 | A firm conviction of the truth of all this , secure in the minds of the parents by the time the child is born , is the best insurance that the process will start with birth just as surely as does the process of feeding . |
| 13 | Total repression of conflict leads to anarchy just as surely as does total conflict' ( ibid. xii ) . |
| 14 | His uncle 's wealth , the chauffeur-driven limousine which brought him to and from school , cut him off as securely as did his own past . |
| 15 | Disk-resident MIBs will be able to be loaded and activated dynamically as well as unloaded and de-activated in order to free memory . |
| 16 | Disk-resident MIBs will be able to be loaded and activated dynamically as well as unloaded and de-activated in order to free memory . |
| 17 | Since fuel is a major part of a coal station 's running costs , the fact that prices were not rising nearly as fast as had been expected would have a fundamental impact on the future cost of coal-fired electricity . |
| 18 | Studies previous to the Sadler/Spencer survey have concentrated , for the most part , on attitudes to domestic energy conservation , in an attempt to discover why programmes aimed at promoting conservation have not been taken up as widely as expected and hoped . |
| 19 | The early months were marred by the failure of the economy to pick up as quickly as expected after the election . |
| 20 | Policies in Botswana have not worked out as smoothly as expected . |
| 21 | At some time or other the twin siren songs of forward and backward integration have led most large companies to do everything for themselves from manufacturing their own plant and spares , sometimes even as far as owning their own retail outlets . |
| 22 | What is more , the countries of Europe who are not members of the EEC have increased their trade at least as fast as have those of the Community , and there is no EEC country other than Luxembourg which has a per capita income higher than any ( except Austria ) of the Efta countries . |
| 23 | ‘ As I finished selecting these 200-odd titles which reflect the continuing excellence of writing for children , a document was leaked which made it clear that the authorities which are controlling the education of the next generation had , at a stroke , obliterated the ‘ golden age ’ of children 's literature — at least as far as reading in schools is concerned . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , both Franca and Alison had , after initial suspicion , adopted Irina , at least as far as amusing themselves by helping her to spend money on having her hair done and buying clothes . |
| 25 | In France , the Communist Party appeals to reactionary working-class prejudices almost as strenuously as does Mr Le Pen . |
| 26 | Building them often took twice as long as planned , and costs were two to three times the original estimate . |
| 27 | It also criticized the manufacturers and contractors for lax planning and supervision of the project , the first aircraft having taken nearly twice as long as planned to build . |
| 28 | It had taken twice as long as planned due to the heat and it was decided that a 6.00am start was required on the second day . |
| 29 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
| 30 | A total of 15,000 copies of the free booklet have been printed on recycled paper and will be sent to libraries and tourist information centres nationwide as well as distributed locally . |