Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KEVIN KEEGAN 'S Geordie dream lived on yesterday as Newcastle won their ninth successive match and opened up a five-point lead at the top of the First Division . |
| 2 | The situation is saved : HAMLET , escorted , is marched in just as CLAUDIUS leaves . |
| 3 | I took the view , shared by counsel , that no similar privilege was justified so far as copyright was concerned . |
| 4 | No problem arose so far as NHS general practitioners were concerned , except a very powerful dispute about the level of the compensation of junior doctors ; but with the consultants it was another story . |
| 5 | The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned . |
| 6 | The problem is that the invitation must have come rather late as Carolyn recalls : ‘ I walked in about six o'clock and Diana went : ‘ Quick , quick I 've got to meet Charles in twenty minutes . ’ |
| 7 | Such arrangements have for some time been permitted so long as clients are fully informed of the nature of the company and the profits go to the firm . |
| 8 | The function of a library service is to provide so far as resources allow , all books , periodicals , etc. , other than the trivial , in which its readers claim legitimate interest . |
| 9 | But the real wage is what matters so far as jobs are concerned . |
| 10 | Rohmer had hold of the filing cabinet with Jimmy now , and Cardiff and Barbara moved quickly aside as Duvall reached the landing again , looking vacantly at the wrestling match with the cabinet . |
| 11 | Soon the Malthusian spectre rose up again as populations soared . |
| 12 | Staff were mopping up today as Mr Alton held his usual surgery . |
| 13 | In the ninth century , members of this magnate stratum , this " imperial aristocacy " , could still move about the Carolingian world ; and they moved nearly always as individuals , no doubt with retinues , but not ( an exceptional case apart ) concerting action with groups of kinsmen . |
| 14 | Can I be clear please I I 'm sorry Mr , can I just be clarif clarified as far as E N V Eleven is concerned , which pond this is in terms of names ? |
| 15 | Other Coalition Liberals were disliked as warmly as Lloyd George , more for their present policies than for their past . |
| 16 | Despite the Geneva conference requirement that heavy weapons in the area be placed under UN supervision from Sept. 12 [ see above ] , renewed artillery attacks were reported as early as Sept. 14 in Sarajevo ( which was suffering severe water and electricity shortages as supply lines were interrupted ) . |
| 17 | He was practically laughing out loud as Ali reached critical mass . |
| 18 | John Boys in his Agriculture of the County of Kent 1794 , tells us that hop poles are the chief article which make woods valuable in this part of the country , there being not only local demand but the poles are carried as far as Maidstone and beyond , the planters preferring the poles grown on the hills to those of quicker growth . |
| 19 | President Bush has enjoyed rising approval ratings , and communism 's appeal has collapsed as fast as communism . |
| 20 | Excavations have shown that the extensive legionary fortress near Inchtuthil , north of Perth , had to be evacuated as early as AD 87 before construction had been completed . |
| 21 | Freight services ran until 1956 when all services ceased and the track was lifted as far as Bardney , although the Bardney-Lincoln portion remained . |
| 22 | As this list also reminds us , journalists seem to worry as much as sociologists about their proper analytical role . |
| 23 | Up until the final minutes the jokes fly as fast as sniper 's bullets . |
| 24 | The rumblings of death appear as early as Mark 3:6 after the stories of conflict with the religious authorities . |
| 25 | Snow may linger as late as mid-July . |
| 26 | Indeed over his three and a half years in office new problems were added as quickly as others were solved or eased . |
| 27 | Martin uses balloon fabric , as it does not crease as easily as spinnaker ripstop . |
| 28 | She has as far as pictures are concerned Rich . |
| 29 | There is an ancient variant in the Lucan version of the Lord 's Prayer , which is attested as early as Marcion in the second century and reads , ‘ May thy Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us , ’ instead of , ‘ Thy kingdom come . ’ |
| 30 | Linda , Christy , Cindy , Claudia , Yasmeen , Naomi ; their names are dropped as casually as cigarette butts in a pavement cafe . |