Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a service could act not only as a mediator between users and official agencies , but also deal with those aspects of heroin use that these agencies are unable or unwilling to resolve . |
| 2 | He trembled as intensely as a fly whirs its wings , and stopped talking . |
| 3 | The result is that women typically become ‘ equal ’ by having to do more , to stretch themselves to work as hard as a man , even when experiencing bodily processes that a male has never experienced . |
| 4 | Hornbeam moved as smoothly as a snake , creeper twisted , ivy writhed about the mossy bark , reaching towards her , its soft and furry touch tickling as it wound about her skin . |
| 5 | He moved as quickly as a squirrel , half-falling from knot to knot . |
| 6 | The book 's intended not just as a guide for visitors , but as a chance for locals to get a fresh look at familiar sights . |
| 7 | Just what was the object of Barbara 's terror that viewers had only seen so far as a suction cup visible through a circular lens cowl ? |
| 8 | The school ‘ plant ’ began to be seen not just as a resource which could be used for adult education or the occasional PTA dance and parents ' meeting . |
| 9 | The fundamental question , as posed by Foucault , is how is it that in our society sex is seen not just as a means of biological reproduction nor a source of harmless pleasure , but , on the contrary , has come to be seen as the central part of our being , the privileged site in which the truth of ourselves is to be found ? |
| 10 | The northern ( and earlier ) approach was by passes across the Ural mountains to the lower reaches of the river Obn and thence down the Ob Gulf by boat to the mouth of the Tazn which was ascended as far as a portage to the lower Yenisei ; from there they followed an eastward course up the Lower Tunguska river , crossing a portage to the Vilyui and so to the Lena . |
| 11 | The car which took us to the station drove as sedately as a Daimler in a royal procession although the people of Amsterdam were on their way to work and provided admirable subjects for baiting . |
| 12 | I do not believe that any other paint system can be applied as thinly as a watercolour wash and still yield as much colour brilliance . |
| 13 | I 've often noticed it in men and I 've never known a woman to behave as weirdly as a man . ’ |
| 14 | If she chose , she could speak as gracefully as a courtier , as deviously as a diplomat . |
| 15 | To live by ungrounded values , which even if organized as rationally as a science have only an inward coherence without external support , has come to be widely accepted as the quintessentially modern condition . |
| 16 | But this is a case where long imprisonment is needed not just as a punishment , but to protect society . |
| 17 | I refer to the way in which higher education , as an institution within society , acts not just as a vehicle for economic reproduction within the social classes , but also as a means of ‘ cultural reproduction ’ . |
| 18 | This means the aquarium will not need cleaning as often as a less densely planted one . |
| 19 | Wearing a different one every time she went out would be only normal , particularly since a sari does not have to be washed as frequently as a dress because it is not worn next to the skin . |
| 20 | Got as far as a Smegma , Arizona , where the left front wheel on my truck decided it was time for a vacation . |
| 21 | He grasped the forestay in both hands as high up as he could reach and drew himself out of the water and on to the forward hull beam as smoothly as a dolphin breaking for air . |
| 22 | Y'know , we 've been dead and buried as far as a lot of people are concerned , but this album will put us back up there . |
| 23 | This stage is reached not just as a result of the increasing complexity of the productive technology , in this case the development of agriculture , but because agriculture implies a growth in population density , an intensification of social intercourse , and an increased division of labour . |
| 24 | If it gets as far as a decision , it will prove the leading case for some time on the thorny issue of what duty regulators owe the customers of the regulated . |
| 25 | The Economist has argued that the council is indeed a senate and ought to debate and vote as openly as a senate . |
| 26 | Well I expect Jamie can , get as much , get as far as a button your blouse . |
| 27 | Blanche let the question drop as softly as a feather . |
| 28 | ‘ Queen of Pleasures , ’ he smiled , speaking as gently as a man can . |
| 29 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |
| 30 | Even in wellingtons , he could move as lightly as a squirrel . |