Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 2 | They were now walking along together as it was too cold to stand about . |
| 3 | His was a hectic life , becoming more so as it went on . |
| 4 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 5 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 6 | The expression of good-humoured contempt had vanished as quickly as it had appeared , and suddenly Rostov realised that he had missed an opportunity to relax the tension which existed between them . |
| 7 | Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger . |
| 8 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 9 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 10 | He wrote out all the lyrics phonetically , so when he had to sing an Italian word , it was written down exactly as it should be pronounced . |
| 11 | This makes the hollow stem go rubbery for a few seconds , but then it just stiffens up straight as it cools . |
| 12 | ‘ His hip 's not mending as quickly as it ought , which makes him very impatient . |
| 13 | Between them come Stravinsky 's Dumbarton Oaks concerto and Frank Martin 's Petite Symphonie Concertante , a work that grows in stature with every hearing , especially when conducted and played as well as it is here . |
| 14 | The evolution of oxygen in this process occurs as rapidly as it does in photosynthesis . |
| 15 | It was , however , of great importance that it was said as clearly as it was by the Council . |
| 16 | And yet they were right of course , they were right enough it , it never came again completely as it , noth nothing stay the same . |
| 17 | And then in the air it stiffens very slightly as it cools down , but I think on a nice warm day like this is might be . |
| 18 | It is likely that a structure which was appropriate to an organisation at a particular stage in its development will become less so as it matures . |
| 19 | First the spiral opens out as it does in a shell , but then closes up again as it approaches the other pole of the cell . |
| 20 | We wo n't get the coach parties if the show ends as late as it does now . ’ |
| 21 | Indeed , that term is no longer used as confidently as it once was . |
| 22 | The Tender is the defenders ' finest weapon , and is not used as often as it should be . |
| 23 | As I 've described it above , the process differs from modern multi-track technique , because the ‘ backing track ’ went through a number of generations , while modern multi-track tape recorders keep each layer separate ; so the technique was n't used as fully as it might have been , because the quality dropped each time . |
| 24 | It is all turning out just as it should . |
| 25 | If the safeguards we propose are adopted , we are confident this can work as successfully as it already does in the magistrates ’ and county courts . ’ |
| 26 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 27 | Erm it would be wrong to say Wales is a weak region on the basis of this , it 's just not , does n't appear , or does n't expect to grow as strongly as it was growing . |
| 28 | This paint will run as far as it is allowed but will not bleed . |
| 29 | This paint will run as far as it is allowed but will not bleed . |
| 30 | Another reason why coaching does not occur as often as it might is due to the time pressures which every manager faces . |