Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This traditional spokesmanship , which can imply serious responsibilities , is naturally becoming less significant today as modern communications and education reach into the furthest quarters of the globe . |
| 2 | It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown 's revenues . |
| 3 | But other members of the EEC will undoubtably support changes — the hope is it wo n't lead to sights like this becoming as common here as it is in some other parts of Europe . |
| 4 | ‘ generally speaking a prosecutor has as much right as a defendant to demand a verdict of a jury on an outstanding indictment , and where either demands a verdict a judge has no jurisdiction to stand in the way of it . |
| 5 | However , we remind ourselves of the principles outlined earlier in this judgment and the observation of Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest in Connelly v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1964 ] A.C. 1254 , 1304 , that ‘ generally speaking a prosecutor has as much right as a defendant to demand a verdict of a jury on an outstanding indictment , and where either demands a verdict a judge has no jurisdiction to stand in the way of it . ’ |
| 6 | The hon. Member for Cannock and Burntwood ( Mr. Howarth ) has as much right as anyone else to ask a question on a matter of general interest to the whole House of Commons . |
| 7 | At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart . |
| 8 | I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years . |
| 9 | She was not otherwise positively ill-looking , though anxious , meagre , of a muddy complexion , and looking as old again as she really was . |
| 10 | I found it very difficult to get past the first fleet but when I did the game became more enjoyable especially as the 256 colour graphics match most games out today . |
| 11 | Zambia smiled warmly , lovingly , encouragingly , remaining utterly silent so as not to frighten him off . |
| 12 | Johnny Tillotson 's Poetry in Motion , Lesley Gore 's It 's my Party , Cliff Richard 's Move It , the Ventures ' Walk Do n't Run , Eddie Cochran 's C'm on Everybody … all sound as fresh today as they ever did . |
| 13 | They seem as ancient now as Monty Python or Bobby Moore . |
| 14 | To anyone who did n't know that the place had been given up , soldiers would look as natural there as seagulls . |
| 15 | ‘ It might still be a bit premature to suggest that we have made it if we beat Lithuania , but it would then become very close especially as we play them again in Dublin in September . ’ |
| 16 | You wo n't be able to catch all of it but get as much down as you can . |
| 17 | I was concerned , Dennis has never been given any schedule since he last spoke to erm Arthur which was get as much down as you can boy . |
| 18 | Then you can decide to live your life fully — getting as much out as you put in . |
| 19 | There are cases , including the authorities to which Cooke P. referred , in which an order apparently final has been treated as interlocutory so as to deprive a litigant of a right of appeal or so as to restrict such right . |
| 20 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |
| 21 | And if a work as trite , foolish and offensive to women as Now , Voyager should , after 40 years , remain as watchable today as on its initial release , when equally feeble plays and novels from the same period have vanished into a limbo of neglect from which they can never be retrieved , it is a tribute less to the very questionable ‘ artistry ’ of its writer and director than to the enduring fascination of its leading actress . |
| 22 | These after all were stated in the original RAWP 's terms of reference and remain as valid now as they were in 1975 . |
| 23 | Mushy peas are believed to have originated in the North and remain as popular today as they have ever been . |
| 24 | The desirability of this is obvious , though it must be said without wishing to offend anyone that it seems as imminent now as it was when the claim was first being made 30 years ago . |
| 25 | Any archaeological sites not destroyed in this process are likely to be at least as severely damaged by the roots of the trees , which are usually set as close together as is economically viable . |
| 26 | Rather intervention will mean changing how workplaces operate and is defined as much socially as economically in terms of developing local skills , satisfying local needs and enriching the working life of local people ; |
| 27 | Perhaps he do n't moan as much there as he does at home ! |
| 28 | This very popular music with its haunting , melancholy and often monotonous melodies is sung in Madeira but has never become as popular here as it is in Portugal . |
| 29 | The exact proportions in which oil and/or gas is present in the respective tracts become fully apparent only as wells are drilled in the course of operations . |
| 30 | Wimbledon v Manchester U That hard-won point at Liverpool a week ago must seem awfully distant now as Alex Ferguson approaches the most critical period of his managerial career at Old Trafford . |