Example sentences of "[verb] as [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The burning oil wells of Kuwait continue to cause widespread air pollution , notably in the form of " black rain " , which has been reported as far away as Bulgaria , Afghanistan and Pakistan . |
| 2 | I lower myself into the chair , keeping as far away as possible . |
| 3 | They passed the beast cautiously , keeping as far away as possible , Allen and Marian with their bows ready , and Hugh with his sword in his good hand . |
| 4 | From Iran turquoise was carried as far afield as west Caucasia , where it occurred in the Maikop barrow in the Kuban , and north Mesopotamia , where it was present in the same tomb at Tepe Gawra as lapis lazuli . |
| 5 | After all , it 's as vital to work as well then as at any other time . |
| 6 | PORTADOWN families holidaying as far away as Crete have written home condemning the IRA for destroying their town , it was revealed today . |
| 7 | Converters made of chromite and copper oxide were considered as long ago as the 1970s , but ruled out because they proved less effective than those containing the more precious metals . |
| 8 | The final question which arises is whether , in the exercise of our discretion , we should let mandamus go bearing in mind that the events with which we are concerned occurred as long ago as 1989 and then occupied no more than perhaps three quarters of an hour . |
| 9 | Its abolition was recommended as long ago as 1967 but nothing has been done — one suspects a feeling that it might come in useful one day . |
| 10 | A powerful challenge to such approaches was made as long ago as the 1930s by Professor E. E. Evans-Pritchard who lived with and studied the Azande of Central Africa , a technologically simple society whom Europeans therefore tended to assume were intellectually simple as well . |
| 11 | It took nearly a year of searching as far afield as Slough to find suitable premises for the nursery . |
| 12 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |
| 13 | This is not a party dominated by technocrats who have fearlessly built great industries , but ‘ Increasingly politicians without a great deal of first-hand experience of the world outside politics are running the country , including the economy , in conjunction with civil servants who similarly lack first-hand experience of the world outside politics , ’ Anthony King noted as long ago as 1981 . |
| 14 | Underpinning these changes there has been an acceleration in the trend towards the ‘ professionalisation ’ of journalism , a tendency noted as long ago as 1976 by Graham Cleverly in The Fleet Street Disaster : higher salaries ( at least on the nationals ) , fewer unsociable hours , less bloke-ishness and booze . |
| 15 | The epicentre was near Bishops Castle in Shropshire , but the shaking was felt as far afield as the intensity 2 area . |
| 16 | Its influence is felt as far away as the London Underground , which is having its new , networked , interactive time-tabling system , Cart , programmed by a Delhi firm , CMC . |
| 17 | The shock of the sinking was felt as far away as the World 's Edge Mountains and is recorded in the chronicles of the Dwarf kings . |
| 18 | That was done as long ago as ten years ago in America . |
| 19 | At the end of the day , however , recognition as an actor was also inexorably linked to becoming rich and famous — Warren Beatty 's words — and even a modest hope of that seemed as far away as ever . |
| 20 | The link between urban form and transport was never clearer , but realizable solutions seemed as far away as ever . |
| 21 | The suspension of the armed struggle just over a month ago was seen as a break-through , but within days , peace seemed as far away as ever . |
| 22 | An oriental author , writing as long ago as 1708 , records that one of the cat 's unique features is that ‘ it perishes in a place quite out of human sight , as if it wills not to let man see its dying look , which is unusually ugly ’ . |
| 23 | A man of independent means , Barton travelled widely , visiting France and Italy and possibly venturing as far afield as Poland and Russia , and pursued interests in economics and botany . |
| 24 | In the second year , there is an in-depth examination of Scotland since 1660 ; this brings out how many aspects of modern Scotland were shaped as long ago as the late seventeenth century . |
| 25 | In fact the chances for viewing exciting wildlife are getting rarer every day , as hundreds more people take to the hills , bringing dogs and children and wearing colours that can be seen as far away as Belgium . |
| 26 | An earlier wharf there had been used as long ago as the mid 17C. to off-load haematite brought up from Low Furness mines for the le Fleming family 's iron forge on Church Beck . |
| 27 | ‘ If all this happened as long ago as the Doctor suggests — ’ Benny thought aloud . |
| 28 | Wortley was closed as long ago as 1955 , but part of it survives as a private residence . |
| 29 | Whatever the ultimate aim might be , for the moment the CNAA was going as far only as delegating or sharing aspects of the validation process — which meant accepting the limitations of the CNAA 's existing Charter . |
| 30 | ‘ You have been sacrificed , martyred and cut off in mid-satisfaction , but see it as a noble act for the good of a world-renowned radio station that is admired as far away as Irkutsk , Tristan da Cunha and ( after the recent never-ending Arctic festival ) Greenland . |