Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than rejecting objectionable discourses past and present , this approach entails an unstable coexistence with that which it contests , and it manifests this textually as the parodic adulteration , manipulation , or ‘ doctoring ’ of another 's language . |
| 2 | And , moreover , it would be far less labour-intensive and much more rapid especially as the present 14-day settlement would be replaced by a rolling 3-day settlement . |
| 3 | not as obvious perhaps as the white but |
| 4 | He arrived early in the morning to break his fast just as the young woman I mentioned earlier was leaving . |
| 5 | In any case the financial penalties of moving are sufficient to deter many especially as the inferior wages and working conditions in small firms are widely appreciated . |
| 6 | ‘ The portrayal of women in the media is negative and deleterious both as the traditional wife-mother and gracious-lady portraits that limit the woman in growth and leadership , and the siren-victim-criminal image that exploits womanhood . ’ |
| 7 | The nine gleaned from this encounter puts Essex ahead of the field on 30 points , with Norfolk one-and-a-half behind as the six-time winners prepare for a final match against Cambridgeshire . |
| 8 | These were mostly dealt with from 1800 onwards as the high prices of the war years brought more and more marginal land into cultivation . |
| 9 | THE big guns came out firing blanks again at the US Open yesterday as the upset epidemic claimed world number one Jim Courier and three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker . |
| 10 | Northern Ireland , as part of the United Kingdom , shared in that significantly as the old Celtic Christian church sent missionaries throughout the continent , and there were Ulstermen in the Napoleonic war and both world wars . |