Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | His penis and testicles are as fresh and as hard as a spring bulb . |
| 2 | She 'd turned it as high and as hard as she could get it to go . |
| 3 | The men gossiped as much and as scurrilously as ourselves . |
| 4 | Our aim is to get as many points as possible and as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | Some work canteens do serve salads or jacket potatoes , which will be useful when you reach Stage III of the diet , but initially it is important that the weight and calorie content of your diet is exact or as near as possible . |
| 6 | At the time Ho was discouraging thoughts of instant insurrection on the part of the Vietminh it was obvious that as far as French fortunes were concerned the wind had changed . |
| 7 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 8 | In Barbados ( and other places such as Jamaica and Antigua ) , the wickets are fast and so the bowlers have traditionally bowled fast , while the batsmen have looked to attack at every opportunity , to hit the ball as hard and as gleefully as possible . |
| 9 | She should have followed her instincts and remembered what Debbie had written at the end of those notes , taken them as a warning and run as hard and as far as she could away from this Capricorn man ! |
| 10 | Most Bewick 's Swans are now recorded in wet grasslands or large areas of open water in the interior , although des Forges and Harber record none in the interior before 1940 and as recently as 1961 most were still seen at the coast . |
| 11 | Really slam into the punch bag , hitting it with a constant barrage of punches as fast and as hard as you possibly can for no more than 15–20 seconds . |
| 12 | Then , of course , there were the Bruces , Lord Bruce who should be preparing himself for death instead of being involved in politics as if he were some young courtier intent on rising as fast and as far as he could . |
| 13 | She wanted to get up and run ; run as fast and as far as she could away from this man who seemed to be intent on humiliating her . |
| 14 | I do occasionally move through the range two at a time e.g. 4,6,8 but as often as not that is because I 've economised in not buying all the potencies ! |
| 15 | Now , bearing in mind the very short space of time between now and the close of the enquiry , I want to be sure that as far as objectors and the council are concerned , that this is a course of action which is both acceptable and practical as far as they are concerned . |
| 16 | Paul Richardson was the first person they 'd met on the island who was prepared to work as long and as hard as they did . |
| 17 | After the verdict was announced Poindexter 's chief lawyer , Richard W. Beckler , stated that his client would appeal against the conviction and would " keep fighting it as long and as hard as we can " . |
| 18 | Mark trains every day as long and as hard as any able-bodied athlete . |
| 19 | For example , in the first quarter of the 19th century , the county 's population ranged between 85,000 and 100,000 and as late as 1860 was still under 200,000 . |
| 20 | But any time between eleven and fourteen is ‘ normal ’ , although some girls may start as early as nine or ten or as late as fifteen or sixteen . |
| 21 | In general , it was apparent that as far as possible different regions of the country ( with the exception of East Anglia and the South West ) were to gain at least one designation . |
| 22 | It is , therefore , essential that as soon as possible after installation , this program is run on all LIFESPAN processes for which the HARDCOPY FORMATTER has been run prior to this issue of LIFESPAN . |
| 23 | Mr makes there was an under , enumeration of figures and that has been made clear in the reply the reply is quite clear about the basis on which the structure plan is being promulgated and the total projected total population in two thousand and six regards the historical data , that should be taken , as far as I 'm concerned , as matters of fact , will of course not be absolutely accurate and as far as projected data is concerned all that we can do any of us can do is to try and make the best estimates possible and I am satisfied that our officers will have done that . |
| 24 | For all the rhetoric of a ‘ classless ’ society , of enabling people ‘ to rise as far and as fast as they can ’ , to quote John Major 's first speech to the new parliament , the reality remains of a nation in which inherited wealth and privilege , and institutionalised power or authority , matter far more than what individuals make of themselves . |
| 25 | But then another gunshot sounded , much closer than the first and as loud as thunder overhead . |
| 26 | They wanted to see it happy and successful and as far as possible united . |
| 27 | Signs of this were evident at Christmas and , happily , at Easter , too , Not only did Channel 4 go out in peak time with Granada 's king Lear on Easter Monday but also had the bright idea of showing us on that day , in Are you having any fun ? archive material demonstrating how the British had determinedly convinced themselves they were enjoying themselves as long ago as 1896 and as lately as 1964 . |
| 28 | There is the last and as far as Kylie is concerned most convincing theory , that the stories are the product of small minded , talentless types who can never achieve fame in their own right . |
| 29 | I do n't want to speak ill of the dead but as far as the work was concerned I have to say that he wo n't be missed . ’ |