Example sentences of "[adj] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |
| 2 | I know what it 's like these days — we 're all stretched as far as we can go ’ — he sighed — ‘ but I 've had a little think and I see a way round it for you . |
| 3 | More than a decade ago you could have chosen the best nylon line from those manufactured as easily as sifting maggots from casters , there were so few good ones and so many bad ones . |
| 4 | Although UPH agreed to purchase the site in November 1988 and did not complete the purchase until August 1989 , we have learned that the idea of it becoming a site for Telecom 's HQ was first mooted as early as April ‘ 89 . |
| 5 | The mitigation of the law was at first carried so far as to sacrifice that object , said J.S. Mill . |
| 6 | is the traditional cheese of Wales , although it was first made as recently as the 1880s . |
| 7 | This issue was first raised as early as 1941 , and by 1943–4 had become a subject of major concern for the British government , aware that unless rules were laid down in advance , the United States would use its enormous wealth , undamaged industrial capability , and the advantages obtained during the war years to drive Britain and other countries off the international air routes . |
| 8 | The Mulberry idea was first suggested as early as 1942 and Naval parties made repeated night crossings to take soundings and measurements from which charts were prepared for various landing sites . |