Example sentences of "[adj] as [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The financial problems of the elderly differ from one person to another as widely as do their health problems , so it is not possible to lay down any hard and fast rules , or to produce any magical solutions . |
| 2 | The van Goghs must have been relieved as well as saddened when their rumbling volcano of a son departed . |
| 3 | So it 's not a lot of lot of bother the only thing is that i you got ta drive in town rather than drive on country lanes to get to the main roads little bit more dangerous as far as getting caught is concerned ha ! |
| 4 | I got a room in the inn , and despite the windiness of the house and the army of earwigs that people it , I was very snug : a friend who has been there in winter gives amusing particulars regarding the draughts that are vocal as well as felt in this palace of the winds ; he found it necessary to nail up his bed-room windows with many plies of blanket , and thus to allow day and night to glide unnoted past , for all was dark — yet were not the breathings of the winds hushed ! |
| 5 | Hopefully , it should see many forms of cancer treatable as simply as popping into hopsital for minor surgery . |
| 6 | Hopefully , it should see many forms of cancer treatable as simply as popping into hospital for minor surgery . |
| 7 | Once the observer decides that the mismatch of intended and actual activities is negative rather than positive as far as helping the children to learn is concerned , he will need to identify where modification is necessary . |