Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [conj] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serve as soon as possible to retain the flavour . |
| 2 | Sally sat with her hands folded in her lap , squinting down to make sure her blouse was done up properly and embarrassed to meet Edward 's eyes . |
| 3 | A good colourist is like a juggler with ten balls in the air at once and able to catch them all . |
| 4 | The seller is probably at least as anxious to sell as you are to buy . |
| 5 | 1988 ; Northam , 1988 ) , it is at least as plausible to see these as a reactive response to rising crime and disorder , as the spontaneous cause of them . |
| 6 | All of them at least as concerned to limit the damage as to assist the inquiry . |
| 7 | There are those who claim that canvassing the votes of the electorate is a waste of time : that they are at least as likely to vote for you if you leave them alone as they are if you go round and bother them at night . |
| 8 | The terrorist is normally a person who , as such , risks death either by his own weapons or in the commission of his act , and is at least as likely to court what he might regard as a martyr 's or patriot 's death as to be deterred by it . |