Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some , the parade before the public is a source of extreme satisfaction to their vanity , but all the preliminaries that go before the parade are so much drudgeries that irritate , and are completed as hastily as possible . |
| 2 | The voices have been heard as far as the race track or right at the other end of the town , depending on which way the wind is blowing . |
| 3 | If Richard Herrnstein ( ’ IQ encounters with the press ’ , 28 April , p 230 ) has been treated as shabbily as he says by American newspapers , that is unforgivable . |
| 4 | ‘ Farthingdales are struggling as hard as Chester 's in the current market . |
| 5 | A broadside written towards the end of the 1680s defended the Church of England against the charge that their stress on obedience and subjection had been pressed so far as " to set up arbitrary Power , and the Will of the Prince , above Law " . |
| 6 | The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned . |
| 7 | These syllabuses have been developed as far as possible in common with the HND in Business Studies . |
| 8 | Lee Jackson has been competing very well as hooker and deserves another chance . |
| 9 | Extra-Statutory Concession D2 has also been amended as far as an individual is concerned so that it does not apply to a settlor of a resident or non-resident " settlor-interested " settlement . |
| 10 | International discussion is eased if they are distinguished as far as possible . |
| 11 | A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill . |
| 12 | Linda , Christy , Cindy , Claudia , Yasmeen , Naomi ; their names are dropped as casually as cigarette butts in a pavement cafe . |
| 13 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 14 | With the support of regional legal officers and a set of guidelines and codes of practice , we ask the solicitors to abide by regional secretaries ensuring that cases are pursued as forcefully as possible with the members interests uppermost at all stages . |
| 15 | John Boys in his Agriculture of the County of Kent 1794 , tells us that hop poles are the chief article which make woods valuable in this part of the country , there being not only local demand but the poles are carried as far as Maidstone and beyond , the planters preferring the poles grown on the hills to those of quicker growth . |
| 16 | Not only do the results have no bearing on rankings — and therefore do not matter — but they are forgotten so far as historical records are concerned almost before the players have walked off the court . |
| 17 | The impulse here had been to establish as securely as possible the stability of the field by identifying an essential and continuous Englishness which was equally present in such disparate forms as Anglo-Saxon poetry and the modern novel . |
| 18 | Such arrangements have for some time been permitted so long as clients are fully informed of the nature of the company and the profits go to the firm . |
| 19 | They are expected so far as practicable to make decisions on benefit entitlement within 14 days , but this time limit is frequently exceeded . |
| 20 | A Security Council vote to enforce its no-fly zone declaration had been expected as early as yesterday but it was postponed because of arduous negotiations over a final text , including the grace period before shoot-down or other orders could be issued . |
| 21 | Quite stiff for the grade , with several moves that leave you wondering if you are climbing as well as you thought ! |
| 22 | Some of these matters clearly fall within the ‘ good neighbour ’ concept , ’ while others are based on the principle that compensation is not to be paid merely because maximum exploitation has been prevented so long as development of a reasonably remunerative character is allowed . |
| 23 | The few non-users of search , however , are seen not only as good at training people but also keeping them . |
| 24 | Within the discourse of the Report , utilitarian and vocational education are seen not only as inadequate vehicles for the effective " cultural nationalization " of the working and lower middle classes , but also as positively dangerous to the extent that they generate unfulfilled cultural and economic expectations . |
| 25 | Things are stirred up enough as they are , do n't you think ? |
| 26 | In seeking ways in which planning procedures could be made more efficient , the committee noted that ‘ not all authorities are operating as efficiently as they might ’ and the greatest scope for improvement lay in assisting all authorities to reach the standard set by the best . |
| 27 | Reducing possible misunderstanding or confusion by ensuring that tasks requiring vision are presented as clearly as possible both in terms of the materials themselves and the way in which explanations and directions are given will be a great help not only to pupils with defective vision but also to their classmates . |
| 28 | Larger and smaller weights than the gram are built up exactly as they were in the system of length measurement , so that again the table of weights follows the place values of number and decimals . |
| 29 | So far all the preparations had been made as discreetly as possible , under cover of darkness , but now the moment he most dreaded was approaching , the moment when the sepoys would realize that a retreat was taking place and would launch their attack . |
| 30 | And anyway , a few minutes studying the front panel should begin the information digestion process , and Boogie 's operating manual has been written so simply as to lead even the most nervous neophyte through the mire unscathed . |