Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have had a word with Swan and he has agreed to become your personal private aeroplane for just as long as you remain small enough to fly on his back . ’ |
| 2 | At the Bull & Gate , next door to the Town & Country Club in London 's Kentish Town , the management has been promoting pub rock in a back room with adjoining outer bar for almost as long as the form has existed . |
| 3 | EMERGENCY ambulance services face serious deterioration from today as officers join the overtime ban amid calls to tighten industrial action . |
| 4 | Yet to convince you that the claim I have made in my last paragraph is justifiable would require a full-length monograph at least as long as my Political Systems of Highland Burma which is itself a fair-sized and relevant monograph entirely devoted to the affairs of the Kachin . |
| 5 | There are plenty of good coaches about just as there are a multitude of nice misguided types who seek to portray themselves through other people over and over again . |
| 6 | I know a few good boozers over there as it 'appens . |
| 7 | Some teams have made great progress : if well organised they can screen diabetic patients at least as well as outpatient clinics . |
| 8 | ‘ We often have famous people in here as we have a good location , ’ says the store manager of the recently opened Kings Road branch . |
| 9 | He feels he has a lot to say and wants to do a serious in depth interview dealing with The Smiths current position as well as certain endeavours he 's been involved in . ’ |
| 10 | Censorship will continue to threaten Britain 's lesbian and gay communities from within as well as from without . |
| 11 | The attack took place about two miles beyond Johannesburg 's southern suburbs at 7.30am as commuters were streaming to work and mothers were delivering children to school . |
| 12 | Sales Express , a firm of computerized auctioneers , has experienced unparalleled growth of late as the marketplace has become flooded with goods from companies that have gone into receivership . |
| 13 | The DOS environment can now handle mixed data at least as well , but has not yet achieved comparable market penetration , due in part to brand loyalty . |
| 14 | Many landowners feared for their immediate financial position as well as their ultimate physical security . |
| 15 | The new low aspect ratio keels have been specially designed to give the maximum lift to windward as well as allowing the boat to creep into shallow lagoons and creeks where she can dry out without any difficulty thus opening up previously unexplored regions throughout the world . |
| 16 | Watercolour ‘ is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century ’ , reports RICHARD S TAYLOR , as he sets out to paint a timeworn French townscape . |
| 17 | The spontaneity of watercolour painting is , I believe , most conducive to recording this type of scene , where fleeting effects of moving light can be captured with a few quick washes and blots , and is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century . |
| 18 | Watercolour ‘ is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century ’ , reports RICHARD S TAYLOR , as he sets out to paint a timeworn French townscape . |
| 19 | The spontaneity of watercolour painting is , I believe , most conducive to recording this type of scene , where fleeting effects of moving light can be captured with a few quick washes and blots , and is as valuable in recording the urban landscapes of today as it was for the rural watercolourists of the 19th century . |