Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Witchcraft and sorcery , which in any case few other cultures distinguish as sharply as the Zande , are not the only mystical responses to the experience of affliction in tense relationships . |
| 2 | Brown and McCormick 's skuas and Wilson 's petrels fly as far as temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere . |
| 3 | Some schools go as far as appointing a press officer from amongst the staff or the governors . |
| 4 | She squeezed her eyes shut as tightly as possible . |
| 5 | She thought that she never wanted to sleep with Jim again , that the bonds of love were snares and that she must at all costs leave as early as possible the next morning and never come back . |
| 6 | Up until the final minutes the jokes fly as fast as sniper 's bullets . |
| 7 | In this case too , by maximizing their caring role , males ensure as far as possible that their young are ‘ got off ’ successfully . |
| 8 | And I want the explosives set as soon as possible . |
| 9 | The screens of our word-machines glow as serenely as illuminated manuscripts . |
| 10 | In summertime trains run as often as every ten minutes taking holiday-makers through to the popular resort . |
| 11 | This distinction applies to the things that men make as well as to the actions which men perform . |
| 12 | Few infant mammals grow as quickly as an elephant seal pup . |
| 13 | Our hospitals are so short of cash thanks to the shortsightedness of the Government that it 's a wonder hospitals function as well as they do . |
| 14 | The men talk as cheerfully as ever ; jests are bandied about freely ; but to me the cheer is sombre and jests are ghastly . ’ |
| 15 | The little manor-house at Cadhay stands near at hand in the Ottery meadows , and more distant views reach as far as the great hill-fort at Hembury , built on a commanding spur of land in the late Iron Age . |
| 16 | Once again , the wisecracks fly as fast as the bullets — and are just as deadly . |
| 17 | The gags fly as fast as the bullets . |
| 18 | That is why so many ‘ start up ’ schemes finish as early as they do . |
| 19 | ‘ You got to keep going when you find 'em , ’ he continued , ‘ the little buggers disappear as fast as they come . ’ |
| 20 | Private worlds , whether they are families or voluntary societies , turn out to be delusory sources of personal freedom : disillusionment and hopelessness follow behind the many human philosophies and religious ideas that modern men and women discard as carelessly as consumer toys . |
| 21 | Fortunately , not all curtain walls last as long as Eternit . |