Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dada accepted all the changes at Deer Forest , not so much apathetically as with genuine indifference . |
| 2 | While the Panel does not fall squarely within this category of body , its activities are considered by the courts to be sufficiently similar so as to be subject to judicial review . |
| 3 | This is a small town of some character , a historic strong point standing up above the Gave , in which there are competitions in summer to catch the surviving salmon , no longer so abundant here as in the good medieval days . |
| 4 | Here are to be found squares and terraces as distinguished architecturally as in other British cities , and shopping streets which have been precincted and pedestrianised . |
| 5 | But in 1914 I wanted to be purely English so as to be able to offer myself untainted to Lily . |
| 6 | Appreciably bigger than Skipton , High Wycombe , as the leading town of Buckinghamshire , contained a solid merchant class which made per capita wealth there half as high again as in the villages of the Chilterns where really rich men were thin on the ground . |
| 7 | However , I quite enjoyed describing the horrors of my creation , and shared with Edward Young , the architect , his revulsion for the hideous house , covered in peeling stucco , as chilling within as without . |
| 8 | As workmen are just as skilful now as at the turn of the century , it is almost impossible to distinguish a recently produced bronze from one cast during the artist 's lifetime , the Syndicat spokesman said . |
| 9 | Preventative action is as viable here as for fire hazards . |
| 10 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 11 | And if a work as trite , foolish and offensive to women as Now , Voyager should , after 40 years , remain as watchable today as on its initial release , when equally feeble plays and novels from the same period have vanished into a limbo of neglect from which they can never be retrieved , it is a tribute less to the very questionable ‘ artistry ’ of its writer and director than to the enduring fascination of its leading actress . |
| 12 | No wonder there are 23,000 lawyers in Greece , nearly three times as many proportionately as in Italy or Spain . |
| 13 | The proofreading seems not to be as accurate here as in the rest of the book , and there are some flaws in the details concerning the manuscripts and the discussion of the settings . |
| 14 | When later on she went down to the sea she felt almost as cheerful again as in pre-Andrée days . |
| 15 | The fun of Nicolai 's merry wife is just as characterful here as in the more familiar 1932 recording ( EMI , 10/88 ) and the Marschallin 's monologue has already profound understanding in its variety of shading and warmth of affection . |
| 16 | ‘ Of course , ’ said the old man , ‘ since the telephone and mains sewage , one is as modern here as in Paris . ’ |
| 17 | The house is as attractive inside as without . |
| 18 | There are observations of the House of Lords in Hunter v. Hunter to the effect that accordingly the transfer is wholly void even as between the transferor and transferee . |
| 19 | It is one of the advantages of this balance lift , that an increase of rise is relatively immaterial both as to the time required to make the ascent or descent and as to the cost of the parts . |