Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as it would " in BNC.
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| 1 | This first period then must be considered as being completely ‘ godless ’ in so far as it would be able to provide any kind of being that could fulfil the human need for a ‘ god ’ . |
| 2 | Richard Needham , it was said , is only interested in appearing to develop the area in so far as it would assist him in his fight against ‘ terrorism ’ . |
| 3 | Husameddin 's circumstantial statement that Molla Fenari passed Ramadan 821 in the Zayniyya medrese in Cairo presumably derives from some source and , if true , would to some degree strengthen the case for Husameddin 's interpretation of the signature in so far as it would show that Molla Fenari did leave unusually early for the pilgrimage which he did not in fact make until 822 . |
| 4 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 5 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 6 | Now , I conceive that a plan of the kind which I have sketched … would answer the purpose , and more especially as it would give the honour due to the focus of all our liberties , of that regulated freedom which we hope will overspread the world . |
| 7 | The client must consent in writing to his money being placed in such an account after a proper opportunity to consider that information ; ( 8 ) If the firm has any ground ( other than the absence of an acknowledgement as described above ) for believing that client money held in a particular bank account outside the UK will not be protected as effectively as it would be if held in a free money bank account in the UK ; ( 9 ) If the firm proposes not to pay interest on client money in accordance with the client money regulations . |
| 8 | For instance , a very good way is to make everything you do take twice as long as it would normally take you . |
| 9 | Some of the boys followed and we went down into the basement and I turned the phonograph on as loud as it would play . |
| 10 | The terminals worked on a line by line basis , with the screen information scrolling upwards just as it would on a teleprinter roll . |
| 11 | Luckily , the bus was n't going as quickly as it would have had there been no traffic , but it was still doing twenty-odd mph . |
| 12 | There the nectar does not evaporate as quickly as it would if it were in a more exposed position . |
| 13 | The members of the tribunal should not have any other personal interest in the proceedings ( though on an exchange that is of its nature run by practitioners , this requirement may not be treated as strictly as it would in an ordinary law court ) . |
| 14 | He lighted his cigar , puffed furiously , sank back in his seat , as far as it would allow him to , and stared fixedly through the windscreen , already lightly furred with snow . |
| 15 | He squatted down and propped it against a clump of little bushes , pulling up the aerial as far as it would go . |
| 16 | The man , who had winched his seat back as far as it would go , lay beside her , staring up through the sunroof at the sky which was now a pure and empty blue . |
| 17 | Tommy Grant placed the big , round , iron , copper-lined sugar pan on the side of the stove , straightened his back as far as it would go ; then , turning to the bench , he pointed to the five tin trays of liquid toffee , saying , ‘ That should give us a fresh start in the mornin' , miss . |
| 18 | So far from abandoning our folly , we started pushing it as far as it would go . |
| 19 | I put my tongue out at them as far as it would go . |
| 20 | His chair was tilted back as far as it would go . |
| 21 | ANDF does not change the fundamental constructs of software , and data can move between applications on different machines as far as it would ordinarily be able to do . |
| 22 | He brought back his foot as far as it would go and channelled all its hydraulic power into a forceful throw . |
| 23 | He slipped the matchbox under the netting and pushed it back as far as it would go . |
| 24 | She straightened , stretching her neck as far as it would go , meeting his eyes , if not levelly , at least unwaveringly , as he answered , ‘ A romantic go-between is someone who helps set up romantic meetings . |
| 25 | Erlich had the passenger seat as far back as it would go and he still shifted his weight about as if he needed another six inches of leg-room . |
| 26 | Morris typed throughout the morning , driving the carriage of the department 's battered portable along with his two hammering fingers just about as fast as it would go . |
| 27 | The answer to the first question determines how the second should be answered , he argues , for if a recognised morality is crucial to the continued existence of society ( and this is clearly what he is arguing ) , then just as it would use the law to safeguard any other essential part of its structure , so ‘ society has a prima facie right to legislate against immorality as such ’ . |
| 28 | Ministers will meet on the day the Oxford Economic Forecasting group warned the Chancellor against relaxing interest rates too quickly as it would ‘ store up problems for the future ’ . |