Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv] as [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have to learn a lot of different skills , and also in business nothing happens unless you 're good at organizing teams , so businessmen often get good at working with people , which is , I think , a hugely important experience so far as helping people to grow up is concerned . |
| 2 | Having an excellent harbour , Vancouver was a sportsman 's paradise so far as swimming , fishing , and boating were concerned , and while I have never claimed prowess in the water or in angling I have found pleasure on a boat , provided that boat was big enough — big enough that is , for me to sit comfortably on deck , preferably with a drink in hand , and watch the world go by . |
| 3 | This is why changing the voice of the verb in 9a from active to passive — which has the effect of interchanging the valency slots that the noun phrases occupy — removes the anomaly as effectively as replacing see or table . |
| 4 | If , instead of acting physically , the adult names the object — ‘ dolly ’ — the child is likely to interpret the vocalisation not only as referring to the object , but as a description of the ‘ doll ’ as an entity ( Ninio and Bruner 1978 ) . |
| 5 | We can think of the electron not only as going through both slits but also as following paths both direct and indirect , moving both rapidly and slowly . |
| 6 | The process is technically demanding and time-consuming , to say the least , and puts WABI behind the eight ball as far as staying current with Windows development , a situation Microsoft is likely to exploit . |
| 7 | So also Daniel , walking with Stephanie on Filey beach , had suddenly , out of some metaphorical experience as bodily as breathing , known why love was called " sweet " and , as his blood banged , why a beloved was a " sweet heart " . |
| 8 | The Thatched House Society saw their role not only as releasing debtors but making sure they never had to rescue them again . |
| 9 | Colin Webley ( 36 ) is another newcomer as far as playing is concerned , although many of you will know him as the chap who did sterling work in the tea hut last season . |
| 10 | BTW the season as far as scoring concerned started on Dec 27 . |
| 11 | The Letterewe estate is run as a wilderness area and not as a commercial estate — this is an immense boon as far as preserving the beauty of the area is concerned . |
| 12 | Lawyers are adamant about the need to remain independent of the state so far as licensing for practice is concerned . |
| 13 | And we did a lot of experimentation as far as going for certain guitar sounds and stuff like that . |
| 14 | It is our belief — shared by a number of retailers — that Christmas will prove to be yet another false dawn as far as reawakening consumer confidence is concerned . |
| 15 | ‘ Lots of times I think a president seems so out of your league as far as knowing somebody . |
| 16 | Now er they are then in a situation perhaps often those people who are er less financially well off and sometimes in jobs which this particular might very well lose tomorrow erm their in a difficult situation as far as paying back mortgages is concerned . |
| 17 | Sometimes a wave can express gratitude as successfully as saying ‘ Thanks ’ . |
| 18 | Harold is a very good prime minister as far as taking the Cabinet goes . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're very much old school as far as playing 's concerned , ’ reckons Robert . |
| 20 | These new committees have greatly strengthened the House so far as controlling the Executive is concerned . |
| 21 | ‘ And he set us on a new track as far as putting human rights violations in a political context was concerned . |
| 22 | By this means of marketing , Stoddard regard all the European and Scandinavian markets as merely an extension of the home market as far as pricing , selling and marketing are concerned . |