Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All you need do is have a lift-up lid instead of a solid base or shelves added under the actual seat part and you have immediately doubled the usefulness of the piece as well as gained some footage . |
| 2 | Josiah Wedgwood built his fortune on tea as surely as did investors in the East India Company . |
| 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 | It is very important that you visit and write to or phone your child as regularly as agreed . |
| 5 | Like every other class and institution , the nobility was tested in the crisis of 1808 and the French invasion : it does not seem to have failed in this test as completely as has been asserted . |
| 6 | Consultations at the highest political level shall take place as often as required , and at least once a year . |
| 7 | Already in November 1941 , the SD was reporting ‘ disappointment that the final smashing of Bolshevism is not taking place as rapidly as hoped and that no end of the eastern campaign is in sight ’ , a dampening of optimism at the news of the first falls of snow and the feeling that further advancement might be extremely difficult , puzzlement at the failure to advance further when the Russian troops were allegedly so poor and so badly equipped , concern at the reports of continued tough resistance of the Soviet army , and pessimism that ‘ the way to the Urals was still a long one , and the partisan war could still last a good while ’ . |
| 8 | For Christie 's , such sales help raise our European profile as well as assert London as an international centre of the art market . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If the mother or anyone else connected with the birthing process shows any signs of lack of trust , anxiety , fear , pain , etc. take one dose as often as needed , perhaps as often as every 10 minutes , of Rescue Remedy ( one of the Bach Flower remedies ) . |
| 11 | A possible framework for comprehensive assessment is offered through the concepts of quality of life and risk : two related , multidimensional concepts which can be translated into statements of purpose and scope as well as broken down into the factors which constitute quality of life and risk . |
| 12 | The discovery that he will have to master house-training as well as overcome serious temperament problems makes it a difficult task . |
| 13 | Even the black goat and the white cock sacrificed in our hull for a safe and speedy passage now began to haunt us every bit as solemnly as did the ghosts of our investors in London . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | Both Valse triste and the ‘ Berceuse ’ from The Tempest are no doubt glamorized but powerfully felt , and in the ‘ Berceuse ’ Stokowski evokes the magical atmosphere of Prospero 's island as powerfully as did Beecham ( EMI , 7/90 ) . |
| 16 | To deny mothers the opportunity to pursue a useful career as well as bring up their children is wasting their talents . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | " I want you to experience the news as well as read it , " Ron Evans used to say . |
| 19 | Stead , a Congregationalist , and the son and brother of Congregational ministers , had gained fame for his ‘ new journalism ’ , in which newspapers ‘ made ’ news as well as reported it . |
| 20 | BTW the season as far as scoring concerned started on Dec 27 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , he not only refuses his tithes but seems to have a source of wealth which enables him to distribute alms , to mend the church as well as have it painted and refurbished . ’ |
| 23 | Mick disapproved of Memet as strongly as did the rest of her family , but Memet either did n't know or did n't care . |
| 24 | And we did a lot of experimentation as far as going for certain guitar sounds and stuff like that . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ Lots of times I think a president seems so out of your league as far as knowing somebody . |
| 27 | The Profitboss , whatever his job , builds up over the years a wide range of contacts to whom he gives assistance and with whom he exchanges information as well as completes mutually beneficial business deals . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She says we are looking for people who can pull a crowd as well as have a bit of fun . |
| 30 | Sometimes a wave can express gratitude as successfully as saying ‘ Thanks ’ . |