Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 2 | The railways aroused an even greater opposition for this as well as for numerous other reasons , and not only among those who quietly enjoyed the amenities of a large estate . |
| 3 | I suppose he thought of that as well as of everything else . |
| 4 | You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business . |
| 5 | Wheeler Dealer Ltd will post the Offer Document on behalf of Anglo-Welsh as soon as practicable . |
| 6 | I imagine you have to secure one of these as soon as it comes on the market . ’ |
| 7 | 2.1.2 " Building documents " means the plans drawings specifications and other documents relating to the Works which are listed in the third Schedule The tenant should have sight of these as soon as possible to ensure that they are in accordance with its understanding of what has been agreed . |
| 8 | Put another way , she had been plucked and prepared for meetings like this as carefully as a goose is dressed for the oven . |
| 9 | If your army includes six to ten Trolls these may be organised into either one unit or into two as near as possible equally sized units . |
| 10 | If your army includes six to ten Snotling bases these may be organised into either one unit or into two as near as possible equally sized units . |
| 11 | So far as the law of affray is concerned , the provision in section 3(5) that the offence may be committed in private as well as in public states the existing law on the point , and arguably ‘ corrects the error ’ that had crept in to the law a century or so earlier . |
| 12 | In connection particularly with the second inquiry , will the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind the fact that we have children in private as well as in local authority homes , all of which need to be looked into quickly ? |
| 13 | Twelve subjects were individually given a four-consonant sequence and an arbitrary number to count backwards from in threes as fast as they could before they were given the signal . |
| 14 | He too had been strictly brought up but seems to have shrugged off his mother 's influence in that as easily as he resisted her attempts to make him a practising Jew . |
| 15 | This belief not only increases the beneficial effects of the specific therapy but also helps him to become more confident in general as well as in his ability to change anything about himself or his life that he does not like . |
| 16 | Further criticism of the USA in this respect was made ( i ) by the EC in particular as well as by the above three countries at a meeting on July 3 of the GATT Surveillance Body , a constituent body of the TNC ( see above ) ; and ( ii ) by the 26 member countries of the Latin American Economic System ( SELA ) on Aug. 3 at a ministerial meeting in Cartagena ( Colombia ) for having identified six countries ( Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Mexico and Venezuela ) as not providing adequate protection for IPRs . |
| 17 | The countdown begins in earnest as early as October . |
| 18 | The crucial matter , of course , is to open the doors to 92 as quickly as possible . |
| 19 | The fire has cut production by half , but the firm says it 's determined to get output back to normal as soon as possible . |
| 20 | If you can soften your water then it will be easy enough to acidify it using peat filtration ; if you do n't soften your water then the dissolved salts will buffer it back to neutral/alkaline as fast as you try to acidify it . |
| 21 | If you can soften your water then it will be easy enough to acidify it using peat filtration ; if you do n't soften your water then the dissolved salts will buffer it back to neutral/alkaline as fast as you try to acidify it . |
| 22 | On behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ therefore , I would like to ask the Highways Department if they could attend to this as soon as possible . |
| 23 | One of the particular benefits of receiving such an accolade as Scotmedia Magazine 's Best Scottish Business Magazine 1993 is that it gives the chance to pay tribute to the hard work of the people you see listed in the blue panel adjacent to this as well as of the contributors and others instrumental in our success . |
| 24 | The financial problems of the elderly differ from one person to another as widely as do their health problems , so it is not possible to lay down any hard and fast rules , or to produce any magical solutions . |
| 25 | I would be grateful if you could take action on this as soon as possible . |
| 26 | Should you make a written request for a change in your payment arrangements , we will act on this as promptly as possible and where we are unable to comply with your request , we will send a full response within 10 working days . |
| 27 | Then came the snow and she had to stay in and watch from the window how it piled up against the water butt , how it lay like a blanket along the sills , how it changed the distance from bluey brown to white as far as you could see . |
| 28 | The new deal says that the number of hours worked , as opposed to those on duty , should be reduced to 60 as soon as practicable . |
| 29 | It is very important that we look at this as soon as possible . |
| 30 | No cover at all as far as we know . ’ |