Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 which we can be sure , or think we can be sure , of biological connection is always very narrow ; but sociological kinship , which depends only on our willingness to slot individuals into particular verbal categories , can be extended as far as we like , or rather as far as local convention requires , and that may be thousands of miles and include many thousands of individuals .
2 This follows the ethic pursued in the conversion of similarly old city-centre premises in New York of leaving exteriors more or less alone so as not to attract attention .
3 So they can expect to live more or less as long as any , as , as , as any woman does .
4 I was hoping to see Laura Channing alone , or as near alone as we could get in that hullaballoo .
5 Documentary evidence , such as a letter from a bank , must be sent with your application form , or as soon after as possible .
6 Almost the most enjoyable thing of all is Lewis 's ability to find traces of the ‘ old world ’ — beliefs which go back to Isadore of Seville or Macrobius or even as far as Plato — surviving in the pages of Fielding , Johnson or Wordsworth .
7 However , while the nature of the effect of feedback on gain is similar for each circuit arrangement , occurrence of a decreased or increased gain simply depending on whether the feedback is negative or positive , the character of the effect of feedback on the input and output impedance depends on whether the relevant circuit connection is series or parallel as well as on whether the feedback is negative or positive .
8 This example of practical remembrance is paralleled in our other welfare facilities — at Sussexdown and Richard Peack House and the Eagle Lodges — and perhaps most importantly as we reach out through our Honorary Welfare Officers and out members to find and to help individuals in need .
9 Rothbury ceased to be clerk of the council when he was appointed a justice of the court of King 's Bench in 1295 , but he remained clerk of Parliament till at least 1307 and perhaps as late as 1314 .
10 The environmental conditions with which the system is in equilibrium may shift , and only so long as the equilibrium can be set at new and workable positions can the species survive .
11 Citizens of the United Kingdom do , however , have an individual right of access to the European enforcement agencies whether Her Majesty 's government likes it or not , so long that is , and only so long as that government continues to accede to the Convention and the jurisdiction of the machinery which it establishes .
12 For the individualist , the central task is to understand individuals as agents , and thus as far as possible to understand the social world as the outcome of options and choices taken and made by particular actors .
13 His car was likened to a bullet … and just as effectively as a bullet he killed five people .
14 Traditionally , organisations are constructed pyramidally , with a hierarchy most powerful at the top and progressively less so as the pyramid spreads downwards .
15 ‘ Of course it was — and damned thoroughly too as you can see . ’
16 The apparent extension of the effects of the collision of the Indian and Eurasian Plates to much of central and eastern Asia , and possibly as far as the Baikal Rift ( Fig. 3.21 ) , in fact indicates that the consequences of plate interaction need not necessarily be confined to plate margins .
17 Commerce was the raison d'être of the Old Town and possibly as early as the 10C it embraced a huge mix of nationalities .
18 It had come half way up the bunk , and nearly as far as Willis 's blankets .
19 Play the harlot ( 1 ) : they did so literally and also as far as religion was concerned .
20 When they were ready , send a messenger back to bring over the remainder , who would endeavour to ride on and past as silently as possible and form the barrier between town and castle .
21 Paul Lane was driving , and far too fast as was his wont .
22 Er we could you let us have a letter to that effect , address it to the panel secretary and really as soon as possible .
23 I want at the end erm , Chairman to give you my views of what is meant by er , an integrated and balanced community because I think that 's that 's quite important , but before I do that , I 'd like to mop up one or two er points right at the end in response to some of the contributions that have been made , and I 'll deal with them , Wincup , Curtis , Brook , er and Thomas , if that 's acceptable er to you , and really as far as Mr Wincup is concerned , he 's quite properly raised the issue of procedural issues about how the Greater York authorities is going to address moving towards er an agreed location , and quite clearly I 've got to reaffirm again that the County Council will want to look at both the greenbelt local plan report and your panel report before er it moves erm er forward or looks at any conclusions it may be moving to in the light of those er in the light of those reports , and quite clearly , as we all know , there are a number of options .
24 They were not , they were not dispensed with , well one could look back in seventy eight and say retrospectively how that process could have been started considerably earlier , er the honourable gentleman knows perfectly well that er as the Maastricht bill was winding its way through here it was n't really practical to run this but indeed the processes were started before the governing legislation was on the statute book and I quite understand why honourable gentlemen opposite wish to make their party points , particularly those particularly those who were not in the house in seventy eight which er does n't I think apply to the honourable gentleman from from Birmingham , when he knows perfectly well that the same kind of machinery is used now was used then and it was used as fairly and as honestly and as completely impartially as the time allowed .
25 What was long ago fished for from Saint-Jean , as from Biarritz , was whales , from as early as the eleventh century and as far away as Newfoundland .
26 Very similar deposits are known in Greenland , which might be expected from drifting arguments , but they are also known in other parts of Europe and as far away as Brazil , China and Australia .
27 Bringing together paintings , photographs and sculptures by artists from Europe , America and as far afield as Anguilla , who , through their work examine the role and nature of commercial sexual representation .
28 Gloucester has always been an important centre for the water-borne movement of goods , its quays dating back many centuries , and as far back as anyone can trace , the Severn has been used for both the import and export of a multitude of commodities .
29 Turn back through the pages of ancient history books on Venice and as far back as the year 1740 you will find tell of a friendly hostelry providing a refuge to weary travellers on this hotel 's site .
30 And now suddenly just as soon as I come to form twos they 've taken that away .
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