Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] as [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ministry of propaganda did what it could to play down such disasters and tried for as long as possible to preserve the illusion that they were not important , but Fascism now began to lose a lot of its popular support . |
| 2 | I can see that I 'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . ’ |
| 3 | I 've always wanted to get as stoned as quickly as possible to enjoy the evening at the end of a working day . |
| 4 | It would be wrong morally , as well as dangerous to propound a scheme that lessens the standard of living . |
| 5 | A lesser young man would almost certainly have been laughed at and called a big-head , but Michael had already shown us that , in spite of the clowning off set at work , he was a ‘ pro ’ , disciplined as well as talented , and quick as well as anxious to learn . ’ |
| 6 | Obviously , it would be shortsighted as well as unfair to suggest that action taking place entirely within the school system is powerful enough to eradicate undesirable gender-based stereotypes . |
| 7 | For each person is unique and it is useless as well as mistaken to try to be someone else . |