Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [subord] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house is fairly modest as stately homes go but I knew the gardens were outstanding as soon as I glimpsed them . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it must be supposed that there were economic as well as social inducements to the policies of expansion beyond the West Frankish frontiers pursued by the dukes of Normandy , Aquitaine , and even Burgundy , as well as by the counts of Toulouse , Flanders , and for brief periods Blois and Anjou . |
| 3 | But there were economic as well as cultural imperatives . |
| 4 | Mike said that the chemicals involved were mobile as well as being potent and their ability is a potential explanation for lack of results in the Council 's study . |
| 5 | Instability was common in the those who were unobstructed as well as those were obstructed , and we felt that really clinical evaluation alone may not be enough to suggest who needs surgery and who does n't . |
| 6 | Communications were lateral as well as vertical . |
| 7 | Its roots were personal as well as political . |
| 8 | She reached her parents who were bewildered as well as worried . |
| 9 | Forster once wrote to me that he knew Ivy 's characters were good as well as clever ; they are a great deal better than anyone in his books . |
| 10 | She must write a note to each of them to tell them the families were safe as soon as they were all accounted for . |
| 11 | The letter from the Commission that drew the 1992 regulations to the attention of chief executives highlighted one area where they were incomplete as soon as they were published . |
| 12 | That weekend is also memorable for something Dana said to me in the train on the way back to Salamanca : ‘ I knew you were gay as soon as I saw you that morning in the galleria . ’ |
| 13 | The orphans were hungry as well as tired , and the first thing they did when they got to the disused school in Malvern where they 'll be based was to tuck into a slap-up meal . |
| 14 | Britain had extensive non-European links to the Empire-Commonwealth , which were practical as well as emotional . |
| 15 | And ratios of four to one were common as well as in China and other places erm , even in the middle ages in this country there is evidence that the sex ratio was quite seriously skewed er in favour of males and away from females . |
| 16 | A clear head and diplomacy were vital as well as endless patience . |
| 17 | Outwardly , she had recovered her composure but her eyes were watchful as well as sad . |
| 18 | But there were positive as well as negative reasons which influenced Scotsmen in the 1540s . |
| 19 | Sera from four patients suffering from primary sclerosing cholangitis were positive as well as four of the 45 control sera ( 9% ) . |
| 20 | Gloucester was thus strengthening his grip on the duchy connection , but it was also in the interest of the crown for him to preserve the connection : an ambiguity emphasized by the fact that Ashton and Pilkington were royal as well as ducal servants . |
| 21 | Gloucester was thus strengthening his grip on the duchy connection , but it was also in the interest of the crown for him to preserve the connection : an ambiguity emphasized by the fact that Ashton and Pilkington were royal as well as ducal servants . |
| 22 | That feeling was strange , she resisted it , she knew that it was absurd as well as amoral , but in the end she told herself that she could not command her feelings : she was no longer able to torment herself with thoughts of their wars nor to enjoy their celebrations , because she was filled with the conviction that none of it was her concern . |
| 23 | The benefit for Indonesia was political as well as economic because it implied , as Foreign Minister Ali Alatas pointed out , a recognition by Australia of the legitimacy of Indonesia 's claim to East Timor . |
| 24 | Betty was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow . |
| 25 | ‘ I told you I was interested as soon as you mentioned Birkleigh and Thorn House , did n't I ? ’ he went on . |
| 26 | And the challenge was social as well as religious ; for Paracelsus both exalted the laborer and cut across the educational divisions that conventionally separated physician from apothecary . |
| 27 | The excavation of Upper Palaeolithic burials has shown that they were already being sewn onto clothing in positions which suggest that their role was symbolic as well as decorative . |
| 28 | But Meredith was witty as well as brilliant , and the special target of his wit was Rossetti , who , as he had invited two or three of his patrons , did not appreciate the jest . |
| 29 | And in Britain , freight 's decline was absolute as well as relative . |
| 30 | ‘ But Lucia was clever as well as beautiful . |