Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some , the parade before the public is a source of extreme satisfaction to their vanity , but all the preliminaries that go before the parade are so much drudgeries that irritate , and are completed as hastily as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ Farthingdales are struggling as hard as Chester 's in the current market . |
| 3 | International discussion is eased if they are distinguished as far as possible . |
| 4 | Linda , Christy , Cindy , Claudia , Yasmeen , Naomi ; their names are dropped as casually as cigarette butts in a pavement cafe . |
| 5 | With the support of regional legal officers and a set of guidelines and codes of practice , we ask the solicitors to abide by regional secretaries ensuring that cases are pursued as forcefully as possible with the members interests uppermost at all stages . |
| 6 | John Boys in his Agriculture of the County of Kent 1794 , tells us that hop poles are the chief article which make woods valuable in this part of the country , there being not only local demand but the poles are carried as far as Maidstone and beyond , the planters preferring the poles grown on the hills to those of quicker growth . |
| 7 | Not only do the results have no bearing on rankings — and therefore do not matter — but they are forgotten so far as historical records are concerned almost before the players have walked off the court . |
| 8 | They are expected so far as practicable to make decisions on benefit entitlement within 14 days , but this time limit is frequently exceeded . |
| 9 | Quite stiff for the grade , with several moves that leave you wondering if you are climbing as well as you thought ! |
| 10 | The few non-users of search , however , are seen not only as good at training people but also keeping them . |
| 11 | Within the discourse of the Report , utilitarian and vocational education are seen not only as inadequate vehicles for the effective " cultural nationalization " of the working and lower middle classes , but also as positively dangerous to the extent that they generate unfulfilled cultural and economic expectations . |
| 12 | Things are stirred up enough as they are , do n't you think ? |
| 13 | In seeking ways in which planning procedures could be made more efficient , the committee noted that ‘ not all authorities are operating as efficiently as they might ’ and the greatest scope for improvement lay in assisting all authorities to reach the standard set by the best . |
| 14 | Reducing possible misunderstanding or confusion by ensuring that tasks requiring vision are presented as clearly as possible both in terms of the materials themselves and the way in which explanations and directions are given will be a great help not only to pupils with defective vision but also to their classmates . |
| 15 | Larger and smaller weights than the gram are built up exactly as they were in the system of length measurement , so that again the table of weights follows the place values of number and decimals . |
| 16 | ‘ Few principles of statutory interpretation are applied as frequently as the presumption against alterations in the common law . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , the relatively few persons for whom special knowledge and training are reserved are freed so far as possible from the obligations of simple labour ’ ( Braverman , 1974 , pp. 82–3 ) . |
| 18 | The company has a major share of the broiler feed market in the SE region thanks to the commitment of the regional poultry team who ensure their customers needs are met as economically as possible . |
| 19 | Okay well we 're waiting as far as I know for the money to come |
| 20 | When you go arter a job like that , if you 're doing as fast as what the machine will take it to do it properly , you ca n't force it . |
| 21 | I think they 're doing as well as can be expected . |
| 22 | Whether you want to or not , you 're leaving here just as soon as it can be arranged . |
| 23 | An executive said : ‘ We 're trying as far as we can to ensure that our business operates normally . |
| 24 | In this garden annuals and bedding are used particularly well as they are dotted around perennials and shrubs , rather than grown together in a bedding scheme . |
| 25 | As for the criteria for granting postgraduate awards , postgraduate study and research are academically demanding and candidates should be selected by competition to ensure that the resources available are used as effectively as possible . |
| 26 | Legal commentary and technical background are avoided as far as possible . |
| 27 | This chess game works on all graphics boards and the pieces are drawn well so as to avoid straining the eye . |
| 28 | They are going as far as Collie . |
| 29 | If it has been discovered during the course of earth-moving for construction or other work , however , the site may be totally unknown ; in this case , it is important that local archaeologists are alerted as soon as possible , so that some kind of record of the site can be made before it is destroyed , or it may even be excavated if found to be important . |
| 30 | The professional exams for futures dealers are hogwash as far as the directors of some firms are concerned . |