Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] as [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 | International discussion is eased if they are distinguished as far as possible . |
3 | Linda , Christy , Cindy , Claudia , Yasmeen , Naomi ; their names are dropped as casually as cigarette butts in a pavement cafe . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ Few principles of statutory interpretation are applied as frequently as the presumption against alterations in the common law . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Legal commentary and technical background are avoided as far as possible . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Combined with the federal structure of Germany this means that services are de-centralized as far as the political and administrative levels of national state ( Bundesstaat ) , federal state ( Land ) , district ( Kreis ) and local authority are concerned and additionally dispersed over an almost indescribable multiplicity of semi- and non-statutory organizations . |
13 | He has several businesses in the district — a bobbin mill , a gunpowder factory , a cotton mill , and more — and what they have in common is that the people — usually women and children — who are unfortunate enough to be employed in them are driven as cruelly as possible and paid as little as possible . |
14 | Power steering is now standard , but it does nothing to blunt the feedback coming from front wheels to steering wheel : the old wrist-snapping kickback over bumps is largely eradicated but the important messages are translated as crisply as ever . |
15 | With the present London Philharmonic exceptionally alert , the skipping rhythms in compound time are sprung as infectiously as ever , nudging now rather than jabbing the listener . |
16 | Isolated ApT steps show very little cleavage while blocks of three or more contiguous ATs are cut as efficiently as GpT . |
17 | His driving apparently is still not all it might be , but his short game and putting are very good and that is where scores are salvaged as well as made . |
18 | If it is accepted that representative or indirect democracy is at best an inadequate substitute for personal participation , and that everything possible should be done to ensure that the views and wishes of the people are represented as accurately as possible within such a system , it must surely follow that representation should be in proportion to the weight of opinion in the society itself . |
19 | The beans are ground as soon as possible after roasting and either packaged for use in percolators and cafetières or freeze dried to make instant coffee of distinction . |
20 | Make sure your notice of intent and application form are filed as quickly as possible . |
21 | The most likely outcome is to sell players until the club are doomed as far as the Premier League are concerned — but , for the long-term , he will put in more money to keep the name alive . |
22 | We explained that market testing involves the ES in having to review blocks of work , to test that services are delivered as cost-effectively as possible . |
23 | In that sense medicine and disability are inextricably linked , yet the approaches of physicians and surgeons to disabled people are criticised as well as praised . |
24 | Since children 's linguistic performance varies across situations , it is particularly important that the conditions associated with the collection of the data for the age norms are repeated as closely as possible when an individual child is assessed . |
25 | But you know that is a danger not just for those who are lost as far as God 's salvation is concerned , there is a danger there for you and I as Christians , of being smug , of being self-satisfied , I 'm alright ! |
26 | The first thing to watch for is that the scanner be matched as closely as possible to the target printer . |
27 | But in 1938 he could only suggest that the manyattas be brought as far as possible under administrative control and the moran ‘ encouraged in any activities to maintain their manliness such as sports , road work , or their lion-hunting with spears ’ . |
28 | Section 3(1) requires that the models be followed as closely as circumstances permit . |
29 | The first meeting of the committee received a resolution from a conference held under the auspices of the society and the Canning Town branch of the guild which rejoiced in the wider powers given under the act , and urged the council to ‘ take steps to exercise any , or all of the powers given , and especially that steps be taken as soon as possible to establish a creche or day nursery in the southern part of the borough ’ ( Maternity and Child Welfare Committee Minutes 20 November 18 ) . |
30 | My hon. Friend 's constituents will recognise that it is vital for the future prosperity of Swindon that those schemes be implemented as quickly as possible . |