Example sentences of "as [adv] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tree shrews are usually 6–10 in ( 15–25 cm ) in length with a tail as long again as their body . |
| 2 | My very ordinary London flat costs about half as much again as my flat in Glasgow , which is an infinitely superior building in which to live in every respect . |
| 3 | The initial elation the rest of us were experiencing was as far away as her childhood . |
| 4 | The history of precious substances is richly documented , principally by archaeology , as far back as their first recognition by some of the earliest representatives of the modern species of Homo sapiens . |
| 5 | Ronald Reagan 's serious interest in politics dates at least as far back as his early days in Hollywood and , given the later doubts about his intelligence , it is interesting to note that , at this stage , he hardly lived up to the image of an empty-headed film actor . |
| 6 | There is a dominant sense of existentialism running through your books , beginning as far back as your first novel . |
| 7 | If these rates were maintained then , with population growing at the rate of 1 per cent a year , each generation could expect to be roughly twice as well off as its parents and four times as well off as its grandparents . |
| 8 | Well my husband 'll have to leave so I 'll claim income support and be as well off as his ex-wife . |