Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw myself as a write-off as far as boyfriends were concerned . |
| 2 | Today threatened to be a write-off as far as work was concerned , but perhaps she could recoup some of the lost time later on . |
| 3 | But as Mrs Charley says : ‘ When you 've given up holidays and worked on a budget as tight as ours then you have to believe in miracles . ’ |
| 4 | The idea of higher education as ‘ liberal ’ turns into a fiction so long as courses are determined solely by the introverted stance of the student 's core discipline . |
| 5 | And Catherine has a heart as deep as mine ! ’ |
| 6 | The star of the show , of course , was Ebenezer Scrooge , the greedy , grasping grouch with a heart as hard as left-over Christmas pud . |
| 7 | The Leviathan was a ruthless and cruel creature , with ‘ a heart as hard as a millstone ’ , and it destroyed anything which came in its path . |
| 8 | " Why , I and a few of my friends can plough up a field as fast as two men and two teams of horses . " |
| 9 | On 4 July 1638 Alured got into serious trouble with the court for saying of the Scots that ‘ they did well ’ in opposing the king and he hoped ‘ they would reform this land by a parliament as well as they have done theirs already ’ . |
| 10 | But advertising is itself extremely volatile and profits could take a dive as easily as they could soar . |
| 11 | At seven o'clock on a chilly Saturday evening in November , the shroud of darkness enveloping it was a kindness as far as Captain Roddy Simcox was concerned . |
| 12 | ‘ If Pinder is to be believed , it was missing at twelve-thirty , ’ said Sergeant Bird , taking a seat as quietly as a man of his bulk could manage . |
| 13 | He took a sandwich as casually as he could , covering the embarrassment of his capitulation by asking : ‘ What were those foreign words you said a moment ago ? ’ |
| 14 | And that meant quite a effect as far as the aborigines were concerned they had lost their territory ! |
| 15 | And lastly , are you an optimist or a pessimist so far as the future 's concerned ? |
| 16 | I will ensure that the hon. Gentleman receives a reply as soon as possible . |
| 17 | Do you think women are at a disadvantage so far as this computer age is concerned ? |
| 18 | The very digestibility of the fruit , however , may be a disadvantage as far as the plant is concerned . |
| 19 | The hammer carved through his eyebrow and opened up a cut as deep as the frontal bone it cracked . |
| 20 | By all means use them when they are needed or appropriate , but there is no call to construct a headline especially so as to include one or more of them . |
| 21 | I said , ‘ Did you hear me giving her a puff as far as her policies were concerned ? |
| 22 | It was the difference between a vast public enterprise , and a local farmer making a living as economically as he could . |
| 23 | ‘ It is now too late to make fresh representations ’ but ‘ officers will be considering the need for a review as early as possible given the continuously changing circumstances and national planning context ’ . |
| 24 | You feel a soft click through your fingers before you have pressed a key as far as it will go . |
| 25 | An arrested person has to be ‘ taken to a police station by a constable as soon as practicable after the arrest ’ . |
| 26 | In my experience , young people in a family have been directed to go and conceive a child as quickly as possible because a dying person wants to see a grandchild to ‘ know that his name will live on before he dies , . |
| 27 | Yes , I mean it 's really a question as far as you 're concerned of keeping abreast of what 's going on , I mean after all , it is I 'm just slightly worried personally that we 're everybody seems to be very optimistic , and I mean I 'm not in a position to judge one way or the other , but erm you know what it 's like , you know surely you can get too optimistic ? |
| 28 | Touche Ross , the best young talent in Scotland at the moment , will start favourites , but with the league championship basically now a dream as far as Grange are concerned , this clash will undoubtedly lift them for what promises to be their most important game of the season . |
| 29 | Goodey has reported and concluded , that as long as they get their hundred per cent minimum requirement they can still go on their contribution holidays , and many and my scheme members feel that this is just a it 's a freebie as far as they 're concerned and scheme members do n't do not benefit from the surplus and they would like to have seen or preferred to have seen |
| 30 | It informs Flashman of the dire consequences of the club 's financial predicament , recommending that the controversial chairman sells out to a consortium as quickly as possible . |