Example sentences of "be [adv] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dermot Reeve maybe , but not Ian Terrence Botham , for his days are over as surely as Dr W. G. Grace 's . |
| 2 | And you know why we 're here as well as I do . |
| 3 | I hope you are both as well as you can be , and to make up for my lack of inspiration here is a poem which I discovered in a very nice book of modern Scottish poetry : — |
| 4 | The individuals may function well in different compartments , and while they may have inhabited the same house for 30 years , believing they are together , they may , in fact , not be together as far as their hopes and expectations go , so it is terribly important that they voice these things to their partners . |
| 5 | ‘ Let's just be together as often as we can , really get to know each other . |
| 6 | I 'll be along as soon as possible . ’ |
| 7 | The extensive discussion of the topic in Chapter 2 led to rejection of the account offered by Wagner for habituation , but this may be just as well as far as his theory of latent inhibition is concerned . |
| 8 | Any birthday celebrations always seem to be over as swiftly as they begin , and the anticipation is probably just as important as the event itself , but a pressed flower picture can serve as a lovely memento . |
| 9 | ‘ Most of us just hope this will be over as quickly as possible and that the Americans go home , ’ a diplomat said . |
| 10 | Would he not clear up and then be off as quickly as possible ? |
| 11 | A lay person asked whether both his feet were off the ground simultaneously when he walked would probably be wrong as often as right . |
| 12 | She did not go on to explain that to remove anything would be wrong as far as she was concerned . |
| 13 | ‘ Valerie , ’ he said to me , ‘ I 'll have to take these two to my mother again , ’ at which the little ones set up an ungrateful wail , ‘ but I 'll be back as soon as possible . |
| 14 | I 'll be there as fast as I can . ’ |
| 15 | erm , I shall be there as far as I know and in the meantime have a word with mum and dad if they 're free |
| 16 | The books have always been there as far as I can remember . |
| 17 | Europe is dead as far as we 're concerned . |
| 18 | He 's dead as far as we 're concerned . |
| 19 | Be just as well as strong , O Yussuf . ’ |
| 20 | In so far as the interview is a critique of Thatcherism — and that is not as far as might have been supposed from the headlines in yesterday 's papers — it is misplaced . |
| 21 | Since a python 's skin begins to deteriorate in quality once it has grown to about fifteen feet the largest are left alone , which is just as well as each one must be caught at night , alive and by hand , with a lamp to attract them from their lairs , and at least four men to get them into the sack afterwards . |
| 22 | Nor are the coefficients on t and σ significant — which is just as well as the signs are wrong . |
| 23 | ‘ Fatima will know , ’ he said to Yussuf , ‘ that she has a husband who is just as well as strong , merciful as well as just . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Torquay 's interest is over as far as we are concerned . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm just concerned about his injury and I hope he 's back as soon as possible . ’ |
| 26 | Not only have food costs been above average , but the labour turnover has been relatively high , which is a little odd since Fred is generally considered to be genial and well liked ( though we must add that we have found no evidence that this is true as far as his staff are concerned ) . |
| 27 | Both of you be here as soon as possible . ’ |
| 28 | Its only disadvantage is that it is n't as quite as easy as plugging in a coprocessor card . |
| 29 | The standard weapon of an infantryman in the British army , a type of camera and the latest aid to computer games playing may all share the same initials but that 's about as far as any similarity between them can be made to stretch . |
| 30 | This is why as early as 1973 , we prepared a general plant siting scheme looking forward to 1985 . |