Example sentences of "as [adj] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be doubted whether these sources were often on the credit side as long as the papacy had to pay out considerable sums to consolidate its position and to enter into compacts and agreements with some of the towns : but a list of revenues and rents from Spoleto in 1198 is not negligible . |
| 2 | Little is known about how and why these last two conditions are helped , but it is known that protection against osteoporosis lasts only as long as the treatment is taken . |
| 3 | The communities served however would use whatever health service facility is geographically nearer to them as long as the law permits . |
| 4 | Walley commented , ‘ As long as the service agreements are being met , I do n't think it 's important to talk about the topology ’ — although SuperJANET 's Dr Geoff Manning says that so far only three switches are in operation . |
| 5 | X-cells respond to standing contrast with a sustained response that persists as long as the stimulus is present , while Y-cells give a transient response that fades during the course of the stimulus presentation . |
| 6 | For example , if V I were twice V N inequality would decline as a result of the redistributive tax on capital as long as the share of capital in total income exceeded 20 per cent . |
| 7 | When we tell you that baked beans on toast ( as long as the toast is made with wholemeal bread ) is one of the best high-fibre meals you can eat , it should give great reassurance to those who enjoy the more homely delights of the table . |
| 8 | He did not mind who ruled the kingdom as long as the prince was strong , courageous and ready to defend it against a ring of enemies . |
| 9 | In other words as long as the dose is in liquid form , and can be regulated as to the optimum size and repetition , then no matter how many succussions are used to prepare the original remedy it will not be too much for the patient . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm quite agreeable to that , as long as the wording is such that if we find each other horrendously incompatible after each year there 's a let-out clause . ’ |
| 11 | As the Working Group continued its deliberations on the secondary school curriculum , I was informed privately that Mr Baker would give way on this issue as long as the weighting for 16 year olds gave more emphasis to reading and writing . |
| 12 | As long as the component 's use is not significantly different , these items should get a tick on the boffin 's clipboard . |
| 13 | Thus the hermeneutic moment makes critical thought possible ; as long as the phenomenon of ‘ talking past one another ’ is not overcome , criticism remains imprisoned in a solipsistic self certainty , and the consequence of this condition |
| 14 | Prior to COGSA unseaworthiness was determinative of liability ; after COGSA a carrier could rely on the Harter Act derived exemptions for errors in navigation or management , even though the vessel was unseaworthy as long as the unseaworthiness was not the cause of the loss . |
| 15 | There will come the time when he will withdraw the Holy Spirit , when he will be taken out of the world , but as long as the church of Jesus Christ is here that will not take place . |
| 16 | The great train-shed , one of the glories of the nineteenth century , lasted just as long as the century itself . |
| 17 | The rights and wrongs of the Suez débâcle will be debated as long as the history of the mid-twentieth century has any relevance in world affairs . |
| 18 | Should the collar of the soil pipe ( if it has one ) break , this is not usually detrimental with today 's couplings , as long as the inside of the pipe is not cracked . |
| 19 | The imposing chancel is in fact almost as long as the nave , and has four wide steps to the altar . |
| 20 | As long as the nutrition is kept , as long as choice is available as long as they 're popular with kids , then erm it might not be the . |
| 21 | The law upheld the first system as long as the aristocracy was supreme . |
| 22 | It is not crucial to start a new line each time a new person speaks , as long as the writer makes us know the speaker . |
| 23 | I think , well , I think do everything as early as you possibly can , as long as the kid understands what they 're doing , it 's no good getting them to do things they do n't understand , if they understand negative numbers do it |
| 24 | As long as the trust can raise the purchase price , it hopes to open the hidden valley to the public within two years . |
| 25 | Coalition thus involved inevitable difficulties which could only be kept in check as long as the sense of crisis lasted . |
| 26 | You 're saying that you 're er fully in support of the trials of war criminals in this country as long as the evidence is good enough , as long as the evidence is convincing prima facie evidence ? |
| 27 | You 're saying that you 're er fully in support of the trials of war criminals in this country as long as the evidence is good enough , as long as the evidence is convincing prima facie evidence ? |
| 28 | As long as the total of the balancing figures for each fund equals the balance on the cash book , then the accounts as a whole are in balance . |
| 29 | This in itself should not be used as the basis for repudiating a claim as long as the claimant can provide certification from the appropriate Government Department e.g. DHSS that proves that they are both unemployed and available for work . |
| 30 | And given that it was Godolphin himself who supplied these items — most were simply terrestrial trivia , revered in the Dominions because of their place of origin — and given that he would not cease to do so as long as the fever of collection was upon him and he could exchange such items for artifacts from the Imajica , Peccable 's business would flourish . |