Example sentences of "can [vb infin] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Two spayed females disputing a territorial boundary can caterwaul as dramatically as any ‘ rutting toms ’ .
2 Third , you have to believe that they can do as well as you .
3 If the safeguards we propose are adopted , we are confident this can work as successfully as it already does in the magistrates ’ and county courts . ’
4 It is described here so that you can see as soon as possible : A learning program may have many facets , and classification is fraught with subtlety .
5 The dragonfly has so many ommatidia that it can see as well as some vertebrates .
6 On a clear day you can see as far as Dublin from the Great Car of Donard ( or so they say ) , but mist or heat haze have always foreshortened the view for me .
7 ‘ In the day , ’ said Barbara Coleman , ‘ I can see as far as the Esterel …
8 Further evidence comes from detailed observational studies of adult-child interactions which have suggested that infants are able to synchronise gross motor activity with the intonational contours of adult conversation ( Condon and Sander 1974 ) and that imitation of an adult 's facial expression can occur as early as three days after birth ( Meltzoff and Moore 1977 , 1983 ) .
9 I can run as fast as Magnus when I try .
10 An average polar bear stands almost four feet tall at the shoulder , weighs 1,500 lbs and can run as fast as 25 miles an hour .
11 Women can move as fast as men in weighing up situations rapidly .
12 It can develop as fast as a Charolais if fed appropriately and under ideal circumstances it can achieve similar weights within the same time span , especially if breeders are selective in their choice of stock .
13 Creating a game from a film costs hundreds of thousands of pounds and can take as long as making the movie .
14 Settlement can be a drawn out affair and can take as long as six months or more from the time your debt became overdue .
15 I have walked it in a day , but it can take as long as a week to complete .
16 It can take as long as two weeks after you give your blood sample before you get your result , which can be a difficult and stressful time .
17 The coarse grist can take as long as six months , by which time many plants that are intended to benefit will have long since gone .
18 First you are told that you can take as long as you like to put the counters in the jar .
19 BELOW Making a detailed scale drawing of a vertical section can take as long as excavating the feature in the first place .
20 Unless sent by an air courier , an ocean bill of lading can take as long as a week to arrive by air mail .
21 It is our experience that from appointment to completion , the sale of a company can take as long as six months or , perhaps , longer .
22 In some species these trailing threads , full of stinging-cells called nematocysts , can reach as far as 50 feet .
23 And oh , when we do something else , and my hands say to my feet , ha hang on , you can walk as well as they can , let's try it .
24 They can go as fast as they want and there will be no restrictions .
25 ‘ You can go as far as Burnley if you 're old or disabled . ’
26 However , with the Land Rover we can go as far as you want . ’
27 I believe he 's the best driver in the game , and I do n't think there 's a guy on the US Tour who can drive as far as Greg Norman can .
28 Metro Saverstrip — only for journeys in West Yorkshire ; Metro DayRover — you can get as far as Manchester with this if you 're elderly or disabled and are permitted to take a dog or other authorized companion .
29 The 1991 season may turn out to be Jon Solly 's last serious crack at the 10,000m , but he is confident that he can get as far as Tokyo for the World Championships .
30 D' you think you can get as far as The Angel at Lacock ?
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