Example sentences of "just [adv] [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If he just so much as tried to make her budge …
2 Just as skilful as skiing , and , and er ice skating though it 's not phenomenal about sports
3 To represent Britain in the way I 'm doing , to me that 's just as good as fighting in the war .
4 I think antagonising people is just as good as making people happy . ’
5 The design of the kite plays its part in determining the size of the flight envelope just as much as does wind strength .
6 But practice can mean going through the motions just as much as accumulating factual knowledge .
7 Cuddling on the couch with your husband in front of other people is frowned upon just as much as kissing him in the street .
8 Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’
9 Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’
10 Now if they pull it off everybody 'll heave a sigh of relief and their methods will be forgiven , and if they do n't then it 'll all be Number 10 's fault and that would probably suit their book just as much as coming good on Plainsong itself . ’
11 Most of us will be working part time and voluntary work will be considered work just as much as paid work and in that way we can distribute the enormous amount of work that needs to be done more evenly .
12 The Treasury saw local councils as part of that strategy just as much as spending departments in Whitehall or the nationalised industries — a very clear ‘ agency ’ view .
13 That is one reason why companies like ICI and IBM are building up comprehensive communications programmes , internal as well as external which involve listening just as much as talking .
14 It was pride , she supposed ; deep down the prospect of fading away , giving up , was just as terrifying as seeing Luke Denner again .
15 This is just as beneficial as having animal protein .
16 The chart , carelessly applied , using the wrong sightings off the wrong landmarks could lead us into error and be just as dangerous as ignoring it completely .
17 But these are conclusions based on well-resourced day-care centres , and generalization to , say , the child minders described by Jackson , is just as dangerous as generalizing from residential care .
18 Let a rug or painting suggest or inspire the colour scheme ; if you ca n't revamp old curtains ( though beware ! re-making can sometimes be just as expensive as starting afresh ) turn them into cushions ; cut down carpets which no longer fit but are too good to be thrown out , and make them into small rugs .
19 I decided that aiming my camera at the TV set was just as reasonable as aiming it out the window " ( ART news , Jan. 1986 ) .
20 It flattered his vanity to think himself in love with me ; it also gave him , I believe , some unadmitted pleasure constantly to long for my flesh and yet always to forbid himself the attaining of it : to deny himself was just as exciting as to indulge himself .
21 Bissell 's own molecular composition , including the clothes he had been wearing , had proved just as chaotic as expected .
22 They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet .
23 I think there 's a danger that you can go over the top with praise , in that you 're anxious to give quality feedback , the thing that you have to be careful with is that it 's not just meaningless like that , because that can be just as bad as giving negative feedback .
24 forgotten all about it , anyway she found a little dent apparently our Laura said that 's just as bad as finding lumps .
25 But I reckon that 's tiring myself , well , not tiring , it 's just as hard as doing a job — I do n't care what any man says …
26 ( Just as unlikely as eating part of a dieffenbachia leaf . )
27 Regular physical activity or exercise is just as important as eating the right type of food .
28 Just as important as establishing what to include is deciding what to exclude , and it is here that the purists may find cause to tar and feather us .
29 Moreover , just as important as stressing the plurality of political resources , which form the basis for the exercise of power , pluralist approaches tend to stress the contingency of transforming the potential for political power offered by the possession of such resources into the actual exercise of power .
30 ‘ There is the other side of the coin in that Alistair and Louis have deprived two local players of places so we ensured that they considered playing just as important as playing for Zimbabwe or Northern Transvaal . ’
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