Example sentences of "as [adv] as [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Skilfully used , a fabric border can pull a room together just as effectively as swagging everything in sight with the same chintz . |
2 | The financial problems of the elderly differ from one person to another as widely as do their health problems , so it is not possible to lay down any hard and fast rules , or to produce any magical solutions . |
3 | But even the best brakes in the world will not stop you as quickly as hitting something … |
4 | ‘ Lots of times I think a president seems so out of your league as far as knowing somebody . |
5 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
6 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
7 | Even then , he had not got as far as thinking what would be the music that introduced the News and all at once the screen was filled with a picture of his own house , a picture that nearly jolted him out of his skin . |
8 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
9 | Indeed , Stein went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
10 | But with Barnet owing £1.3million and the players and staff unpaid for three weeks , Stein believes it is unlikely the crisis can be averted and went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
11 | Some district societies also want an assurance that the Institute will not take on additional regulatory responsibilities without consulting the membership : some go as far as urging it to oppose any future legislation to extend statutory regulation of members ' activities . |
12 | The highest rating was £100 a year , the next 100 marks , which was equated with ‘ other ’ landowners of £100 , the implication perhaps being that the latter had not yet got as far as quartering their arms . |
13 | go as far as to say we probably know less about what 's going on than he does . |
14 | In fact , I would go as far as to say he 's a slob . |
15 | ‘ In fact , I 'd go as far as to say you 've got the worst case of it I 've ever seen . ’ |
16 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |
17 | No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat . |
18 | A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door . |
19 | He got as far as lifting his head and getting one shoulder off the seat , but then collapsed back onto the leather , and let his eyes close . |
20 | The overall effect on administrators and senior figures generally , as far as concerns their reading habits and the amount they read , has been great . |
21 | Though an individual pupil may be in his fourth-year class as far as the administration of the school goes , and as far as concerns his social activities or his out-of-school interests , the school must be prepared for him to go off and study the syllabus required for his graded tests alongside people who are not in his own year . |
22 | ‘ I got as far as unpacking my summer wear … ! ! ’ |
23 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
24 | At some time or other the twin siren songs of forward and backward integration have led most large companies to do everything for themselves from manufacturing their own plant and spares , sometimes even as far as owning their own retail outlets . |
25 | And even when it became clearer — in a purely physical sense — as far as understanding it went she was as far from clarity as ever . |
26 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
27 | Meanwhile , both Franca and Alison had , after initial suspicion , adopted Irina , at least as far as amusing themselves by helping her to spend money on having her hair done and buying clothes . |
28 | His uncle 's wealth , the chauffeur-driven limousine which brought him to and from school , cut him off as securely as did his own past . |
29 | Even in her dazed and painful state his imperious , if not to say imperial manner amused as well as annoyed her . |
30 | Children like to listen to stories as well as read them , and so selected titles from each level are also available on cassette . |