Example sentences of "as [adv] as [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than a decade ago you could have chosen the best nylon line from those manufactured as easily as sifting maggots from casters , there were so few good ones and so many bad ones . |
| 2 | Elizabeth had been amazed to see workmen slicing through stone blocks with hand-axes , just as easily as cutting butter . |
| 3 | The ‘ golden age ’ of the English funeral , as far as undertaking techniques were concerned , was the period from 1725 to 1775 and most of the finest extant coffins in public and private vaults were made during that time . |
| 4 | All hell broke loose , Mount Stewart was besieged by the media , and one Fleet Street paper went as far as accusing MacDonald of duplicity . |
| 5 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 6 | ‘ Where we 're concerned , our religious involvement only goes as far as using images of , say , the Virgin Mary on our sleeves , but it 's not us being disrespectful . |
| 7 | Stockdale even went as far as praising Laurent for having surveyed , and a foreigner at that , without the knowledge of the language and ‘ by eye alone … without the use of instruments and in the coldest part of the year … in less than two months two towns for some miles in circumference , with all their intricate communications . ’ |
| 8 | As far as eating punches , he said , ‘ Only a fool wan na be hit . |
| 9 | Even when Shaun and Bez went as far as editing Penthouse for the day , papers tutted and sighed but still printed pictures of the pair grinning like village idiots , surrounded by tits and bums . |
| 10 | They had actually chosen themselves to come in on the study and so they were obviously schools which were particularly interested in involving parents as much as they could , and erm they would all certainly have done as , probably as much as most schools in the country are doing as , as far as involving parents are concerned , both in having parent helpers in the classrooms , and in having organisations for parents and social events for parents of the , of the fundraising type . |
| 11 | I sit there quietly revising my priorities as far as expending grief goes . |
| 12 | As far as sending messages to the subscibers , I try and fail — not that I have much to add ! |
| 13 | Moreover , the deemed agency device is used as far as receiving knowledge relating to undertakings of fitness for purpose is concerned ( see Chapter 5 ) , and also for any representations made by the dealer to the consumer in the course of negotiating a regulated consumer credit transaction ( CCA 1974 , s56(2) ) . |
| 14 | Also taking that view was Dr Tony Andrews of the Royal Veterinary College in London , who said : ‘ I know I have to be careful in what I say but in my view , the management in many herds as far as feeding regimes are concerned is little better than controlled starvation . ’ |
| 15 | I have a general look round every time but , as far as trying doors and that , I split it . ’ |
| 16 | They were punctual to a minute , so we did n't hang out of the window — anyway the view on the roadside was very constricted , as far as arriving people were concerned . |
| 17 | As far as inheriting property is concerned , the position for married and unmarried couples could n't be more different . |
| 18 | Most people who have testicular cancer and who are treated for it and cured go on to lead perfectly active normal lives as far as having children is concerned . |
| 19 | It is our belief — shared by a number of retailers — that Christmas will prove to be yet another false dawn as far as reawakening consumer confidence is concerned . |
| 20 | The CNAA 's ideas were taking a different shape in 1975 , showing an unwillingness to go as far as delegating authority for the approval of courses , but pursuing the idea of ‘ internal validation ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ As far as giving advice is concerned , the debt lawyer is extremely useful in his field but I do n't really feel our other lawyer is in a position to help . |
| 22 | Henley continues to maintain links with those Management Colleges it helped to establish in Australia , Bangladesh , India , Nepal , New Zealand , Nigeria , Pakistan , Ghana and the Philippines as well as advising colleges in Eastern and Central Europe . |
| 23 | The flat landing Rather like a belly flop in swimming , this is to be avoided at all costs since the flat impact can break a board in half as well as causing injury to the sailor . |
| 24 | Yet Poulantzas ' wish to argue hypothetically is peculiarly revealing ; for as well as drawing attention to the slight explanatory power of his theory it raises the third of the questions with which I began — the question of whether he has really succeeded in casting off voluntarism . |