Example sentences of "as [adv] as [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
| 2 | Barclay 's has gone as far as to create a ‘ high technology ’ unit to examine requests for finance from possible customers . |
| 3 | The Greek governing party , PASOK , went as far as to create a ‘ Green Guard ’ around the Premier Papandreou . |
| 4 | She did n't go as far as to say a nice warm man to slip into bed with , but that was not far from her mind . |
| 5 | At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East . |