Example sentences of "as [adv] [subord] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is why changing the voice of the verb in 9a from active to passive — which has the effect of interchanging the valency slots that the noun phrases occupy — removes the anomaly as effectively as replacing see or table . |
| 2 | You also ca n't help noticing that attempts to drag the Royal Family into the 20th Century have failed as badly as attempts to do the same for this other great British anachronism . |
| 3 | It also criticized the manufacturers and contractors for lax planning and supervision of the project , the first aircraft having taken nearly twice as long as planned to build . |
| 4 | So it 's not a lot of lot of bother the only thing is that i you got ta drive in town rather than drive on country lanes to get to the main roads little bit more dangerous as far as getting caught is concerned ha ! |
| 5 | That 's it , though he does n't go as far as refusing to let you see his picture . |
| 6 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 7 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |
| 8 | As far as examining goes , or marking essays , I assume that most of my colleagues take the sort of line that I do , that what we 're looking for is not a particular interpretation of something , but an ability to get to grips with texts , to produce an argument that 's logical , coherent , well-written and is supported from the texts . |
| 9 | When workload and revenue have been predicted as accurately as needed to meet objectives , all costs associated with projects must be defined . |
| 10 | Total repression of conflict leads to anarchy just as surely as does total conflict' ( ibid. xii ) . |