Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized .
2 We do not believe , however , that it goes as far as is necessary in embracing demand management and sustainability .
3 We do not believe , however , that it goes as far as is necessary in embracing demand management and sustainability .
4 ‘ I think it fits as well as it ever will .
5 And then in the air it stiffens very slightly as it cools down , but I think on a nice warm day like this is might be .
6 If it gets as far as a decision , it will prove the leading case for some time on the thorny issue of what duty regulators owe the customers of the regulated .
7 It avoids so far as possible those terms of art which have acquired a special meaning understood only by lawyers in which many of the penal enactments which it supersedes were couched .
8 The distinction is arbitrary and it varies very greatly as we move across the map .
9 It takes as long as six or seven years and colossal sums of money ( some estimates suggest in excess of £10 million ) to put a new compound on the market .
10 I thought , I did n't think that it takes as long as that .
11 It takes as long as it does for a dog to douse a tree trunk .
12 He said that was last Friday , oh I said I was filling my timesheet in and my expense sheet , not that long , I said well it takes as long as it takes do n't it ?
13 After it is painted onto the wood it sets very quickly as it cools and the joint is soon firm .
14 If the focus is that the school is a good place for all , that it gives as well as takes , then it can gain a great deal of positive publicity .
15 It does so indirectly as probably the most important forum of opinion and vehicle of publicity in relation to the Executive 's other chief constitutional responsibility — to the electorate .
16 Certainly it does as far as the naked eye is concerned .
17 A layer of heavy-gauge builder 's polythene can then be used to line the excavation as a safety precaution against leaking , but also as a means of retaining moisture within the setting concrete so that it dries as slowly as possible .
18 Fig. 3 ( b ) Having rammed the soil down firmly to ensure a firm base , a layer of heavy-gauge builder 's polythene is used to line the excavation as a safety precaution against leaking and also to help retain moisture within the setting concrete so that it dries as slowly as possible .
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