Example sentences of "it [vb past] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prescott 's enumeration of Labour 's ‘ old vision ’ was inadequate — because of what it excluded as well as for its needless commitment to public ownership . |
| 2 | The reputation of number eighty-two was widespread , and prior to the outbreak of the Great War , it ranked as highly as any of the European brothels , and was reputed to number amongst its clients the very highest in the land . |
| 3 | The Ridgery was clay on chalk ; heavy land difficult to work where it sloped gently towards the east : in the winter it lay sodden and cold , in summer it dried as hard as brick and there were cracks in it . |
| 4 | ‘ If something goes wrong with a customer 's car they want it repaired as quickly as possible , ’ said Peugeot Parts and Service Director Charles Greenland . |
| 5 | It declared as openly as Cornelius dared that he could invent a dozen different theories if he was obliged to , behind which the truth , whatever it was , could be concealed forever . |
| 6 | It followed as naturally as night followed day that he should now be punished for it . |
| 7 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 8 | But even so , you would n't have thought it went as fast as that in a creature that moves so slowly , would you , Miss Honey ? ’ |
| 9 | It spoke as mellifluously as the actors spoke their lines . |
| 10 | It extended as far as she could see in all directions . |
| 11 | The envoys — I do not know by what trickery they were deceived [ here Nithard bursts out into the first person ] — thus increased Lothar 's share of the regnum so that it extended as far as the Charbonnière . " |
| 12 | Most important of all , its language , now more and more generally accepted as the ultimate badge of nationality , must be supported and a knowledge of it spread as widely as possible . |
| 13 | The fact that it spread as far as the Mycenaean chiefdoms of Greece has sometimes been regarded as surprising . |