Example sentences of "is [adj] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of us is pure as far as animal exploitation is concerned . |
| 2 | Therefore , a work may be easy in one respect and hard in others ; for example , Silkin 's short poem ‘ The Worm ’ is straightforward as far as the vocabulary and sentence structure are concerned but , even so , the meaning of the poem is by no means transparent . |
| 3 | The Lithuania match is meaningless as far as World Cup Group Three is finish his career with an unbeaten run . |
| 4 | I understand that the Government 's policy is to target pensioners and , as I said , the increase in premiums is welcome as far as it goes . |
| 5 | Therefore , the Unfair Contract Terms Act is helpful as far as contracts for hardware are concerned but has little relevance for software contracts . |
| 6 | The first sign of the present pattern of occurrence is detectable as early as the winter of 1953/54 , but an increase has been most marked since the winter of 1961/62 . |
| 7 | Most such answers imply enjoyment , even ‘ I am interested in it ’ ( which at least suggests the prospect of happy hours of observing , reading , thinking ) ; but ‘ I am curious about it ’ is neutral as far as enjoyment is concerned . |
| 8 | In Belfast vernacular ( henceforth BV ) the vowel is front-raised as far as [ E ] in this environment . |
| 9 | Good passenger-carrying capacity is vital as far as Peaks is concerned because the Shogun is used to pick up some of his employees and take them to work . |
| 10 | Treatment is necessary as far as the advance of medical and psychological knowledge permits . |
| 11 | It is clear that the premium is equivalent as far as factor prices are concerned to a tax on labour in the X sector ( for simplicity we take on the demand side the effects are also equivalent with the simplifying assumptions being made here . |
| 12 | As I said before , the Handbook of Human Intelligence is excellent as far as it goes , but it certainly does not go far enough ; perhaps the second edition will improve on this sad state of affairs ! |