Example sentences of "was [adj] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heath , I think , wrongly believed that it was possible as early as last autumn to negotiate the peaceful withdrawal of Saddam Hussein from the Gulf . |
| 2 | The balcony was cool and the night was dark as far as Broadway , where a slab of writhing electricity changed the colour of all the window panes on the other side of the street . |
| 3 | Mr Loxton 's evidence was shaky as far as time was concerned . |
| 4 | That commitment was evident as early as the 14th minute when international midfielder Jim Bett struck a vicious drive from the edge of the penalty area . |
| 5 | Bowel uptake was evident as early as 40 minutes . |
| 6 | It was a deserved win for the Dons , whose threat was evident as early as the fifth minute when Scott Booth outpaced Mike Galloway on the right to send in a cross which narrowly evaded the outstretched Duncan Shearer . |
| 7 | It was a deserved win for the Dons , whose threat was evident as early as the fifth minute when Scott Booth outpaced Mike Galloway on the right to send in a cross which narrowly evaded the outstretched Duncan Shearer . |
| 8 | These authors found that whereas enhanced platelet function ( increased aggregation to ADP ) was detectable as early as three days following induction of diabetes , elevated levels of the Factor VIII components were not seen for 14–28 days . |
| 9 | She 'd always heard that his charm was legendary as far as women were concerned and this evening was certainly proving the truth of it . |
| 10 | Erm we 've had a , a major accident in nineteen fifty er ninety fifty seven , one of the Winscale small reactors at Winscale caught fire er the Americans had an accident at Three Mile Island which erm w was catastrophic as far as the reactor was concerned , but the safety devices prevented any radioactivity escaping the Russians have had their Three Mile I er their erm Chernobyl accident which was catastrophic . |
| 11 | That which once was unacceptable as far as the old Jewish food laws were concerned , can now be accepted . |
| 12 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 13 | This article has shown that Burton-Roberts ' instinct that apposition is a discourse phenomenon , or , more particularly , a rhetorical device was correct as far as reformulations are concerned . |