Example sentences of "be [adj] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 5 Performance measures should be quantifiable as far as possible ( the development of performance indicators ) . |
| 2 | Niall might be free as far as the law was concerned , but he had been the injured party , the one left to pick up the pieces when the woman he must have loved walked out . |
| 3 | On the practical level , changes in social policies which reduce women 's claims to maintenance on men but do not recognise that changes in the division of responsibilities for caring between men and women within the family and between the family and the wider community are also required , may in the end be counter-productive as far as women are concerned . |
| 4 | Furthermore , the process may be unpredictable as far as individual yields are concerned because the movement in the prices of financial assets is subject to the variable and uncertain expectations of the market . |
| 5 | The optimal reproductive strategy for a male would appear to be mature as quickly as possible , so as to achieve as many matings as possible . |
| 6 | ‘ My dear girl , I may be moronic as far as modern music is concerned , but I have attended classical concerts in my time . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ The facts will be accurate as far as they go . |