Example sentences of "[adv] surely as [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if a few romantics mutter against the ‘ satanic mills ’ , despoliation of the countryside and pollution of the skies from the factory chimneys , the machine shunts them aside as surely as it repulses those Luddites who would shut down its engines if they only knew how . |
| 2 | The last author commented ‘ increasing numbers of Americans have become aware that crime exists in the suites of many corporations just as surely as it exists in the streets of their cities and suburbs ’ . |
| 3 | The great agricultural revolution of our own times , in which drainage has played no small part , has accelerated the decline of the small farmer just as surely as it has imperilled the ecological system previously sustained by communal wetland management ; and , at the last , it has begun to destroy the basic resources of the land , as ever deeper drainage has created mineral problems in the soil , wastage of peat , and an increasing dependence upon pumping . |
| 4 | Plutocracy inevitably governs the arts , it was suggested , as surely as it governs the terms of the trade . |
| 5 | ‘ Sir Alexander Gibson , a seasoned conductor of the work , paces this ‘ Butterfly ’ with complete feeling , rising to its emotional peaks as surely as he responds to its moments of delicacy ’ . |
| 6 | Hendrix 's vocals had an almost hypnotic effect , an effect which Randy Hansen has captured with uncanny accuracy , as surely as he has emulated the sound of Jimi 's guitar . |