Example sentences of "as [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clock keeps going as usual even as you go through the boundary . |
| 2 | I made my exit as discreetly as possible just as his lordship , still on his feet , was embarking on a further point . |
| 3 | The Americans were anxious to see the Russians engaged in the Far East as soon as possible so as to minimise American losses . |
| 4 | Get actual local conditions as early as possible so as to have time to make any amendments to your plan . |
| 5 | Governments should aim to make their policy instruments as predictable as possible so as to minimize confusion and hence undesirable fluctuations in output . |
| 6 | Perhaps cyclists using the service could be asked to clean their bikes as much as possible so as to minimise the risk of oil stains etc . |
| 7 | ( d ) Party not to take advantage of his own wrong A lease will be construed so far as possible so as not to permit a party to it to take advantage of his own wrong . |
| 8 | On top of that there was ‘ a public interest in upholding confidentiality as such even as between private individuals ’ . |
| 9 | And this man he was a regular dustbin , dustbin man and he 'd been at it all his life and he used to play cards with us and his family , his sons , and , and as many else as got any money to play pontoon or brag . |
| 10 | This is its historic mission , as necessary today as it was 100 years ago . |
| 11 | He is dead , the world he knew has died too , and we have other roads to build , but his humility before nature , his sympathy for the suffering and the blind , and his sense of proportion are as necessary now as they ever were . |
| 12 | ‘ From the case cited [ Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 ] in the course of the argument it is shown that the principle has been laid down that , where one exacts money from another and it turns out that although acquiesced in for years such exaction is illegal , the money may be recovered as money had and received , since such payment could not be considered as voluntary so as to preclude its recovery . |