Example sentences of "down as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 31 | I followed her down as far as Wilshire Boulevard . |
| 32 | Wickets have to be sacrificed in a challenging run chase , so it is essential that the sidebats down as far as No. 8 , preferably lower . |
| 33 | Or only down as far as the moment when the Tiber is hurled back violently from the Etruscan shore ? |
| 34 | The combination of the skin 's reaction and the effects of the digestive process results in the formation around the mite 's mouthparts of a tube — an eschar — surrounded by scar-tissue and pigmentation which goes down as far as the germination layer of the skin . |
| 35 | To delegate decision making down as far as possible . |
| 36 | On the other hand , the Laffer curve constructed for the UK by the London Business School , and work by Minford in the UK and Lindsey in the US , do indicate that reductions in the composite rate of tax below 60% and down as far as around 45% , have strong incentive effects on output — the converse of rises in tax rate between 45 and 60% having strong disincentive effects . |
| 37 | Alice fulfilled the orders , then sat down as far as she could from Alfred who had just arrived . |
| 38 | Consequently , social groups down as far as the craftsmen and artisans developed " an appetite for mass-consumption " which survived the impact of faster population growth in the second half of the century . |
| 39 | Well Ken , obviously everybody was abhorred regarding this national scandal of the the Maxwell er pension fraud that er the Committee who were making enquiries obviously were implementing the fact that we should have a report and Goodey was set up and the recommendations that have been laid down as far as Goodey is concerned in order to strengthen the pension scheme so that these frauds can happen again , now have you read the report ? |
| 40 | She slammed it down as hard as she could on her opponent 's head . |
| 41 | The figure leapt for the top of the wall and was almost over when Martin jumped , grabbed its leg and pulled down as hard as he could . |
| 42 | The Captain tried to slide the back window down as unobtrusively as possible when the young Sub-lieutenant sitting beside the driver began to choke . |
| 43 | Ireland 's top pair Eavan Higgins and Tracy Eakin , one down as early as the second hole , fought all the way against Nikki Buxton and Joanne Morley but were finally beaten by one hole . |
| 44 | Grimma caught him and laid him down as gently as she could . |
| 45 | Carcinoma , methadone , diabetes , depression , miscarriage and angina have poured down as unremittingly as the weather . |