Example sentences of "down as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Midland Pensions are unit linked plans and since the value of units can go down as well as up it is possible that the value may fall below that of the original investment . |
| 2 | This did not go down as well as he might have hoped . |
| 3 | First , EEC agriculture must be made more efficient and competitive , with the objective being to get down as near as possible to the marketplace and world prices , however they are defined . |
| 4 | Jeane Russell brought his arm down as easily as a barmaid pulling a pint and dropped his hand into a burning ashtray . |
| 5 | The sheep will have to be gathered up and brought down as soon as possible ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The trattoria sent it late , sir , ’ Wilson gasped , putting the tray down as carefully as she could manage , longing to escape from the room . |
| 7 | The clubs will wriggle like eels to try to get round whatever restrictions are formulated so the punishments for transgressions of the regulations have to be just as clearly defined as the crimes , and in their application those punishments have to come down as decisively as a guillotine . |
| 8 | He was getting back quicker than I thought because he is quite a tall guy , so I had to knock the stumps down as quickly as possible and the quickest way to get there was through the air — and I took it . ’ |
| 9 | I knew he could punch but I did n't know Razor could go down as quickly as that . ’ |
| 10 | They were asked to write their statements down as quickly as possible and to answer as though describing themselves to themselves rather than to anybody else . |
| 11 | Bearing in mind that there 's something like forty companies chasing about eighteen percent of this market , do you honestly feel that your advertising revenue is going to go down as quickly as feel if you want to try and keep ahead of the the pack and keep up with the leaders . |
| 12 | Right , what we need to do is to hit it fairly hard and try to get it damped down as quickly as we possibly can . |
| 13 | But — there it was , and I began to go down as quickly as possible but with difficulty , for there was almost a metre between rungs . |
| 14 | Mandy , her battle-lust having died down as quickly as it had set in , flopped down on Charity 's bed , and patted the spot beside her . |
| 15 | You have to get right down as far as you can . |
| 16 | After 0/30 , it is not wise to go down as far as 6C or 30C . |
| 17 | Tendrils of Virginia creeper crept down as far as the window-frame , and progressed on little circular suckers across the glass , at huge vegetable speed . |
| 18 | delegate authority for tasks and decisions down as far as possible |
| 19 | He handed her the double bladed paddle as she continued , ‘ I shall go down as far as Browns Mill , so could you possibly pick me up here about five thirty ? ’ |
| 20 | Fall down and crawl left under the wall , push the crate left onto the button and jump up through the roof , go up , left , up on the lift , right , and then fall down , go under the lift and go left to collect the object , go right , up on the lift , left under the wall , up through the roof , up , left , up on the lift , left , push the crate left onto the button , go left along the conveyor belt , go left and collect the battery , now go down as far as possible and enter the door to complete the level . |
| 21 | Keeping your knees flat on the floor , bring your head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible with elbows pointing outwards . |
| 22 | Sitting with legs outstretched , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 23 | With legs together and knees flat on the floor , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 24 | Sitting as shown , bring the head and shoulders forwards and down as far as possible . |
| 25 | Sitting with legs together and knees flat on the floor , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 26 | Sitting with legs outstretched , bring the head and shoulders forward and down as far as possible . |
| 27 | Make sure that the pattern is straight and gently feed it down as far as it will go . |
| 28 | He left her at her door ; they had not gone down as far as the Green that day . |
| 29 | Like someone pulling a blanket over his head and defying nature to do its worst , he sank and pushed himself down as far as he could go . |
| 30 | He told Sharpe his patrol was one of the many that daily scouted south to the French border and beyond ; this particular troop had been ordered to explore the villages south and east of Mons down as far as the Sambre , but not to encroach on Prussian territory . |