Example sentences of "thing [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever seen things so clearly as when you were first in love ? |
| 2 | Rarely in Rover 's history has there been a time when it has done so many things so well as now . |
| 3 | They would be quite happy to forget all those things so long as Fedorov obliged them by carrying out certain routine tasks from time to time . |
| 4 | This last choice is desirable but it only delays things so far as getting home is concerned , since the forest road stops on the frontier some three miles away , and there you can but turn round . |
| 5 | Never having seen firearms or horses before , the Aztecs regarded these things not only as supernatural , but as confirmation of Cortés 's divine status — of his identity as an avatar of their supreme god , Quetzalcoatl . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps we do not see these things as clearly as we should , Herr Wolff , ’ she said to soothe him . |
| 7 | I wonder if I will get away with things as easily as I have on other serious falls and I wonder what it will feel like at the bottom . |
| 8 | He needs time skills as well , instead of just doing things as soon as possible because you get to the things that become more pressing take over , |
| 9 | Most people do n't actually go into things as deeply as we do . |
| 10 | He half wondered if she 'd arranged it ; women do n't get invited to these things as often as men . |
| 11 | This is the moment which humankind must accept as the beginning of all things as far as human life is concerned . |
| 12 | This is fine so far as it goes , but even Marxist approaches have not always taken things as far as they should go . |
| 13 | What she says and what she does are two different things as far as children go . |
| 14 | Do you believe in these things as sincerely as you believe in the existence of your Renault estate car ? |
| 15 | ‘ Things here just as you found them , sir ? ’ |
| 16 | It need not be a big thing so long as it is something novel to you and breaks your normal routine . |
| 17 | By and large , Parliament and the judiciary have taken the view that free speech is a very good thing so long as it does not cause trouble . |
| 18 | You guys are gon na sponsor this but it will bring the the trade buying price , not the retail because that 's there is n't there 's no such thing in in as a retail price for that sort of industry . |
| 19 | ‘ Same thing as far as council 's concerned , ’ Jeremiah said , writing in his book . |
| 20 | None of this had been cleared or replanted ; it was scrub woodland as nature had made it , the real thing as far as the boys were concerned . |
| 21 | The Empire might have become the Commonwealth , but that was just a new name for the same thing as far as we were concerned . |
| 22 | Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government . |
| 23 | The main thing as far as I 'm concerned is getting official approval . ’ |
| 24 | There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions . |
| 25 | You have to have confidence in your own ability and being black is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned 'cause I 've had to sample bits and pieces of how life can be nasty and it 's done me good . |
| 26 | That had to be a good thing as far as she was concerned , she told herself , so therefore she took him exactly at his word . |
| 27 | The only other slightly ‘ negative ’ thing as far as I was concerned was there seemed to be a lack of ‘ thrust ’ up front . |
| 28 | But the important thing as far as we were concerned , as is that the translation was done by John de Trevisa in thirteen ninety-eight , and some of you like Sam , were able to quote the middle English period and place thirteen ninety-eight towards the end of the middle English period , it 's really on the verge of early modern English . |