Example sentences of "as [adj] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Her special quality of lustrous richness was as striking as ever . |
| 32 | The mixture of styles and periods , from Ancient Greek to contemporary art , very much the trademark of the Salon de Mars since it opened in 1989 , is as striking as ever this year , although there are fewer major furniture dealers . |
| 33 | Sir Richard and Lady Isabella now know that perhaps we are not as stupid or as feckless as sometimes we may appear . |
| 34 | Minton was obliged to register the jeep in his own name as Norman as yet had only a provisional licence . |
| 35 | I can see that I 'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . ’ |
| 36 | Work is geared to making as many articles as possible as cheaply as possible . |
| 37 | Mass production meant rushing to produce as much as possible as quickly as possible . |
| 38 | He was surprised at how grown up Anne suddenly appeared although she was still as light-hearted as ever . |
| 39 | Capote was as raucous as ever , eyeing the sisters , cracking jokes with the executioner , telling the good prioress to have a second cup ready for the journey back . |
| 40 | Writing a dutiful postcard to his mother on 16 November 1916 Modigliani , as uninformative as ever , tries to reassure her and is optimistic : |
| 41 | A year of argument has left them as befogged as before . |
| 42 | In addition to recommending limits of radiation doses the ICRP urges that all radiation exposures should be kept ‘ as low as reasonably achievable ’ ( ALARA ) , economic and social factors being taken into account ; and that no practice involving possible radiation release should be adopted unless its introduction produces a positive net benefit . |
| 43 | Of course , reducing the risk to as low as reasonably achievable ( the ALARA principle ) does not eliminate completely the possibility of a minor or major accident occurring . |
| 44 | Difficulties in the use of the ALARA principle ( as low as reasonably achievable ) and of risk cost-benefit analysis for decision-making are discussed , including the problem of setting a monetary value for health detriment and for loss of human life . |
| 45 | ALARP ( As Low As Reasonably Practicable ) |
| 46 | IT states that risks to individuals and society should be As Low As Reasonably Practicable . |
| 47 | Burton claims that in doing so , the plant 's operator , AEA Technology , is in breach of regulations which demand that radioactive emissions are kept " as low as reasonably possible " . |
| 48 | But the UN force in Namibia should have been up to handling the affair rather than turn the job over to the South Africans ; it would have been able to cope if it had been as strong as originally intended and deployed in good time with a decent plan in its knapsack . |
| 49 | Never had the commitment of those who wanted to stay been as strong as now . |
| 50 | He looked as strong as before and his hair was still black , but in his face I saw a bitter , desperate look , that I had never seen there before . |
| 51 | He was not as strong as before , and looked much older . |
| 52 | Catherine returned to us , prouder and quicker-tempered than ever , but not as strong as before . |
| 53 | While the environmental attractions of moving out may remain as strong as ever , the financial advantage from the fact that southern prices boomed first has largely disappeared . |
| 54 | The basic motive for continuing with the groups — the cementing of business relationships — remains as strong as ever . |
| 55 | So please keep our friendship as strong as ever , though I am losing the power to give it outward expression . |
| 56 | He accepted that those of English descent were decreasing as a percentage of the population but their cultural loyalty was as strong as ever , as was their influence in shaping American thought , especially through literature . |
| 57 | It soon became an organisation of worldwide influence and still exists as strong as ever . |
| 58 | She is now 24 years old and going as strong as ever . |
| 59 | Though there has been a change of Prime Minister and of the Secretary of State for the Environment since the publication of the White Paper , the environmental cause seems as strong as ever . |
| 60 | And my coat , my big army coat , which is forty years old now but still a good friend , and as strong as ever , became a remarkable sight . |