Example sentences of "as [adv] [subord] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd no idea he 'd take it as badly as this . ’ |
| 2 | However , other studies suggest that relationships with clinicians continued to be difficult and not all general managers exerted their authority as successfully as this one . |
| 3 | I 'm going to live for as long as this forest remains standing . |
| 4 | For as long as this lasted she was a whore . |
| 5 | But , if they can play as indifferently as this and still win by a record margin , then the Gods are obviously with them . |
| 6 | I ca n't change my mind about the name Lemarchand as suddenly as this . ’ |
| 7 | Cos you do n't go as slow as this , even round here something like that Ann . |
| 8 | JR was suspicious by nature , and even more so when figures came together as easily as this . |
| 9 | ‘ Certainly , ma'am , ’ agreed the lawyer , relieved to have accomplished his task as easily as this . |
| 10 | She warned that when things vanished as quickly as this , it was quite possible that they might come back . |
| 11 | But if Big Bang turns to crash and Poles lose their unPolish patience with the austerity plan , or if Solidarity can not contain its differences any longer , a fresh election could come as early as this autumn . |
| 12 | Yet as early as this blacks were also making their own films : ‘ race films ’ , shown in all-black theatres during the years of segregation . |
| 13 | It was hot , even as early as this . |
| 14 | The document presupposes a direct connection between the fully mounted warrior and the fief , which is unusually specific for a period as early as this ; it is therefore indicative of well-developed feudal institutions , at least in part of the area under Angevin control . |
| 15 | ‘ I would not want to slave-drive you as early as this actual moment . ’ |
| 16 | But we really do n't feel it should be done as openly as this within a community of young families and children . |
| 17 | This is the principle , though it is rarely done as nakedly as this . |
| 18 | First , they are rarely posed as clearly as this ; things tend to happen incrementally or interstitially . |
| 19 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 20 | Presumably it eventually dies , but that is less important than it seems to us mortals ; as far as this discussion is concerned the end of the cycle is reached when the present organism reproduces and a new generation 's cycle begins . |
| 21 | The effect of these amalgamations , as far as this survey is concerned , has been to put onto the market what must be a large proportion of the original libraries . |
| 22 | Gets as far as this : Migration of Sperms : ‘ Approximately 400 million sperms are present in each ejaculation … if only 10 per cent of the sperms reach the cervical canal a total of approximately 40 million sperms will have reached this favourable haven . |
| 23 | ‘ As far as this part of the city is concerned , ’ Maidstone went on after the drinks had arrived , ‘ I think I 'm the only resident Englishman . ’ |
| 24 | Moreover having gone as far as this I do not believe that it would be possible for me to hold the line and refuse to answer any further questions about the composition and activities of the Committees . |
| 25 | It then compares the costs incurred for control samples with those of action sample clients , and finally examines the most important question as far as this project is concerned : whether those who were sustained at home with project support for six or l2 months after their referral to the psychogeriatrician cost more , less , or about the same to keep at home compared with the cost of institutional care ( taking into account the probability of their being in an institution were it not for the project support ) . |
| 26 | We were totally inexperienced — greenhorns — as far as this sort of experience went , lost souls entrapped in a web of intrigue . |
| 27 | ‘ They would n't have come as far as this on their own , he must be driving them . ’ |
| 28 | Anyway , they have not really the transport for a journey as far as this and in any case , they could not spare the time from work . ’ |
| 29 | There is therefore a ‘ trial period ’ as far as this aspect of the new corporation tax return is concerned . |
| 30 | It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this . |