Example sentences of "as [adv] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is naïve to assume that the LDDC has always operated as effectively as some reports would suggest . |
| 2 | The effect is psychedelic , dispersing consciousness as effectively as any pure din . |
| 3 | V33 is a low-odour , solvent-free Total Treatment for Wood which has been introduced from France by Kent-based Liveron Waxes. this water-based treatment cures and prevents fungus and insect attacks as effectively as any other treatment on the market , but is much safer as it contains no Lindane , PCP or TBTO . |
| 4 | Consequently , engineers have a primary role in ensuring that the risk management programme itself is managed as effectively as any other business activity . |
| 5 | Neverthless the Republicans decided she was a dangerous , radical feminist , even though as she travelled round the country with him Mrs Clinton showed she could stand by her man as effectively as any woman . |
| 6 | Although at poolside their disabilities were obvious , in the water they were simply swimmers , competing just as keenly as more able-bodied athletes . |
| 7 | Thus where the protected interest is only physical harm , the criterion of personal responsibility will be drawn as loosely as all foreseeable consequences . |
| 8 | The head keeper scooped up the coins as deftly as any tax collector . |
| 9 | Somehow Dr Neil 's touch did not seem to affect her as badly as that of most men , even though in the cab home sitting so near to him nearly brought on the kind of faintness which she had felt on the walk home from church . |
| 10 | I 'd no idea he 'd take it as badly as this . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't fare as badly as some showbiz celebrities I 've talked to . |
| 12 | But the company say they have n't done as badly as some of their competitors , and predict a better year ahead . |
| 13 | I do n't mean just the forgery , and that 's a hell of a job , trying to fake something that 's aged as badly as these — it 's the numbering . |
| 14 | Twice fought over , she has suffered as badly as any country in the world . |
| 15 | It is questionable if this play fulfils Eliot 's new vision as powerfully as those Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama fulfilled his old . |
| 16 | Within an eastern culture , table-fellowship and the sharing of a meal is regarded as a particularly intimate form of association , The fact that Jesus was prepared to act in such a fashion , and to be seen doing it , communicated as powerfully as any pronouncement , both to his friends at the table and his enemies at the window ( Matt. |
| 17 | Still-lifes on tables , dresser tops , window sills and mantelpieces can be improvised just as successfully as those on walls . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This has taken a number of forms and has not spread as widely as some of its supporters might have hoped . |
| 20 | Even in 1964 we commented , ‘ For as long as many of us care to remember there has been a big Healey in the price lists . |
| 21 | Er but for as long as all of us sit here we will always be looking for further improvements . |
| 22 | It indicates that the stock in the libraries in that authority , for as long as that local party rules , will reflect the politics of the majority of the voting electorate , in spite of the disclaimer that the policy will be carried out ‘ in the context of wider statutory provision across the authority ’ . |
| 23 | Families can be encouraged to take the relative out for the day for as long as that can be managed , and to carry on visiting at least weekly . |
| 24 | Indeed , a crucial part of the new contract between the state and single parents will be for the state to continue paying the mother ( and in a few cases the father ) the maintenance payments for as long as that person is responsible for a child . |
| 25 | I thought , I did n't think that it takes as long as that . |
| 26 | FOR as long as most people can remember , the stocky figure , big head and proud , tight smile of Jordan 's King Hussein have symbolised stability in the wildness of the Middle East . |
| 27 | The troubled waters of South Africa 's over state have impinged — quite correctly — upon its sporting consciousness for as long as most of us can remember . |
| 28 | He was the managing director of Supersight Golf , and had been selling golf clubs for as long as most people could remember . |
| 29 | I 'm going to live for as long as this forest remains standing . |
| 30 | For as long as this lasted she was a whore . |