Example sentences of "as [adv] as that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I thought , I did n't think that it takes as long as that . |
| 6 | However , what the hon. Gentleman says is a new one on me , if I may put it as basically as that . |
| 7 | His mouth curled into a slow smile that sent unease rippling through her just as swiftly as that sinking pebble had sent ripples chasing across the pond . |
| 8 | The information contained in wills must be examined as critically as that in any other document . |
| 9 | The appeal of the private army and the provocation it offered to others were eliminated as easily as that . |
| 10 | But Timothy Gedge could n't be dismissed as easily as that . |
| 11 | No way was she falling in with his plans as easily as that ! |
| 12 | I do not know whether it will break as easily as that . |
| 13 | With luck , the Jews would not be able to find him as quickly as that . |
| 14 | I knew he could punch but I did n't know Razor could go down as quickly as that . ’ |
| 15 | It literally happened as quickly as that — on the Monday I decided to finish it and on the Tuesday I packed my bags and left . |
| 16 | So that 's a great step forward , is n't it , to , to relieve pain as quickly as that . |
| 17 | Well I do n't think we can buy one quite as quickly as that . |
| 18 | On the other hand , the rank and file of his army of conquest of 1016 , comprising Norwegians and Swedes as well as Danes , doubtless contained a fair number of heathens , and it is very unlikely that the Danish church had yet permeated national life as deeply as that of the English . |
| 19 | ‘ As early as that ? ’ |
| 20 | I had never been awake in it as early as that before . |
| 21 | It 's pretty hard to think about that when you 've just gone out of a Grand Slam event as early as that . |
| 22 | " As early as that ? " queried Mrs Groves . |
| 23 | She says I think the greatest problem for me is the mornings — having to work early — starting work at half past seven — there is n't a bus as early as that , leaving from Langford village into Bicester — so normally I have to walk it which takes 20-25 minutes — in the cold , which I absolutely hate ! |
| 24 | Nevertheless , by the end of the inter-war period the working class fertility rate was dropping as rapidly as that of the middle class , with the result that the two-child family was fast ceasing to be a middle class phenomenon . |
| 25 | Bedroom lighting needs to be planned just as carefully as that elsewhere in your home if it 's to provide the right atmosphere and be practical . |
| 26 | erm the I mean we have a pentadactyl limb , whether we climb or run or fly or swim , you can recognise an obvious deep anatomical resemblance between the limbs of organisms behaving as differently as that , and therefore that if we really want to understand evolution we have to understand these erm , I do n't know whether one wants to call them plans or archetypes , or structures , call them what you will . |
| 27 | So he er he was most upset was poor Ben so I did explain to him that what he had to do with policemen if they were n't feeling too good was to try and avoid saying things er quite as straightforwardly as that . |
| 28 | I ca n't see it as clearly as that — and perhaps it 's better not to see clearly — ’ |
| 29 | As far as that went , he was quite satisfied with the status quo . |
| 30 | How had he managed to get us as far as that ? |