AS – English Grammar Profiler
1 ‘AS’ is mostly used as a subordinating conjunction. Therefore a clause will follow. (CSA)
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1 AS YOU CAN SEE , 77008 2 AS ONE OF THE MOST 35020 3 AS IT TURNS OUT , 26141 4 AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 23386 5 AS YOU CAN SEE IN 21865 6 AS ONE OF THE BEST 21657 7 AS ONE OF THE TOP 18045 8 AS IN THE CASE OF 14203 9 AS WE ALL KNOW , 13851
10 AS IS THE CASE WITH 13351
3 ‘As’ is used a little less as a preposition. Therefore, a noun phrase will follow. (II)
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1 AS A RESULT OF THE 102072 2 AS A MEMBER OF THE 54997 3 AS A RESULT , THE 54382
4 AS A MATTER OF FACT 31402
As a matter of fact, I do have a bet on the game tonight.
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5 AS A RESULT OF THIS 26713 6 AS A RESULT OF A 26628 7 AS A WHOLE . 22429 8 AS A RESULT . 18267 9 AS A PART OF THE 17273
10 AS A GENERAL RULE , 14834
5 (II22)
6 ‘AS’ is less frequently also used as an adverb of degree. (RG)
It is often followed by an adjective or adverb that it modifies.
1 AS (RG) MUCH (DA1) AS (CSA) 609380
3 AS (RG) GOOD (JJ) AS (CSA) 171336 4 AS (RG) SOON (RR) AS (CSA) 149216 5 AS (RG) MANY (DA2) AS (CSA) 105741 6 AS (RG) SIMPLE (JJ) AS (CSA) 99704
7 AS (RG) WELL (RR) AS (CSA) 99401
8 AS (RG) EARLY (RR_JJ) AS (CSA) 88971 9 AS (RG) QUICKLY (RR) AS (CSA) 83857 10 AS (RG) HIGH (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 79879 11 AS (RG) LITTLE (DA1) AS (CSA) 76996 12 AS (RG) FAST (RR_JJ) AS (CSA) 75149 13 AS (RG) LOW (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 67402 14 AS (RG) EASY (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 62682 15 AS (RG) OFTEN (RR) AS (CSA) 52405 16 AS (RG) IMPORTANT (JJ) AS (CSA) 52218 17 AS (RG) BAD (JJ) AS (CSA) 48786 18 AS (RG) HARD (RR_JJ) AS (CSA) 39047 19 AS (RG) CLOSE (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 32885 20 AS (RG) BIG (JJ) AS (CSA) 29135 21 AS (RG) MUCH (DA1) OF (IO) 28946 22 AS (RG) STRONG (JJ) AS (CSA) 25874 23 AS (RG) LARGE (JJ) AS (CSA) 23248 24 AS (RG) LONG (RR) AS (CSA) 23011 25 AS (RG) SMALL (JJ) AS (CSA) 19837 26 AS (RG) EFFECTIVE (JJ) AS (CSA) 18635
27 AS (RG@) MUCH (DA1) OF (IO) 17393
29 AS (RG) YOUNG (JJ) AS (CSA) 17234 30 AS (RG) LATE (RR_JJ) AS (CSA) 16687 31 AS (RG) CLOSE (RR_JJ) TO (II) 16507 32 AS (RG) GREAT (JJ) AS (CSA) 15655 33 AS (RG) RECENTLY (RR) AS (CSA) 15566
34 AS (RG) LIKELY (JJ) TO (TO) 15552
36 AS (RG) MUCH (DA1) TIME (NNT1) 14979 37 AS (RG) DIVERSE (JJ) AS (CSA) 14554 38 AS (RG) MUCH (DA1) INFORMATION (NN1) 14514 39 AS (RG) FAR (RR) AS (CSA) 14332 40 AS (RG) OLD (JJ) AS (CSA) 14290 41 AS (RG) MANY (DA2) PEOPLE (NN) 13124 42 AS (RG) EASILY (RR) AS (CSA) 12357 43 AS (RG) FAR (RR) AWAY (RL) 11590 44 AS (RG) SMOOTH (JJ) AS (CSA) 10849 45 AS (RG) POWERFUL (JJ) AS (CSA) 9851 46 AS (RG) FEW (DA2) AS (CSA) 9767 47 AS (RG) ACCURATE (JJ) AS (CSA) 9658 48 AS (RG) MUCH (DA1) MONEY (NN1) 9642 49 AS (RG) COMFORTABLE (JJ) AS (CSA) 9622 50 AS (RG) MUCH (RR) A (AT1) 9515 51 AS (RG) SHORT (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 9349 52 AS (RG@) EASY (JJ) TO (TO) 9123 53 AS (RG) DIFFICULT (JJ) AS (CSA) 9009 54 AS (RG) POPULAR (JJ) AS (CSA) 8916 55 AS (RG) QUICK (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 8865 56 AS (RG) GOOD (JJ) . (.) 8850 57 AS (RG) SAFE (JJ) AS (CSA) 8588 58 AS (RG) BEAUTIFUL (JJ) AS (CSA) 8509 59 AS (RG@) MANY (DA2) OF (IO) 8282 60 AS (RG) NICE (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 8246 61 AS (RG) MUCH (DA1_RR) ABOUT (II) 8209 62 AS (RG) GOOD (JJ_RR%) A (AT1) 8043
63 AS (RG@) MUCH (DA1_RR) . (.) 7834
65 AS (RG@) MANY (DA2) PEOPLE (NN) 7706 66 AS (RG) CLEAR (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 7632
67 AS (RG) DEEP (RR_JJ) AS (CSA) 7615
69 AS (RG) CLOSELY (RR) AS (CSA) 7435 70 AS (RG@) CLOSE (JJ) TO (II) 7309
71 AS (RG) MUCH (DA1) FUN (NN1_JJ) 7258
73 AS (RG) EFFICIENTLY (RR) AS (CSA) 6872 74 AS (RG) MUCH (DA1) OR (CC) 6713 75 AS (RG) SUCCESSFUL (JJ) AS (CSA) 6701 76 AS (RG) BEST (RRT) I (PPIS1) 6690
77 AS (RG) EFFICIENT (JJ) AS (CSA) 6684
79 AS (RG) TALL (JJ) AS (CSA) 6547 80 AS (RG) COOL (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 6478 81 AS (RG@) MUCH (RR) A (AT1) 6345 82 AS (RG) COMMON (JJ) AS (CSA) 6290 83 AS (RG) FUN (JJ) AS (CSA) 6189 84 AS (RG) VARIED (JJ) AS (CSA) 6150 85 AS (RG) SMOOTHLY (RR) AS (CSA) 6137
86 AS (RG@) WELL (JJ) . (.) 6105
89 AS (RG) CHEAP (JJ) AS (CSA) 5983
91 AS (RG) HEALTHY (JJ) AS (CSA) 5889 92 AS (RG) IMPRESSIVE (JJ) AS (CSA) 5856 93 AS (RG) BRIGHT (JJ) AS (CSA) 5841 94 AS (RG) EXCITING (JJ) AS (CSA) 5795 95 AS (RG) WIDE (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 5691 96 AS (RG) HOT (JJ) AS (CSA) 5674
97 AS (RG) MANY (DA2) OF (IO) 5656
99 AS (RG) THICK (JJ_RR@) AS (CSA) 5573
100 AS (RG) LOUD (RR_JJ) AS (CSA) 5562
7 AS (II31) 3479322
8 AS (II33) 3252152
As in a complex prepositional phrase
1 AS WELL AS 3744928
2 AS OPPOSED TO 223743
But the violin is a bit easier for me to pick up as opposed to, say, the, uh, French horn.
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11 AS (CS33) 1713983 12 AS (CS31) 1713954
13 AS (II21) 1342676
18 AS (CS21) 808698
21 AS (RR21) 569752
29 AS (BCL22) 117153
31 AS (CS22) 78836
33 AS (RR33) 38499
36 AS (RR31) 32309
40 AS (CS44) 16393
43 AS (CS42) 4726