"As well as the series of Brexit bills, May is expected to respond to recent attacks in Manchester, London Bridge, Westminster and Finsbury Park with beefed-up counter-terrorism plans, including a focus on social media." (The Guardian.)
Is As well as the series of Brexit bills a comparative phrase in the sentence above?
No. 'as well as' means 'in addition to'.
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