Example sentences of "[prep] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexis and Paul Gilmour are behind the campaign and they are after as many signatures as possible . |
| 2 | Considered an essential item of diet in the days when hazardous voyages to the islands were made by the Ness men in their open sailing 'sgothan , these days it was sought after as more of a delicacy , in spite of its rather revolting appearance when cured . |
| 3 | All apparently at a cost of as little as £11,000 . |
| 4 | This process would continue indefinitely , with reversals taking place at intervals of as little as 100,000 years or as much as one million years , but with the overall result that the compass spent about as much time pointing in one direction as it did in the other . |
| 5 | People who are behind with their electricity bills could find themselves restricted to a consumption of as little as one kilowatt . |
| 6 | The little history of the period that has survived is an invaluable asset , but there are great dangers in using archaeological data to elucidate chronologically-based historical problems when the span of as little as a generation is so crucial . |
| 7 | It 's very accurate , reacting to temperature differences of as little as 0.5°C . |
| 8 | Already as early as 1436 the word had lost its original connotation of nobleman , and been extended to cover merchants and yeomen who had got rich , together with some landowners of as little as £5 a year claiming the title . |
| 9 | From the twentieth century point of view it can be appreciated that naturally occurring compounds contain what , from the point of view of theoretical chemistry , is an arbitrary and theoretically uninteresting mixture of isotopes so that , as F. Soddy remarked , the painstaking endeavour of the nineteenth century chemists ‘ appears as of as little interest and significance as the determination of the average weight of a collection of bottles , some of them full and some of them more or less empty ’ . |
| 10 | Where access time is the vital criterion and direct access storage is abundant , a packing density of as little as 50 per cent is justifiable for a file accessed both directly and sequentially . |
| 11 | The molecules can be thought of as little billiard balls continually colliding with each other and bouncing off the walls of the box . |
| 12 | Official estimates put the turnout at 47.7 per cent of the electorate ( 5 percentage points higher than for the 1988 elections — see pp. 36347-48 ) , but independent observers claimed that the turnout was unusually low , with reports of as little as 10 per cent in some rural areas . |
| 13 | Initially , a daily intake of as little as 1500 kcal ( 6000 kJ ) is prescribed because larger amounts impose considerable discomfort after prolonged restriction . |
| 14 | Charities can reclaim pay repayment of basic rates of tax on gifts of as little as even two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 15 | After an incision through the skin of as little as a centimetre long , a device known as an ultrasound probe and laser fibres are inserted directly into the centre of the tumour . |
| 16 | City analysts have put a price tag of as much as £60m on Hargreaves and some potential bidders , including the Irish group CRH , have intimated that the business would be worth more to an existing player in the market than a newcomer . |
| 17 | Now I want control of as much as I can cope with . |
| 18 | To become a sensory square it can need a reduction of as much as a twentieth in its height . |
| 19 | It was indeed precisely the combination of as much ‘ national ’ pride as was to be found among the greater kingdoms of Europe , with far less material resources on which to base it , which made Scotland so unusual . |
| 20 | Being an intercooled unit the engine runs cooler than a non intercooled turbocharged diesel as the air fed into the engine is at a lower temperature and so the engine cooling system does not have to dispose of as much waste heat . |
| 21 | Now aged fifty-four years , Rodrigo was still a splendid figure , possessed of as much energy and strength as in his youth — but he had campaigned almost unceasingly for nearly thirty years against the Moors and against Christian enemies . |
| 22 | Not only does it help the condition of the skin itself by removing the build-up of dead skin cells on the surface , it stimulates lymphatic drainage and the elimination of as much as one-third of body wastes . |
| 23 | The presence of as much as 90 per cent of water , because the fermentation must be carried out in water , is no real hindrance . |
| 24 | However , there is a net outflow of as much as 10 per cent and it is this ‘ lost ’ fluid which is drained by the lymphatics and returned to the circulation . |
| 25 | The main factor to remember about walking is to be aware of as much of your environment as possible . |
| 26 | Cheaper money and a plunge in the cost of living are working their way through the system , but the Government 's finances are still in a mess and I think we could inherit a financial deficit of as much as £50bn in 1993-94 . |
| 27 | He has ‘ written ’ far more books than any other driver in the history of the sport ; he has given an infinite number of ‘ in depth ’ interviews ; he has been the subject of as much and as adulatory film footage as the Fellini-like Enzo Ferrari , and while everything he says seems absolutely straight , nothing he says is without a sharp edge to it . |
| 28 | Tax will be paid on 35pc of that value , with reductions of as much as two-thirds for high business mileage users . |
| 29 | Even when subjected to temperature variations of as much as 800°C or more . |
| 30 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |