Example sentences of "[adv] many as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Woodworm Years , a compilation from more recent recordings , has its moments , but not nearly so many as the 1970 House Full and Full House re-issues . |
| 2 | The farmhouses are not so many as they were forty years ago by three fourths … |
| 3 | We have had losses , but not so many as some . |
| 4 | Er one last thing er , do we need so many as eight non-executive directors which also to be paid ? |
| 5 | ‘ Then I like the carpenter best — if he did n't eat so many as the walrus . ’ |
| 6 | We only had six here this morning , and I was n't expecting so many as thirteen . |
| 7 | Rose 's ( 1971 ) survey , conducted in 1968 on the verge of ‘ the Troubles ’ , found that as many as 30 per cent of the catholic population were ‘ explicitly prepared to endorse the constitution ’ of Northern Ireland , which then included the Stormont parliament . |
| 8 | It sports small yellow flowers en masse , sometimes showing as many as 30 at a time . |
| 9 | Maybe as many as ten . |
| 10 | Their argument is that it is good for the tournament , a s well as the players concerned , if as many as possible of the higher ranked competitors survive the early rounds . |
| 11 | A month earlier , another experimental service reopened between Kettering and Corby with as many as seventeen trains daily . |
| 12 | We love reading your letters and we 'll try to publish as many as possible . |
| 13 | As many as 100,000 soldiers are still encamped around Peking . |
| 14 | From 1984 on , Mr Watts had repeatedly telephoned Lord Aldington , as many as 28 times in a weekend , and gathered a dossier of other allegedly unpaid claims by Sun Alliance , which he circulated to insurance brokers . |
| 15 | The majority of victims were Jews but they were not alone — as many as 4,000 gypsies may have been killed there in one session . |
| 16 | New research showed that as many as two-thirds of babies are smacked before the age of one , 83 per cent of mothers of four-year-olds believe in smacking , and 18 per cent of children were still being smacked by their 11th birthday . |
| 17 | After repeated telephone calls to Lord Aldington at home — as many as 28 in one weekend — had failed to change his mind , Mr Watts learnt of Count Tolstoy 's theories . |
| 18 | Some senior party sources believe that a ‘ kamikaze ’ candidate could attract as many as 70 votes from disaffected MPs — paving the way for a fully-fledged contest next year . |
| 19 | TENS OF THOUSANDS of East Germans — perhaps as many as 50,000 — streamed through Leipzig last night , calling for the legalisation of the New Forum opposition group . |
| 20 | According to evidence drawn from diplomats , military analysts and family members of the dead and detained , it appears that as many as 24 people were killed and 100 injured . |
| 21 | Often as many as five trains a day , each one packed with 4,000 Jews , trundled eastwards to Auschwitz . |
| 22 | ‘ There could be as many as 4-5,000 in some seats . |
| 23 | While the strip cartoons are produced with a small team , the latest multi-million dollar animated feature film has occupied an international team of as many as 300 artists and technicians for two years . |
| 24 | In the first week of the campaign only 44 per cent of the public felt Labour was a clear second in the opinion polls and as many as 19 per cent said the Alliance was running second . |
| 25 | Over 25 000 walkers and climbers are expected to climb as many as 600 summits in the UK in a bold initiative to support conservation and human rights around the world . |
| 26 | Rainfall is uncertain and varied — drought years may be as many as one in five ; many soils are eroded and soil quality may vary within as little space as a hectare ; even small-scale irrigation may be ineffective as high levels of ‘ run-off ’ prevent the efficient use of water . |
| 27 | There were production problems early on too , which cost as many as 500 cars a day at the Halewood plant . |
| 28 | Built up over the past 10 years , his aquilegia collection consists of about 130 species and hybrids , with the emphasis on species ‘ to save as many as possible from extinction and allow present and future generations to know and enjoy their great beauty ’ . |
| 29 | Out of 700 cases that the PPL took to court last year , it is thought that as many as 100 could have been brought against hotels or restaurants . |
| 30 | In some countries as many as one child in three dies before reaching the age of five . |