Example sentences of "to have as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect he hoped to have as little as possible to do with her , but when she made a dead set at him , as she did at all young married men , that was no longer possible . |
| 2 | Planning for the future care of your children can be particularly stressful if you are someone who wants to have as little as possible to do with social services and other authorities , or if you have had a bad experience with them in the past . |
| 3 | ‘ We want it to have as little impact as possible on the production process , ’ says Senator Moynihan . |
| 4 | Seaman comments that that presentation Another and concordant view is recorded by Lichtheim : Lichtheim goes on to quote Pease , then Secretary of the Fabian Society , as saying : ‘ We were thus in a position to welcome the formation of working class Socialist societies , but it is certain that they would never have welcomed us ’ ; and to add , perhaps unkindly : ‘ Beatrice Potter — a rich , spoiled , arrogant young woman with more beauty than brains — was determined to have as little as possible to do with the working class . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And when do you start singing ‘ Yankee Doodle ’ , McAllister ? ’ said Dr Neil , provocative in his turn , but oh , she looked remarkable when she was all fired up , as he supposed she called it , and despite his resolution to have as little to do with her as possible he could not resist continuing to tease her . |
| 6 | Industrialists never liked financiers much , and established industrialists tried to have as little as possible to do with bankers . |
| 7 | But one thing Rachel was certain of was that the revival of those memories had only intensified her dislike of her sister 's ex-fiancé , and when she arrived for work the following Monday morning and he was the first person she saw she found her resolve to have as little to do with him as possible had only been strengthened . |
| 8 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
| 9 | Crudely speaking , this is the principle behind a breed of microscopes that may turn out to have as much impact on the microchip-production line as they have already had in the laboratory . |
| 10 | The higher vertebrates , fossil mammals and dinosaurs in particular , have been described in so many books that they sometimes seem to have as much flesh and blood as any animal in the zoo . |
| 11 | On the day that his master and mistress were due back from London , he was determined to have as much as possible completed , in order to impress Stephen with the amount done during his absence . |
| 12 | In order to keep this nose down attitude during the inverted phase ( Fig. 9.4 ) , we need to have as much negative pitch available as the normal positive figure-typically 6° — 7° ! |
| 13 | With Saturn 's transit of your sign from 1994 , you want to have as much in place as possible . |
| 14 | To have as much money to spend as the Trustees of the Getty Museum have in their care is a grave responsibility . |
| 15 | It is therefore to the advantage of poor troops ( Goblins ) to have as much depth and as little frontage as possible . |
| 16 | Er , so you can say that er Mr is a friend of pensioner 's , he said , he said he would be prepared to , what I , I , I approached him and said er , what about Harlow Caring Council , are they prepared to assist the pensioners in any way or do they wish to join in on this , oh yes he said , of course Norman he said , how much are you paying er Ron I said well his asking forty pound for the , for the morning , oh he said I 'll go half way with that , then he came out and said to me , pull me up afterwards and ask me to go to leisure services about the Tuesday , and so I 'm still following that up and hopefully we will have two days on pensioner 's week , because you want to have as much impact as possible and in a few moments , when I nearly finished here , I shall be reading you something where you 'll see that it is important that we make an impact on the people of Harlow . |
| 17 | Instead of attempting to integrate and co-ordinate internal transport services as a whole , individual boards , such as the British Railways Board , the London Transport Board and the British Docks Board , were to have as much individual responsibility as possible , especially in commercial terms . |
| 18 | I was able to have as much personal contact time with pupils , parents and staff after DMR as before . |
| 19 | If you really enjoy cooking you will probably want to be able to take at least some meals in the kitchen and to have as much space as possible for herbs , spices , pots and pans , cook books and all the other impedimenta collected by the keen cook , quite apart from generous food storage and good kitchen aids . |
| 20 | It goes without saying that a great urban conurbation such as Nottingham can not and must not have its affairs meddled in by councillors from Mansfield , Worksop and Retford who , although loyal Nottinghamshire people , have no community of interest in our great city and who , not surprisingly , want their towns to have as much of the county cake as they can get . |
| 21 | In this respect , then , it can be argued that the survey is too individualistic , not only in the sense that only individuals can respond to questionnaires , but also in that every individual is assumed to have as much importance as every other . |
| 22 | The Wensleydale market town with its inns , its tea shops and its cobbles looks to have as much chance of being frequented by members of the oldest profession as being the venue for the Olympic Games in the year 2000 . |
| 23 | Putting aside their more immediate patriotic considerations , the Lions ' selectors and coaches might be glad enough to have as much supporting evidence as possible with regard to eschewing token selections , made just to keep all four countries happy , and that could certainly make a difference to the size of the Scottish contingent . |
| 24 | He does n't seem to have as much holiday as me cos I get nearly six weeks a year now . |
| 25 | they do n't seem to give you any , you seem to have as much tea and coffee as you want , or soda water . |
| 26 | ‘ We are anxious to have as many entrants as possible , ’ said a member of the organising committee . |
| 27 | She should also be encouraged to have as many outside interests as possible . |
| 28 | When depressed she was beset with ‘ sudden sorrow and grief ’ , afraid of eternal damnation , ‘ mourned and sorrowed as though God had forsaken her ’ , suffering her ‘ to have as many evil thoughts as before she had good ones ’ . |
| 29 | In some societies ( e.g. Hutterites and other fundamentalists , Shi'ite Islam and the Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam , Puritan sects , Mormons , the Irish form of ultramontane Catholicism ) reproductive behaviour has a ‘ sacred ’ role , whatever the cost , manifested either as an obligation to have as many children as possible or to avoid the means of limiting them ( Simons 1982 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ And the house is big enough for you to have as many friends as you want to visit you . |