Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did Shearer fail to score , but Monkou also refused him licence for so much as a solitary shot at goal . |
| 2 | The crucial distinction between the residual and the institutional model is that , in the latter , the state accepts responsibility for the provision of rather more than a basic minimum . |
| 3 | If , as its Members will , it seeks to bring about such change , it must rely upon other agencies if it is to shift the location of so much as a single molecule . |
| 4 | Indeed , if the state can be thought of as acting as a single shareholder then it will be in a more powerful position vis-a-vis management than are shareholders of most private companies . |
| 5 | There is nothing Perks like so much as a good fight . |
| 6 | Some hardware can be fairly portable but nothing like as easy as a bound book . |
| 7 | For instance , when Oliver Reed made his now famous appearance with slightly more than a little Dutch courage inside him , he suddenly took it into his head that he wanted to sing . |
| 8 | She would cut off her right arm and give it to him if he came over with as much as a single bag . |
| 9 | With my confidence about as durable as a wet tissue , I thought I 'd better do whatever needed to be done with it well before he arrived , and then wash it off my fingers and anywhere else visible and smellable . |
| 10 | A Conservative Club is about as probable as a solid gold statue of Sir Ian MacGregor . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's about as genuine as a Roman roof tile made of polystyrene . |
| 12 | Whatever the buying power of the greenback elsewhere , to Lloyds Bank in London it is about as useful as a Russian rouble , an Indian rupee or a Mexican peso . |
| 13 | If this should prove genuine , it is about as welcome as a High Court summons — another document I expect hourly unless the Bradford branch of the Inland Revenue adopts a more compassionate attitude to its clients . ’ |
| 14 | It used to be possible to obtain second-hand telescopes at low cost , but by now a really good , cheap second-hand telescope is about as common as a great auk . |
| 15 | r74(73–517) was about as active as a full length protein , while two other forms , r74(205–517) and r74(356–517) , were inactive . |
| 16 | His outbursts of bilious misogyny are about as shocking as a small boy shouting ‘ Bum ! ’ |
| 17 | It 's about as interesting as a financial report from anybody . |
| 18 | But Rohan had not put in so much as a token appearance . |
| 19 | Thus the project wishes to focus on additiorial areas of injury including , managerial strategies , that is , the methods used to communicate the goals of the enterprise to the workforce ; the work process , that is , the distribution of power and authority in the workplace and the divisions of the workers on the basis of income and status ; migration , that is , the study of worker satisfaction , in as much as a stable working population is an indication of employee loyalty ; ethnic and religious divisions , that is , whether religion and nationality was used to divide workers by allocating jobs on the basis of these factors ; and , lastly , women and trade unionism , that is , the degree of workers ' identification with an alternative loyalty structure to that of the enterprise . |
| 20 | Part of my job as a media commentator is to slag off other journalists — it 's what makes it all worthwhile — and I 've put knees into the groins of such eminences as Alastair Burnet , Peter Sissons and Donald Trelford , without so much as a raised eyebrow in Kingsland or City roads . |
| 21 | She could well imagine what was going on in his mind : fickle , impulsive girl who flitted from one man to another without so much as a backward glance . |
| 22 | Without so much as a backward glance she left the room , indignation clear in the rigidity of her spine as his mocking laugh rang out behind her . |
| 23 | He walked away down the corridor , without so much as a backward look , and tears stung her eyes . |
| 24 | He stood up then and walked from the room without so much as a backward glance . |
| 25 | She stood up and walked from the room without so much as a backward glance , and Shae looked down at her hands , surprised to find they were trembling , though they 'd been rock steady just minutes before . |
| 26 | With which she stalked past him and into the hall without so much as a backward glance at Theda , standing by the desk , a look of new hope in her eyes . |
| 27 | ‘ Bill Mishkin 's just made New Canaan , Connecticut , March 1 to April 14 , without so much as a single shooting , beating , or naked buttock from one end to the other ! |
| 28 | He allowed her to go through everything without so much as a single interruption . |
| 29 | failed Came on more tragic than a full |
| 30 | ‘ She had never been out of Italy before — now there she was without as much as a full day 's notice at Brown 's Hotel looking on top hats and umbrellas out of a window that worked like a guillotine . |