Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [det] as [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , we see the need for flexibility in the control structure , with each component being given enough free rein to contribute fully , but not so much as to force it to take decisions for which it , on its own , has insufficient evidence . |
| 2 | For the duration of the war , British and American diplomats performed a nerve-racking balancing act , providing just enough credit and material aid ( especially grain and petroleum ) to prevent Franco from going over completely to the Axis , but not so much as to enable him to become strong enough to dispense with maintaining relations with them . |
| 3 | Cuddling on the couch with your husband in front of other people is frowned upon just as much as kissing him in the street . |
| 4 | Which means , if I 'm not mistaken , that you have n't come here to offer me my son back so much as to ask me to relieve you of Miss Gristy . |
| 5 | When the big day comes the Doom Diver prepares by strapping on his wings which he makes himself ( no Doom Diver trusts any other Goblin to make his wings and gets very angry if anyone else should even so much as touch them ) . |
| 6 | He enjoyed re-reading sermons almost as much as writing them . |
| 7 | I do n't anyway , would n't care if I never so much as sniffed it again . |
| 8 | Never so much as mentioned it . |