Example sentences of "as [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple answer is as much or as little as you feel able to give . |
| 2 | ‘ Governors do as much or as little as they care to , ’ says David White , editor of the island 's only daily newspaper , the Royal Gazette . |
| 3 | All the trips and good times will be available in the normal fashion , and you can join in as much , or as little as you want . |
| 4 | There literally is everything under the sun , and you 're free to do as much or as little as you want . |
| 5 | Such missiles may be as little as 30 centimetres in diameter . |
| 6 | This may be a group effort in which children are able to join as they wish and do as much or as little as they choose . |
| 7 | Every cabin is fitted with private facilities and ample wardrobes , and the onboard activities give everyone the opportunity to take part in as much or as little as they want . |
| 8 | Decorate as much or as little as you like . |
| 9 | Perhaps Mill 's qualitative utilitarianism points towards a better alternative to the view that pleasure and pain are simply some kind of uniform sensation of which we want respectively , as much and as little as possible . |
| 10 | It is not as though the law adopts , or still less , creates for its own peculiar purposes and processes a special view of ownership , one which is worth as much or as little as any other view . |
| 11 | At such a distance there must be as little as one molecule of scent in a cubic yard of air , yet it is sufficient to cause the male to fly in pursuit of its source . |
| 12 | R. H. Tawney observed that the workman 's philosophy was the same as his masters : ‘ get as much and give as little as possible ’ . |
| 13 | Loving humanity means as much and as little as loving raindrops , or loving the Milky Way . |
| 14 | Social work practice in the UK needs to become more familiar with such theories , which relate to older people as much or as little as any other family members . |
| 15 | A meeting of all the tourists would be summoned straightaway ( Ashenden felt a pair of unblinking blue eyes upon him ) — summoned to meet somewhere in the hotel ( the Manager nodded again — the St John 's Suite was free ) , and Morse himself would then address the group and tell them as much or as little as he wanted to tell them , believing , he admitted , that Rumour had probably lost little of her sprinting speed since Virgil 's time , and that most of the tourists already had a pretty good idea of what had happened . |
| 16 | In Bali , amongst the community of wise and loving farmer artists where we have our home , such a stunt would be as unbelievable as it would be unnecessary , for when it comes to the supernatural — or human trickery , for that matter — the Balinese are old hands . |
| 17 | She 's tall , as tall as you int |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll write as usual as soon as I arrive . ’ |
| 19 | Tim , 32 , said : ‘ She always got upset when we were apart and cried as usual as she went through into the departure lounge . |
| 20 | In between there are some great dopey male bonding scenes with Pitt and black buddy Calvin Levels ( eg the attempt to decide whether or not to move in with Yvonne ) , plus some not-so-hot episodes with Nick Cave ( crap as usual as platinum rocker Freak Storm ) . |
| 21 | The sitting-room light at Lomond View was on as usual as she turned into the darkened driveway . |
| 22 | The job of our full-time fund raisers is to see that the RNLI 's use of such methods is as professional as can be . ’ |
| 23 | Yet Uruguayan stations achieved a diversity almost as great as that as Argentina , from the tin shack at Pan de Azúcar to the heavy , unrelieved , square strength of Paysandú , from the elegant classical Salto to the delightful single-platform country station at Paso de los Toros . |
| 24 | that 's nothing then , I could eat as much as that as I liked . |
| 25 | you know you can have all the fish courses , you can eat as much as that as you like , then they have all the , the meat courses |
| 26 | The tenant 's adviser should , therefore ensure that such a power is kept as narrow as possible . |
| 27 | Eat self-blanching celery as soon as possible as it does not keep well for long periods . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been using this , but conserving the batteries as much as possible as they 're very low . |
| 29 | Ducting interiors : Avoid the use of water as much as possible as water penetrates joints and drips for some days after cleaning . |
| 30 | It is surprising how little will actually be remembered about a house after you have left it , so make as many notes as possible as you go round . |