Example sentences of "as [art] quarter [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As many as a quarter of a million more may have died between 1919 and 1922 .
2 On some days ( not enjoyed by any of us ) perhaps as many as a quarter of our cases will be requests for euthanasia .
3 As many as a quarter of British houses may be unable to erect a dish that can be lined up with the satellite with enough accuracy for good reception .
4 Up to 88% of district nursing time could be spent on leg ulcer care , as a quarter of clients with ulcerated limbs need visits lasting more than 15 minutes and half require dressings more than three times a week .
5 All this information , compiled during a journey that may have lasted as much as a quarter of an hour , enabled it to deduce the exact course it had to take in order to arrive back at its nest-hole .
6 And then there were the free pop concerts which attracted as many as a quarter of a million hippies .
7 EC beef exported to west Africa sells for as little as a quarter of the price shoppers in Britain must pay .
8 In Cumbria , said Redfern , the ‘ height increment [ growth ] does appear to have fallen off markedly since about 1975/6 … down as much as a quarter in recent years . ’
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