Example sentences of "[prep] as [det] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little history of the period that has survived is an invaluable asset , but there are great dangers in using archaeological data to elucidate chronologically-based historical problems when the span of as little as a generation is so crucial . |
| 2 | After an incision through the skin of as little as a centimetre long , a device known as an ultrasound probe and laser fibres are inserted directly into the centre of the tumour . |
| 3 | EC beef exported to west Africa sells for as little as a quarter of the price shoppers in Britain must pay . |
| 4 | ‘ For as little as a copper coin , I will utter a howl guaranteed to wake the dead . ’ |
| 5 | They should n't drive so fast because their car is n't worth as much as a child 's life . |
| 6 | A 2.25 cu m ( 500 gallon ) cesspool could fill up in as little as a week with a family of four living in the house ; a 18 cu m cesspool would last for at least a month and is the minimum size recommended . |
| 7 | In as much as a school can be said to have an approach ( eg formal , informal , team taught , class or group based , or one where streaming and setting or vertical or horizontal grouping is practised ) , the degree to which members of staff conform to it very much depends on how the school is led . |
| 8 | His style lends itself to much deadpan humour : when describing the old custom of cutting the cake by breaking it over the bride 's head , he does it without as much as a wink . |
| 9 | ‘ A guy can suffer an injury on the first match of a tour or go through a tough schedule without as much as a bump . |
| 10 | Now he 's got it down to as little as a couple of weeks . |
| 11 | The lightest easels are the aluminium ones which can weigh in at as little as a kilo . |
| 12 | The lightest easels are the aluminium ones which can weigh in at as little as a kilo . |
| 13 | Yields on well-let properties , even in the glutted City of London office market , have fallen by as much as a percentage point over the past six months . |