Example sentences of "[det] [subord] [adj] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thousands of kids wo n't have as much as that in a life-time . |
| 2 | Then they form up into single file with as many as fifty in a column , each animal touching the rear end of the one ahead with its stick-like antennae , and set off briskly across the sandy sea floor , heading for deeper water . |
| 3 | By these means I captured as many as fifty in a batch . |
| 4 | Harlan has described a guided tour as follows : ‘ Batches of students — I have seen as many as thirty in a group — are herded through a dozen or so stations . |
| 5 | He bought them literally by the armful , and read as many as three in a day , picked up at random from the piles he had brought home ; yet afterwards he could tell of what he had read , so beautifully , according to Reid , that the book itself would be a disappointment by comparison . |
| 6 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |