Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] as [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neighbourhood police are supposed to spend as much time as possible per shift walking their beat , even taking tea-breaks at some appropriate place on the round , returning to the station only for their main meal break and when a criminal , such as a shoplifter , is apprehended , although this is rare . |
| 2 | We ca n't we devise publishing concepts which capture children 's imaginations in such a way that they are confident to spend as much time talking about what they have been reading as they are about last night 's episode of ‘ Neighbours ’ ? |
| 3 | This , explained Sir Gordon Borrie in his 1986 Rathbone Memorial Lecture , was that everyone should be free to obtain as much credit as he could get , on the easiest terms available on the market . |
| 4 | Once this has occurred the battery will not be able to hold as much power . |
| 5 | will my doctor be able to spend as much time with me ? |
| 6 | Will your doctor be able to spend as much time with you ? |
| 7 | Though the Court of Appeal is also a court of supervision , it appears to be too busy to be able to devote as much time and thought as is needed to such cases . |
| 8 | Without a doubt , if you can make the journey from where you live , the very best thing to do is to visit the Trial Grounds of the National Rose Society at St Albans , Herts , — the Mecca of the rose — where you will be able to get as much information as you want , and straight answers from knowledgeable staff . |
| 9 | I mean , this 'll have been down I , oh , wo n't be able to get as much wear |
| 10 | Under these conditions your anxiety will be greater , as you are keen to earn as much money as possible in the time allowed . |
| 11 | If the Cubists had been surprised by the violent reactions which they had aroused previously , they seem to have been anxious to attract as much attention as possible with this exhibition . |
| 12 | Since it is crucial to achieve as much independence and detachment as practically possible , much attention will have to be devoted to the creation of the right institutional conditions . |
| 13 | Its use with colour is equally , if not more spectacular but is likely to see as much use in the hands of the average user . |
| 14 | In tackling a problem it is useful to gather as much information as possible and then to decide whether the solution is going to depend on more information or on a new idea . |
| 15 | And it 's important to get as much information as you possibly can |
| 16 | It 's important to encourage as much contact with the outside world as possible , for instance going to local events , taking evening classes , joining clubs and so on . |
| 17 | This does not in the least matter when looking at birds or distant ships , but it is not helpful when observing a planet or a star , when it is important to collect as much light as possible . |
| 18 | Eyes play an important part in the role of body balance and it is important to absorb as much information from the environment as possible . |
| 19 | If this remains true today , it is probably because the House does not have the same pressures placed on its time as the Court of Appeal and is able to devote as much time as it wishes to oral argument . |
| 20 | It is advisable to give as much indication as possible of the problem areas affected by the SPR to help those handling the SPR to isolate individual modules ; it is not , however , compulsory to provide any module names . |
| 21 | Intel Corp is anxious to sprinkle as much luck on the P5 as it can . |
| 22 | When concerned with denudation chronology it is necessary to utilize as much information as possible and to avoid conceptual approaches which are too constraining . |
| 23 | To establish the quantum of damages that may be available , it is necessary to obtain as much information as possible about the injuries which the client suffered , and the future effect of such injuries , in particular upon the client 's earning capacity . |
| 24 | Before quotas , about 50 per cent of the food energy going in to our dairy cows was in the form of cereals : food that could be directly used by man , because in those days it was cost-effective to get as much milk as possible out of individual cows . |
| 25 | In future economic efficiency was likely to assume as much importance as the technical side . |
| 26 | The field-worker was able to spend as much time in the field as the principal investigator thought necessary , and no restrictions were placed on her going out on patrol , travelling in vehicles , or going to incidents of routine police duty . |
| 27 | It was because she knew that before the month was out she would have said a permanent goodbye to him that she was greedy to spend as much time with him as she could now . |