Example sentences of "much as [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traditional Conservative cry against the nationalised industries thus had some plausibility for anyone concerned with a correct allocation of investment resources in the economy : though it should be remembered that the electricity boards were ( unlike private industry ) not in general free to invest as much as they wished at low rates of return , but were subject to annual quantitative limits agreed with the Minister . |
| 2 | Dieters were told that they only had to ration carbohydrates and then they could eat as much as they liked of other foods . |
| 3 | They d they do it all , they do it throughout the year we just , we just do n't there 's just not so many of them , and we do n't read about them so much as we do before big elections . |
| 4 | ‘ And so , ’ Mr Malik was saying , ‘ we observe the accumulation of gods , very much as one saw in pre-Islamic Medina . |
| 5 | They broke the basic rule of presentation which applies in politics as much as it does in other fields . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters in the Foreign Office as much as it does in some other spheres . |
| 7 | The central government paid $20 billion in interest payments and amortisation in 1989 , twice as much as it paid in 1988 . |
| 8 | Then a division can trade as much as it wants with that market at the market price . |
| 9 | Then a division can trade as much as it wants with that market at the market price |
| 10 | Egypt offers dazzling contrasts of desert and rich pastureland , architecture older even than the mud-built villages where life continues much as it did in Biblical times . |
| 11 | and that 's not counted in your , in your calories , you can just eat that , it 's all free so you can eat as much as you like of that . |
| 12 | Marvellous value in the restaurant : as much as you like of cold and hot dishes , gravadlax and roast beef , for £8.60 . |
| 13 | Happily , many drinks are calorie-free or near enough not to matter , and you can drink as much as you like of these ( see Chapter 11 and the Drinks Calorie Chart ) . |
| 14 | Credit cards also allow you to convert only just as much as you need into local currencies . |
| 15 | Lydia felt strongly that the author of the universe probably thought much as she did about sexual matters . |