Example sentences of "much as [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We improved in as much as we won one game , ’ said North McQuay , secretary of the Irish Bowling Association and an international selector . |
| 2 | But remember the advice of Robin Leigh-Pemberton , governor of the Bank of England : the 12-month inflation rate reflects what happened a year ago as much as what happened last month . |
| 3 | This academic study was seen as a means of extending , developing and enriching the student 's mind and , in as much as it fulfilled this function , had much to commend it . |
| 4 | The reason for this is that the money you receive back at the end of the year will not go as far or buy as much as it did 12 months earlier . |
| 5 | The choice of the right level at which to study a phenomenon is as important a strategic decision in biology as is the choice of the right organism or the appropriate control experiment , and it affects present-day research just as much as it did twenty years ago . |
| 6 | At the time , Jean-Claude was paralysed with grief , and much as he craved professional recognition , he had no idea how to pursue it . |
| 7 | He hated pettiness as much as he did superficial quotation . |