Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to carry on as much time as |
| 2 | Sometimes we sit down as many as seven or eight for breakfast or supper . ’ |
| 3 | Then she laid down as many of the others as she could fit in the space . |
| 4 | To be fair to yourself you should be certain that you are bringing in as much money as you should . |
| 5 | Girls of seven undertook babysitting chores , cleaned steps and ran errands , sometimes bringing in as much as 1/6d to 2/ a week . |
| 6 | Lovegroves ideal is to work on as many different products as possible . |
| 7 | At the other end of the spectrum , some farmers are so keen to pass on as much as they can to the next generation they leave themselves and their spouses with no capital or income on which to live . |
| 8 | I proceeded to pass on as many details as I could remember . |
| 9 | It may be far more powerful to live free from the past , weighed down as little as possible by how women have been perceived , or have perceived themselves , in that past . |
| 10 | UEFA will need to rake in as much money as possible to satisfy powerful clubs used to making their own lucrative television deals . |
| 11 | They then have to write down as many as they can . |
| 12 | I then want you to write down as many of the words as you can remember and in any order you wish . |
| 13 | Henry gave Lewes Priory to the minister responsible for the dissolution , Thomas Cromwell , who used what remained of his life before his execution for treason in 1540 to pull down as much of the buildings as possible . |
| 14 | The army suffered from separate ministers or officials being responsible for plans of campaign , billeting , pay , stores , engineering and artillery matters and movements , this last being designed to keep the military firmly under civilian control , and for similar reasons , instead of being billeted together , units were scattered over as many as six villages . |
| 15 | Not that an official proctor was necessarily called upon to take up the case ; often clients received only the less expensive advice of petition-drawers , who drew up as many as ninety per cent of all criminal plaints . |
| 16 | The reason for installing QRAM is that I 've been repeatedly informed that one should always free up as much Conventional memory as possible . |
| 17 | She had n't picked up as much of a lead as she 'd thought . |
| 18 | But glue up as little as possible at this stage for ease of working ; ie. the back rather than the whole chair . |
| 19 | The only way to find out just how fantastic Medau is , is to try out as many of the other movement forms as you can . |
| 20 | Union representatives are particularly concerned to find out as many facts as possible to keep their members fully informed and to negotiate the best deal they can , both for those moving with the firm and those accepting redundancy . |
| 21 | The FIRST stage in any good export is to find out as much as possible about the foreign market being considered and the most economic way of doing this is from your own base — ‘ the desk research ’ . |
| 22 | Naval intelligence , with the help of MI6 , immediately mounted a major operation against the Sverdlov and sent frogmen to inspect her hull in order to try to find out as much as possible about her underwater design , the shape of her propellers and any sonar equipment . |
| 23 | In the early stages of an enquiry sociologists need to find out as much as possible about the situation or group which they intend to study . |
| 24 | Whether you 're a sales assistant or a customer , it 's important to find out as much as possible about the product on sale . |
| 25 | Before you try to make a sale , it 's important to find out as much as possible about the products in your department ( see the next section on ‘ product knowledge ’ ) . |
| 26 | Choose a product and try to find out as much as you can about it . |
| 27 | Anyone doing market research wants to find out as much information as possible in as little time as possible . |
| 28 | Not only will you want to know about basics like salaries and pensions , but you will also want to find out as much as possible about the firm and its product and methods . |
| 29 | ‘ I feel we should make it our duty , ’ she said calmly , ‘ to find out as much as we can . ’ |
| 30 | And the most vital step in preparing to persuade is to find out as much as you can about the people you are targeting . |