Example sentences of "[prep] as [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexis and Paul Gilmour are behind the campaign and they are after as many signatures as possible . |
| 2 | Some of these techniques stimulate the identification and representation of as many views and perspectives on the problem situation as possible . |
| 3 | Write the letters of CHRISTMAS down on a sheet of paper , then try to think of as many things as possible to do with the Christmas season which begin with each of the letters . |
| 4 | The introduction of specialist qualifications would be a major strategic development for the Institute and it is therefore vital that any action we take on this front , reflects the views of as many members as possible . |
| 5 | His fascination with these systematic orderings of society by kinship was such that he undertook a massive comparison and classification of as many systems of kinship terms as he could find from around the world , terms such as ‘ cousin ’ , ‘ uncle ’ , etc . |
| 6 | For example , he wanted to be a member of as many clubs — of any description — as possible . |
| 7 | ‘ Rural development has often appeared to consist of little more than the creation of as many plans , programmes , projects , rural centres , and special development agencies as possible . |
| 8 | Some men made a working tour of as many mines as they could , thus gaining experience in the differing conditions between districts and even neighbouring mines . |
| 9 | Between the wars the aim of housing legislation was simply to stimulate the construction of as many houses as possible in rural areas ; since 1945 the aim has been to control the number of houses in rural areas as part of overall planning policies designed to contain the growth of urban sprawl , prevent the loss of good agricultural land and protect the visual quality of the countryside . |
| 10 | This movement was a direct response by intellectuals , both men and women , to the failure of the community under occupation to translate sumud , the idea of steadfastness , into a more active concept of taking control of as many areas of human existence as possible under occupation . |
| 11 | She promised to make all the arrangements , including the hiring of as many buses as she could find . |
| 12 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |
| 13 | As to the poor , Lord Mamey 's solutions are simple : emigration on a large scale and the destruction of as many cottages as possible so that the population of his parishes is not increased . |
| 14 | In an NHS clinic this may be only ten to fifteen minutes , but the average practitioner seeing a patient privately likes to give about an hour to the first interview , so that a good idea of as many facets of the patient as possible can be ascertained . |
| 15 | Make a list of as many Christians as you know at your school . |
| 16 | What is also clear is that no approach is simpler to use , to acquire , or to maintain , than any other ; teachers and parents need access and knowledge of as many varieties of signing as possible . |
| 17 | 3. is it inclusive of as many aspects of experience as possible , or is it exclusive , ignoring or dismissing many other aspects ? — Is it welcoming potentially to all insights ? |
| 18 | The player chosen has three minutes to think of as many words as possible beginning with that letter . |
| 19 | Next to the secretary could be a good place , but in any case have a good view of the chairman and of as many colleagues as possible . |
| 20 | Conciliar recognition that the practice of family planning , and not simply the acceptance of as many children as came was the morally responsible and best form of behaviour for a Catholic , represented a very considerable change in attitudes . |
| 21 | When they reached the market place , he realised that his father had been right : there were nowhere near as many workers as there had been in previous Novembers . |
| 22 | Atari says it takes legal action against as many pirates as it can find , and has two big prosecutions pending at the moment . |
| 23 | For one colleague in that Department , this experience was the initial point of contact with the study of language in relation to the educational process , and it led him to undertake an Open University degree including as many options in that area as were available . |
| 24 | The whole consignment , Carmichael says , must filter down into as many pairs of hands as possible . |
| 25 | Divide the marzipan into as many blocks as you have colours . |
| 26 | There are two main approaches for deriving double stops : the first is chordal , where you break chords into their component intervals ; the second is scalic , where you break scales down into as many intervals as you can . |
| 27 | This is in contrast with the usual representation of a physical map , where clones are summarised as intervals which have been packed into as few lines as possible ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 28 | ‘ If you believe that , sir , ’ said Mark with as much politeness as he could muster , ‘ you will naturally not share the concern I have expressed in my papers . |
| 29 | Infantry tend to march in deep blocks with as many ranks as possible . |
| 30 | With as many flats as a Parisian tower block and the ‘ pits ’ affording no more than a shove out of the sand , it was 16 days before the old fort hove into view 338Km after Algiers had disappeared from the rear-view mirror . |