Example sentences of "make as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heights of the plants vary from about eight to 20cm , so they wo n't make as neat an edging as the single-coloured varieties — but they are attractive gap fillers or ground cover . |
| 2 | ‘ Listen to that Amy , that Jerry plane that crashed in the park did n't make as much bloody row as 'im . ’ |
| 3 | You should therefore make as much effort as you would if you were being interviewed for a particular job . |
| 4 | ‘ Until I can reassure our workers I am a little concerned that Ho might — might not make as many friends as he would otherwise do . |
| 5 | Professionally set up , a JD would make as good a Tele as you 'll ever need , so join the new age of guitar realism — be cheap and be proud . |
| 6 | He could make as many journeys as he liked . |
| 7 | The commander of a ship , however , had additional perquisites which added to the value of his appointment , for it has been claimed that he could make as much as £1,500 in a single voyage from the fares paid by passengers , while he even had the right to sell for his own profit at the end of the voyage the dunnage , that is the bamboos and rattans employed to keep the cargo from shifting . |
| 8 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 9 | But surely , if God were omnipotent , He could make as many as He liked ? |
| 10 | If social psychology were to become a historical discipline , then it would make as little sense to conceive of pure and applied historical social psychology , as it is to talk of pure and applied history . |
| 11 | BELVILLE : I hope , Lady Davers , she can make as great a convert of you from pride as she has of me from libertinism . |
| 12 | They can make as much mess as they like and when the weather 's nice they can spill out into the garden . ’ |
| 13 | Er , but clearly I I will commit whatever time I have available , and I shall make as much time as available , I have the support of Ross , my wife , this is all fully discussed before I even went through the panelling process . |
| 14 | Of this the donor receives less than $1,000 and may make as little as $250 . |
| 15 | There 's twenty-five guineas to the winner — and if you had some money to back yourself to win you could make as much as that again . ’ |
| 16 | And Phil promised he would make as many trips as he could to see the lads in the red and white . |
| 17 | McHale hinted that he may make as many as four changes for the trip , but was not revealing anything last night . |
| 18 | But like , when you were a young boy growing up would the kelp workers could they make as much money . |
| 19 | You know that , doing that , fabricating , and things like that , you know like actual welding and that type of Er , we would n't make as much money out of that as you probably would |
| 20 | You 'd think , I mean , some people may not make as much mess as that , you 're just in , er like that in a car and the car 's going brurgh urgh urgh ! |