Example sentences of "by as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have repeatedly stressed the importance of keeping your centre-line turned towards the opponent , yet some kicks require that you turn it away , sometimes by as much as 120° ! |
| 2 | Fears deepened yesterday that the West German Bundesbank might lift its key lending rates by as much as one full point — a move which could prompt a rise in UK base rates , now 14 per cent . |
| 3 | Sales have fallen by as much as 60 per cent in the last 40 years . |
| 4 | Although there is disagreement in the City over whether recession is inevitable , there were warnings yesterday that high rates could reduce package holiday bookings by as much as 40 per cent next summer — something that would help to narrow the current account deficit . |
| 5 | LARGE investors expect London share prices to fall still further , some by as much as 20 per cent , after yesterday 's sharp drop on the stock market . |
| 6 | ‘ The owners of the poached ivory stock piles have been able to achieve a virtual monopoly of the international ivory trade , which was used to force prices up by as much as 300 per cent in three years . ’ |
| 7 | Steve got by as best he knew how . |
| 8 | Average cotton yields fell by as much as forty per cent in the course of the 1970s . |
| 9 | Through a fast sweeping corner , taken , say , in third gear at 80mph , the Vauxhall is noticeably quicker by as much as 10mph . |
| 10 | Currently sport occupies a quarter of the BBC 's own production and 17 per cent of its total output , though the fees for broadcasting have risen by as much or more than a thousandfold for certain sports like tennis and golf . |
| 11 | However , there were indications last night that some Communist deputies may seek to complicate the vote , by not turning up in sufficient numbers , or to delay it , possibly by as much as three weeks , to allow their own party to re-group after its recent humiliations . |
| 12 | Its decline explains why the wholesale price of mistletoe has gone up this year by as much as £15 a hundredweight at England 's largest market — Tenbury Wells in Herefordshire . |
| 13 | The result : monthly attendances immediately jumped by as much as 20% . |
| 14 | Analysts ' best guesses are that the underlying operating profits of the big city banks will be down by as much as 30% for the financial year now ending . |
| 15 | Everything else being equal ( which it wo n't be , of course ) , payroll taxes and social-security contributions would have to increase by as much as 40% . |
| 16 | And cash savings may not be cut by as much as the government hopes . |
| 17 | For too few directors does pay fall by as much when performance sags as it rises in good times . |
| 18 | The whole process was serviced and kept running by as exceptional a staff of civil servants as I ever worked with in over ten years as a Cabinet minister . |
| 19 | According to all these charts I am underweight , sometimes by as much as two stone . |
| 20 | THE number of avalanche deaths in the main Alpine countries has dropped by as much as 70 per cent — perhaps because of the consistency of snow cover throughout the winter . |
| 21 | I could have gone with it , giving myself four blissful miles of upland walking followed by as many miserable hours of fruitless searching for return transport to East Kielder Farm . |
| 22 | Despite opposition to their plans from many independent experts , the commission says the angle is likely to be reduced by as much as half a degree within the two years . |
| 23 | For the equivalent of £8.20 there was fruit juice , grapefruit , croissant or pastries followed by as many rashers of British bacon and British eggs as customers could manage . |
| 24 | It 's not a bad idea to make sure you change larger notes before you return from your holiday since — depending on where you 've been — you may lose out by as much as half a per cent on an exchange rate . |
| 25 | It is still touch and go whether Americans will go into the election feeling better off than four years ago or whether they will still be blaming their President for keeping them comparatively poor — that 's to say , better off on average than anybody else in the world but not by as much as before . |
| 26 | Koch claims his brothers undervalued Koch Industries by as much 65 per cent . |
| 27 | There are also various cafés and restaurants very close by as well as the buzzing nightlife , all of which is only a 10 minute walk away . |
| 28 | The population of Europe decline dramatically : in England and Wales the population may have fallen by as much as 50% by 1400 . |
| 29 | In February 1967 , during the recession , unemployment in the province increased by 2.2% to 8.1% but in Derry unemployment increased by as much as 10% to reach 20.1% ( 23.3% males and 15.20% females ) . |
| 30 | Smoking by expectant mothers can double the incidence of miscarriage and increases the rate of perinatal deaths by as much as 28% . |