Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adv] much as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 2 | In sum , the general impression to be gained from the literature is that industrial profits were slimmed over the period , but by nothing like as much as bald balance sheet figures suggest , and that an easing in the cost of finance over the 1960s was followed by a hardening in the early 1970s . |
| 3 | So these people are important to you , so it 's vitally important that you do n't let them down , because initially this business has a strange effect on you in as much as it seems to take over your mind , does n't it ? |
| 4 | And I do n't want you to as much as speak to her from now on . |
| 5 | He allowed her to go through everything without so much as a single interruption . |
| 6 | Would you prefer to move to a flat — one without so much as a balcony and with no windowsills — or to concrete your garden over and spend your days watching your neighbours at work ? |
| 7 | Indeed , it is conceded by the representatives of the parties to this appeal that an order made in the terms made by the justices was not open to them in as much as it did not impinge upon the parental responsibility of the parent concerned and impinged only upon contact between the parents themselves . |
| 8 | It worked too , turned me on as much as it turned you on , but do n't get too smart — ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Are you sure they wo n't mind having a total stranger thrust upon them without as much as a by your leave ? ’ |
| 10 | It fitted her in as much as it had ever fitted anyone , but the bodice hung droopily over her breasts , and the neckline gaped softly round her throat , and the hem dipped at the back , with a scarcely perceptible , ineradicable dip . |
| 11 | Though , had she thought she might get out of his car and leave him without so much as a word being said between them , she found she was mistaken . |
| 12 | I have seldom , before or since , seen a man spend so much time with his car , be so obsessive about it , put so much work into it , understand it so well and be so unable to divert his attention from it for so much as a minute . |
| 13 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 14 | She reached out and caught it without so much as wobbling . |
| 15 | No , the idea is to open it without so much as a nun 's fart . |
| 16 | His style lends itself to much deadpan humour : when describing the old custom of cutting the cake by breaking it over the bride 's head , he does it without as much as a wink . |
| 17 | have actually mutated themselves in as much as it seems to be that |
| 18 | Not surprisingly , in their rush they were disinclined to hump mounds of electrical equipment into the west with them , and would now find themselves without so much as a guitar string to their name , were it not for the warm-hearted generosity of the British thrash metal community . |
| 19 | Just looking at the gardens , sun terraces and hills gave me an appetite ! — Still that 's no problem at Tropicana … with a buffet style service you can help yourself to as much as you like . |
| 20 | Although it would be a tough year for sure , revenue was not dropping anything like as much as the bookings percentage . |