Example sentences of "[adv] [det] as [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by this time the Crown was assessing the royal forests , not so much as hunting preserves but as sources of timber , especially for ship-building . |
| 2 | Making all due allowance for the return of historical tragedy as farce , watching this soporific monolith of the virtuous rise out of the debris of a liberating movement is akin to nothing so much as witnessing Bureaucracy emerge from the ashes of Revolution . |
| 3 | It was not until she noticed a bill on Todney 's desk , to be authorized by Stephen as complimentary , that she knew his half-brother had checked out of the hotel without so much as saying goodbye to her . |
| 4 | There are several more groups of odd echinoderms in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks — some of them only recently discovered , like the bizarre helicoplacoids , which look like nothing so much as spinning tops ( see p. 84 ) . |
| 5 | Taking part in the arts should also be viewed as a tool for change as much as attending meetings about , say , orange badge provision . |
| 6 | The Treasury saw local councils as part of that strategy just as much as spending departments in Whitehall or the nationalised industries — a very clear ‘ agency ’ view . |
| 7 | Thirty two individuals took part in making it a large competition where endurance was required as much as playing skill . |
| 8 | Pointers have to be maintained for each of these operations , so time will be spent maintaining pointers ‘ as much as updating data . |
| 9 | To begin with , pure songwriters do n't need managers as much as performing artists . |