Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn walked forward into the brightly lit , ultra-modern kitchen as purposefully as she could manage and took the mug of steaming coffee he held out to her with shaking hands . |
| 2 | Characters are cut-outs , mental events are banned as if the Bloomsbury tradition needed to be ruthlessly exorcised , and names like Miles Malpractice in Vile Bodies explain character in boldly extra-realistic ways , much as they might have done in Bunyan 's Pilgrim 's Progress . |
| 3 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
| 4 | The specialists are then much easier to satisfy — providing they are given the right kind of food , they are content to sit and stare out from their cages , much as they would sit and stare out at their wild landscapes . |
| 5 | You know with the and when she does n't know where she 's going to get enough money to feed , clothe them and especially at a time like now , when all these adverts are on television for , you know the toys that children want , and they just have n't the ability to provide those those things for the children , much as they would want to do it . |
| 6 | Out of it she drew a little distaff , much as we would draw out a pair of knitting needles . |
| 7 | Much as we may complain about standards of some general practice in London — and rightly so — there is at least some system to seek to achieve geographic coverage by primary care doctors . |
| 8 | At the most general level , therefore , it is convenient to think of the speech community as having a ‘ shape ’ and of language in the community as being capable of displaying patterns , much as we might think of these other dynamic phenomena as displaying shapes and patterns . |
| 9 | Much as we might like to , we ca n't turn the clock back on these fundamental changes , we have no choice but to proceed with all faith in the new and make it work . |
| 10 | Much as we should regret losing you , ’ he says again . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , much as we should like to leave this out , the taxman never seems to retire ! |
| 12 | Here the customer can browse through picture boards devoted to each artist , selecting a style and price to suit , much as one might choose an haute couture outfit . |
| 13 | The first is that while most of the fast movements are much as one might have surmised ( although the vite sections of the last movement of the Te Deum are notably faster than often performed ) , some of the slow movements are considerably slower than one usually hears them , suggesting a rather wider range of tempos in use in the early 18th century in France than that to which we are accustomed today . |
| 14 | If the quotation used by the qualitative sociologist is not too far from the heightened dialogue of the literary artist , it follows that , with only a little licence , one may use the work of at least some novelists much as one might use that of fellow ethnographers . |
| 15 | Certainly , I have known some undergraduates who would rise brilliantly to such a challenge ; but they are an exception , and one can not base a course on what would suit the exceptional student , much as one would like to . |
| 16 | With these developments beyond his mid-September 1838 positions , Darwin had reached the theory of natural selection much as he would publish it later . |
| 17 | Much as he would have liked to try to rescue Murray , he recognised that to be out of the question . |
| 18 | So , much as he would have liked to ride for Perthshire with his friends , in especial Mariot , he left them , to turn up Eskside , but promising to come to Doune before long . |
| 19 | Bartocci might be convinced of his conspiracy theory , but Zen just could n't take it seriously , much as he would have liked to . |
| 20 | It means that the supplier can not , much as he might like to , charge an unreasonably high price . |
| 21 | ‘ Paint ? ’ he queried , as though it was an item he 'd never come across , much as he might have sounded if she 'd said she was going to buy a giraffe , she thought on a spurt of amusement . |
| 22 | Much as you might like to , no smallholder can escape the clerical and book-keeping side of the business . |
| 23 | Plugging in a 4-string bass the tone is generally tight , controlled and correct , much as you would expect at this price . |
| 24 | If you are under pressure in your own life , with heavy business or family responsibilities , and find that , much as you would like to do so , you can not spend a whole day , or even a whole evening with your parent , there are several ways of coping with this , according to your circumstances . |
| 25 | ‘ Much as you 'd care , ’ she derided . |
| 26 | You think to yourself now what am I giving , what am I giving in the contribution box now as compared to one , two , three , four , five , years ago , it may be the same and it may be as much as you can afford , well if that 's so , then that 's grand is n't it ? |
| 27 | Much as I may deplore it , for the moment you 're very much my responsibility . ’ |
| 28 | Much as I would love to see the 1995 World Cup help to kickstart the South African economy as overseas visitors pour in to fill impressive stadia and savour the beauty of the land , the facts are that as things stand rugby will be used as a political pawn . |
| 29 | ‘ Much as I would love to claim all the credit , I must point out that my part in this rescue was very small indeed . |
| 30 | Much as I would enjoy debating this matter with the hon. Gentleman , whom I might also call my hon. Friend , I do not wish to go down this path . |