Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Not only did Shearer fail to score , but Monkou also refused him licence for so much as a solitary shot at goal . |
| 3 | The questions she had feared earlier seemed to be taking physical shape in the shadowy corners of the room , phantoms waiting to trap her if she dropped her guard for so much as a second . |
| 4 | They get between me and my patients , at any time , for so much as a nanosecond , and they 're out , I do n't care what it does to their scheduling . ’ |
| 5 | If , as its Members will , it seeks to bring about such change , it must rely upon other agencies if it is to shift the location of so much as a single molecule . |
| 6 | The little history of the period that has survived is an invaluable asset , but there are great dangers in using archaeological data to elucidate chronologically-based historical problems when the span of as little as a generation is so crucial . |
| 7 | After an incision through the skin of as little as a centimetre long , a device known as an ultrasound probe and laser fibres are inserted directly into the centre of the tumour . |
| 8 | To become a sensory square it can need a reduction of as much as a twentieth in its height . |
| 9 | Indeed , if the state can be thought of as acting as a single shareholder then it will be in a more powerful position vis-a-vis management than are shareholders of most private companies . |
| 10 | Hydrogen you can think of very much as a fuel in the manner of north sea gas and it 's got a high calorific value , it burns well and , despite rumours , it 's actually a very safe fuel as well . |
| 11 | There is nothing Perks like so much as a good fight . |
| 12 | We searched for kilometres — it seemed — to find a crossing point , eventually reaching a lake and being forced to cross at a place that was nowhere near as good as a dozen we had passed and dismissed as unsuitable . |
| 13 | It 's not as huge as a Jeff Beck model , being just under an inch deep at the 12th fret , nor is it anywhere near as vee-shaped as a Clapton Strat , but it 's still a sizeable handful , except down by the first couple of frets where it 's a fair bit shallower , in good ‘ 59 fashion . |
| 14 | Some hardware can be fairly portable but nothing like as easy as a bound book . |
| 15 | She would cut off her right arm and give it to him if he came over with as much as a single bag . |
| 16 | Some villages — such as Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire — were totally wiped out , whilst others were very badly hit , with as much as a third of the population dying . |
| 17 | Each year the west monsoon would bring a fleet from Makassar , each prahu bristling with as many as a hundred warriors . |
| 18 | However there are many less ambitious preservation projects which would be possible with as few as a dozen determined people and not too expensive . |
| 19 | This gives a jumble of echoes that will sometimes persist for as much as a few seconds after the original sound has ceased . |
| 20 | Because it 's been linked to so many other illnesses like heart disease and ulcers , stress is thought to indirectly account for as much as a third of all U S health-care costs . |
| 21 | ‘ For as little as a copper coin , I will utter a howl guaranteed to wake the dead . ’ |
| 22 | EC beef exported to west Africa sells for as little as a quarter of the price shoppers in Britain must pay . |
| 23 | They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) . |
| 24 | He tapped in the code , then waited , knowing the signal was being scrambled through as many as a dozen sub-routes before it got to its destination . |
| 25 | Niall Grant was about as vulnerable as a shark ! |
| 26 | These arteries are about as wide as a drinking straw and they can all too easily become partially blocked with deposits of atheroma , a pasty mixture of cholesterol and cells . |
| 27 | The other driver at Benetton , Martin Brundle , still has a Toyota Dealer 's Haircut — which is to say it 's reliable , functional and about as distinctive as a Camry — or is it a Corolla ? |
| 28 | In sporting terms , it was about as relevant as a showing of Treasure Hunt or Interceptor — the TV game shows which have occupied her recently . |
| 29 | With my confidence about as durable as a wet tissue , I thought I 'd better do whatever needed to be done with it well before he arrived , and then wash it off my fingers and anywhere else visible and smellable . |
| 30 | A Conservative Club is about as probable as a solid gold statue of Sir Ian MacGregor . |