Example sentences of "[to-vb] [vb pp] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , my aim is to have clarified as much as possible by the end of November , so we can bring it all together at the Senior Management Strategy Conference . |
| 2 | Consequently , the figures do not appear to have risen as much as they actually have . |
| 3 | Most of the destruction was caused by Iraqi sabotage , although allied bombing was reported to have ignited as many as 34 wells and to have damaged 13 of the country 's 18 oil-gathering facilities . |
| 4 | Surely it was enough to have got as much as she had . |
| 5 | By 1880 he was turning to German models , and as business increased ( he is believed to have employed as many as a hundred men ) production became stereotyped . |
| 6 | The 1006 supernova , in Lupus ( the Wolf ) is believed to have become as brilliant as the quarter-Moon . |
| 7 | You may remember that Samson was a man of enormous strength and then , following a liaison with Delila and her cutting off his hair , he was reported to have become as weak as a child — and yet there was an occasion , which led to his death , when he brought the whole temple down by pulling the pillars against which he was propped . |
| 8 | For their part , the Syrians were reported to have executed as many as 80 captured Aounist soldiers . |
| 9 | In practice , however , the rules do not seem to have proved as restrictive as many had feared , especially after some relaxations were permitted in January 1990 , in response to submissions by the broadcasters , allowing group shots ( midway between head and shoulder and wide-angle ) and more individual reaction shots ( although these relaxations do not apply during Question Time or ministerial statements ) . |
| 10 | Last Wednesday the Bank was believed to have spent as much as $1bn . |
| 11 | However , glancing at Pat , it seemed to have gone pretty much as he had expected . |
| 12 | The burgeoning European drift-net fleet is thought to have killed as many as 4000 dolphins in 1989 , and at least 23 sperm whales during the previous three years . |