Example sentences of "much as the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your embrace is an expression of a need that unites you and her as much as the sex act itself . |
| 2 | Although it would be a tough year for sure , revenue was not dropping anything like as much as the bookings percentage . |
| 3 | However , this would not have been worth as much as the Guardian payout to the average investor . |
| 4 | Median alcohol consumption of those who drank was 11 units in CLO patients , which was less than the 50 units ( p<0.001 ) in severe reflux oesophagitis patients but not as much as the adenocarcinoma group ( 12.5 units/week ) . |
| 5 | Joe met John Redmond and arranged to go with him to Victor 's Academy and both enjoyed meeting and talking as much as the dancing instruction . |
| 6 | The papal curia acted much as the curia regis and the cardinals became primarily officers of state and administrators who could be used as ambassadors or legates — a position they had reached by the early years of the twelfth century . |
| 7 | In a speech to the European Parliament on March 21 he declared : " It is in the West 's own interest to seek the integration of eastern and central Europe into the family of European democracy because otherwise it risks creating a zone of hopelessness , instability and chaos , which would threaten western Europe every bit as much as the Warsaw Pact tank divisions of old . " |
| 8 | You will see from the ground rules I have attempted to give that the suspense novel , as much as the crime novel , is an amorphous thing . |
| 9 | The firm is part of a consortium trying to beat off global competition for the Hong Kong airport deal which is worth three times as much as the channel tunnel . |
| 10 | I spent those final few hours extravagantly , staying the night at the Strand Palace Hotel for ten shillings for bed , bathroom and a cooked breakfast thrown in , with sixpence extra for a haircut at the hotel barber shop — three times as much as the Underground fare of twopence from Paddington to Trafalgar Square , where a Nippy served me at Lyons ' Corner House with a sirloin steak for a shilling . |
| 11 | No there seems no logic in taking a , a long barrelled weapon er in as much as the team leader perhaps has a few more responsibilities than the other officers have and I would be going forward to handcuff whoever was in that bo er in that bedroom . |
| 12 | It was the quick start-up time as much as the heat capacity that speeded things up . |
| 13 | So we 've now got to go back and revisit it , he 's full up er , we 've got to look at his client , client load er and we 've got to find other ways in which we can actually service the due diligence work , still using him very much as the marketing focus to er the initiative and continue the the growth . |
| 14 | Assessment would include major group projects , in which the conduct of the project would count for as much as the end product , as well as written examinations . |
| 15 | Not as much as the chip shop though |