Example sentences of "much [noun] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These things always come along as a bit of an afterthought because they are never going to make as much money as the workstation version , but Hewlett-Packard Co has now introduced its most powerful VMEbus board-level computer yet , and calls it the HP 9000 Model 742i . |
| 2 | A year ago , the proposed health-service reforms were plainly losing the government almost as much support as the poll tax . |
| 3 | Although many economists would argue that capital gains , as for example when ICI shares are purchased for 2 and subsequently sold for 3 , are as much income as the dividend component of the return on an asset , in practice the Inland Revenue assesses and taxes capital gains separately . |
| 4 | But no chart placing carries as much weight as the sound of the record . |
| 5 | The result is not only pain , but an enforced lay-off that can cause as much distress as the discomfort . |
| 6 | But few things make as much difference as the paper used . |
| 7 | But atop the blue tower blocks of big Waimea , he attracted as much attention as the Pope on the balcony of St Peter 's . |
| 8 | Matthew wondered if he was equally conscious that his land needed as much attention as the house . |
| 9 | What principally affects the environment of management is not so much turbulence as the wave upon wave of not very closely related demands and pressures from public and governmental sources . |
| 10 | In the same day we went to Oulton board to do the same thing but in freezing cold water that was not as much fun as the survival tank . |
| 11 | The line can offer as much fun as the kite to which it is linked . |
| 12 | ‘ They 're as much use as the bishop who could fart Lilliburlero through a keyhole , ’ John said in disgust . |
| 13 | The G M B and other unions , but principally the G M B cos that 's one I 'm concerned about , needs to pressurize councillors and officers because councillors and officers have been bombarded with almost as much legislation as the trade unions have had from the Tory government and most of them actually just want an easy time , so you 've got to hassle them , you got to harass them what they do . |
| 14 | But it is worth at least as much consideration as the merger plan . |
| 15 | At this afternoon 's meeting the government will hear calls for concerted action against Norway which produces as much salmon as the rest of Europe put together . |
| 16 | At this afternoon 's meeting the government heard calls for concerted action against Norway which produces as much salmon as the rest of Europe put together . |
| 17 | Although you have not been in the manager 's seat very long , you have done nothing to alter my original opinion that your appointment makes about as much sense as the Charge of the Light Brigade . |
| 18 | All competitors ' bowls are judged against the International Bowling Board master bowl and must show at least as much bias as the master . |
| 19 | By 1914 Great Britain alone was producing as much coal as the whole of Europe had done in 1880 . |