Example sentences of "with [adv] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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1 | Many factory closures are on the way , with perhaps as many as 600,000 jobs at risk . |
2 | While industry sources suggest up to 200 could be employed , Lesli O'Dowd estimates the likely figure at less than a quarter of that , with perhaps as few as 10–15 jobs for local people . |
3 | Existing fitness centres can be intimidating places with not so much as an ounce of unwanted fat on display . |
4 | Better than some , in fact , since he had once had West Riding connections and , as young political agitators went , possessed a relatively unblemished reputation , with not so much as a single term of imprisonment , as yet , to be used against him at the hustings . |
5 | Ven queried , as well he might , she realised , for she 'd been chatting to him like a veritable magpie all evening with not so much as a hint of shyness . |
6 | The fears they embody need dealing with just as much as the wrong thinking they exhibit . |
7 | Tigers still exist in China ( very limited numbers in Fukien and Shensi Provinces ) ; Siberia , where they are well protected ; Indo-China , with possibly as many as 2,000 ; India and Nepal , 2,000 ; Sumatra , up to 800 ; Java , only a handful , if any , left . |
8 | While we waited for Pam to repack her carrier-bags ( she always ends up with twice as many as anyone else ) I tried unsuccessfully to force my size sevens into a pair of Kath 's size fives . |
9 | As the train leaves , with an unnatural casualness they will separate with never so much as a pressure of the hand ; others there are who , oblivious of the world around them , stand gazing into each other 's eyes , spending their last few moments clasped in each other 's arms — matching a succession of last kisses — to separate with a look of bewildered agony on their faces . |