Example sentences of "with [adv] [adv] much as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Existing fitness centres can be intimidating places with not so much as an ounce of unwanted fat on display . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The fears they embody need dealing with just as much as the wrong thinking they exhibit . |
| 5 | 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 . |