Example sentences of "as [det] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , in as little as a hundred years , Africa 's doubts about herself — now so prevalent — may finally be removed . |
| 2 | But it may be as little as a century old . |
| 3 | If the hole is a shallow one , it could be as little as a few inches beneath the surface . |
| 4 | The lightest easels are the aluminium ones which can weigh in at as little as a kilo . |
| 5 | The little history of the period that has survived is an invaluable asset , but there are great dangers in using archaeological data to elucidate chronologically-based historical problems when the span of as little as a generation is so crucial . |
| 6 | The lightest easels are the aluminium ones which can weigh in at as little as a kilo . |
| 7 | Microsoft boasts it could take ‘ as little as a year for Windows NT to surpass other established high-end systems as the platform of choice for corporate networking and high-end business applications . ’ |
| 8 | Microsoft boasts it could take ‘ as little as a year for Windows NT to surpass other established high-end systems as the platform of choice for corporate networking and high-end business applications . ’ |
| 9 | By that time — possibly as little as a year and a half after Jesus 's death — they must already have been widespread and numerous , because Paul , acting on behalf of the established Sadducee priesthood and armed with warrants from the High Priest , undertakes to hunt them out as far away as Damascus . |
| 10 | Open consideration of sexual matters and casual reference to them have become possible to an extent which would have been unthinkable as little as a generation ago and which might have led to criminal — or lunacy — proceedings at the beginning of the century . |
| 11 | The problem is to detect as little as a single base pair difference between , say , two 500 base pair fragments . |
| 12 | As little as a decade ago this view might easily have been categorised as American , drawing on a particular fusion of James Madison with Alexis de Tocqueville . |
| 13 | ‘ For as little as a copper coin , I will utter a howl guaranteed to wake the dead . ’ |
| 14 | More massive stars would need to be hotter to balance their stronger gravitational attraction , making the nuclear fusion reactions proceed so much more rapidly that they would use up their hydrogen in as little as a hundred million years . |
| 15 | They 'd have had four times more FAKINTIL deserters if they 'd shown as little as a quarter extra clemency . |
| 16 | A 2.25 cu m ( 500 gallon ) cesspool could fill up in as little as a week with a family of four living in the house ; a 18 cu m cesspool would last for at least a month and is the minimum size recommended . |
| 17 | EC beef exported to west Africa sells for as little as a quarter of the price shoppers in Britain must pay . |
| 18 | They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) . |
| 19 | Now he 's got it down to as little as a couple of weeks . |
| 20 | After an incision through the skin of as little as a centimetre long , a device known as an ultrasound probe and laser fibres are inserted directly into the centre of the tumour . |
| 21 | They made extensive use of sub-contractors , some of whom might agree to bring as few as a dozen men-at-arms and archers to the force . |
| 22 | However there are many less ambitious preservation projects which would be possible with as few as a dozen determined people and not too expensive . |
| 23 | Men may suffer just as much when a relationship fails , but they seem able to make a cleaner break . |
| 24 | She might have said as much if a cat had died . |
| 25 | In terms of the acceptance of law and order , the bulk of the catholic — nationalist remnant form a part of the civil society of Northern Ireland , though as much as a third of the remnant can defect from this consensus , as when supporting the Provisionals over the ‘ H ’ -Block prison issue . |
| 26 | Not bad for a car which weighs as much as a Range Rover . |
| 27 | The land revenue tax ( at first as much as a third of a peasant 's gross yearly produce ) had to be paid no matter how bad the harvest or how impoverished the family became as a result . |
| 28 | Fluid intake too , in the form of wine , beer , spirits , and a cup of tea , serves a social role as much as a biological one . |
| 29 | For such people the European identity is a threat as much as a promise . |
| 30 | A 4-megabit chip ought to sell for five times as much as a 1-megabit device , the price premium justified by the smaller space and lower power needed to provide four times the amount of memory . |