Example sentences of "much as [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new theoretical formulation or a new analogy can be immensely important in furthering knowledge ; certainly just as much as can finding out a new fact . |
| 2 | This , as practised by ordinary mortals rather than professional scribes , can cover everything from neatness to wild illegibility — much as handwriting does today among our nearest and dearest . |
| 3 | By 1882 , Edison 's system of generating power in a central power station , changed industrial methods almost as much as steam had brought about the industrial revolution , and by 1885 the first internal combustion driven machine had appeared , to be followed in 1894 by the first recognisable motorcar . |
| 4 | Shame as much as love prompted the denial . |
| 5 | He had a parcel under his arm , and much as Mum pleaded with him he would n't stay . |
| 6 | Weber recognized the importance of economics in shaping social reality , but was concerned to demonstrate that culture and religion influenced economic development just as much as economics influenced culture . |
| 7 | Erm is one they 've been in a very similar position to in so much as competition 's forced them to cost down dramatically I mean |
| 8 | In as much as feminism represented a split within the dominant classes , creating multiple fractures within liberalism , there were many women who carried with them their class perceptions of the ethical and beneficent state . |
| 9 | Although intelligence in the horse is an inherited characteristic , our handling of the horse will affect it as much as handling affects different characteristics of temperament . |
| 10 | Mr. Gardiner argued that this case supported the Woolwich principle in as much as recovery depended solely upon the fact that the corporation had been placed by statute in a position of authority . |
| 11 | Strangeness solicits me as much as familiarity repels ’ ( If It Die , 253 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ If |