Example sentences of "to have [verb] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , my aim is to have clarified as much as possible by the end of November , so we can bring it all together at the Senior Management Strategy Conference . |
| 2 | Fewer patients were referred from peripheral hospitals in the region , even though one would expect the many peripheral hospitals jointly to have seen as many patients with similar problems as the fewer large central district general hospitals . |
| 3 | Consequently , the figures do not appear to have risen as much as they actually have . |
| 4 | Most of the destruction was caused by Iraqi sabotage , although allied bombing was reported to have ignited as many as 34 wells and to have damaged 13 of the country 's 18 oil-gathering facilities . |
| 5 | Surely it was enough to have got as much as she had . |
| 6 | William Beckford , Walpole 's successor as both Gothic novelist and builder , carried his imaginings too far to have had as much effect on either fact or fiction . |
| 7 | Among those omitted , only Eric Ellwood , and even then just in two games , can be said to have had as much influence as Weir on the ultimate placings in the international championship . |
| 8 | This shift seems to have occurred as many in the business community observe what they interpret as the collapse of social order in American cities ; a collapse , which carries with it the value systems underpinning the democratic state . |
| 9 | By 1880 he was turning to German models , and as business increased ( he is believed to have employed as many as a hundred men ) production became stereotyped . |
| 10 | Flavia , almost relieved to have reached as much firm ground , said , ‘ I did n't think you were … |
| 11 | For their part , the Syrians were reported to have executed as many as 80 captured Aounist soldiers . |
| 12 | Last Wednesday the Bank was believed to have spent as much as $1bn . |
| 13 | For example , Air France is reported to have spent as much on its communication system as on aircraft during the late 1980s . |
| 14 | I can see that I 'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . ’ |
| 15 | If you act for the seller of a building estate , even though it comprises no more than a dozen houses or flats , it will repay you to have printed as many documents as possible ( drafts and engrossments of conveyance or lease , contract , etc ) and to anticipate as far as you can a buyer 's preliminary requirements . |
| 16 | The burgeoning European drift-net fleet is thought to have killed as many as 4000 dolphins in 1989 , and at least 23 sperm whales during the previous three years . |