Example sentences of "much as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , the original small nucleus of people grows by adding people to it in stages , much as a snowball can be built up by rolling it along the snow on the ground ( e.g. Plant 1975 ; Mars 1982 ) . |
| 2 | He was opening and shutting his mouth and licking his lips , much as a cat does when something disgusts it . |
| 3 | The writer said , in effect , " Here is my Horace " , and the reader responded , in effect , " This is/is not the Horace that I know " , appraising the performance from the heart as well as the mind , much as a listener might appraise the rendering of a familiar musical work . |
| 4 | This is when the bream are feeding very confidently , usually on maggots which they are picking up directly from the bottom , much as a chicken picks up corn one grain after another without having to move too far to do it . |
| 5 | Far from answering immediately with a negative or affirmative answer to his queries , the Blackrag Madonna puts her ruined head on one side , much as a girl of great beauty might do , and asks him questions in return . |
| 6 | This will increase the suction effect slightly and can make water move upwards , much as a lamp wick draws up oil to replace that being burned . |
| 7 | He turned his face towards the altar end of the chapel , much as a bridegroom might turn his head towards his bride . |
| 8 | Let us say that in the first place man is a creature responding intelligently or stupidly to his surroundings , much as an animal does . |
| 9 | However , in the non-thermonuclear fusion process above , a neutron emitted in the direction of the moving deuteron will have a higher energy than one emitted in the opposite direction , much as an object thrown from a moving vehicle travels faster when thrown forwards . |