Example sentences of "almost as large [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all problems have gone away of course : yesterday 's £6.4 billion public sector borrowing requirement is not much higher than expectations , but it is almost as large as the deficit for the previous 11 months and — with this year 's deficit forecast to be double last year 's — shows why the Bank of England so eagerly sold £2 billion or more of gilts on election night and why it needs a regular stream of massive sales . |
| 2 | They reminded him of the ignominious episode of the oath-taking , and pointed out that Rodrigo now had a personal ‘ army ’ almost as large as the King 's . |
| 3 | In terms of recoverable energy reserves India has the tenth largest coal reserves in the world while Pakistan has gas reserves almost as large as the UK , yet economic growth in both countries is hampered by recurrent energy shortages — particularly electricity — while the cost of importing oil is a severe drain on weak exchequers . |
| 4 | The chamber was almost as large as the cavern above in which the Germans had built their base . |
| 5 | By the end of 1986 building society shares and deposits were almost as large as the total sterling deposits of the retail banks and if we confine our attention to deposits of the personal sector alone , then personal sector building society deposits outnumber personal sector ‘ bank ’ deposits by almost 2 : 1 , and have been increasing much more rapidly . |