Example sentences of "[det] as could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Having spent the Vigour of my Youth and Genius under the Oppression of Sir Joshua & his Gang of Cunning Hired Knaves Without Employment & as much as could possibly be Without Bread , the Reader must Expect to Read in all my Remarks on these Books Nothing but Indignation and Resentment . ’ |
| 2 | Hugh Dalton , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , said an agreement would have a powerful effect on the crucial loan negotiations , and was probably as much as could be achieved . |
| 3 | It had not been easy without existing contacts in the region , and their reports would have to be treated with caution for a while , but on the whole he felt he had achieved as much as could have been expected . |
| 4 | The ‘ Delirium mix ’ is as much as could be expected — but not at all disappointing — with the original ingredients rinsed out through stringy synths and a shipment of cosmic awareness ( loads of that in our house ) whilst the ‘ In Dub Mix ’ works up through minimal effects before an unexpected dub bassline rumbles in and you realise you 're travelling at half-speed . |
| 5 | There was an obscure but real sense in which you attempted to portray yourself as fundamentally progressive , as achieving as much as could be achieved in the circumstances in terms of liberalising legislation . |
| 6 | It was just right for his small cine projector , and as many as could be packed in , watched happy films about ‘ Fulham in the springtime ’ or ‘ The London Parks ’ or the antics of Mickey Mouse . |
| 7 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 8 | A mitochondrial mutant strain of D.subobscura has two mitochondrial genome populations ( heteroplasmy ) : the first ( 20–30% of the population , 15.9 kb ) is the same as could be found in the wild type ; the second ( 70–80% of the population , 11 kb ) has lost by deletion several genes coding for complex I and III subunits , and four tRNAs . |