Example sentences of "to as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The threads are known as ‘ gas ’ or BSP ( British Standard Pipe ) threads : those on pipes are referred to as male while the internal threads on fittings are known as female . |
| 2 | In its short life the EMS pound has fallen from a peak of DM3.03 to as low as DM2.86 . |
| 3 | Although inflation is already sharply down ( possibly to as low as 4% this month ) , so is much else . |
| 4 | This race had all the earmarks of a mediocre 1,000 Guineas rehearsal and it was no great surprise to see Musicale , the winner of last Friday 's Fred Darling Stakes , at Newbury , cut to as low as 11–4 favourite for the 1,000 Guineas , on April 30 after yesterday 's race . |
| 5 | It had fallen from a high point of $90 per tonne to as low as $30 per tonne . |
| 6 | Hibernation in the marmot , hamster and hedgehog depends on more complex physiological adaptations , and some can drop their basal metabolic rate to as low as one per cent of their most active level . |
| 7 | R Coronæ , in the bowl , is generally well within binocular range , and can just become visible with the naked eye , but when it drops to minimum it may fall to as low as magnitude 15 . |
| 8 | In addition , ultrasonographic dating has been shown to reduce the incidence of truly prolonged pregnancy from about 10% to as low as 1% . |
| 9 | Of course , reducing the risk to as low as reasonably achievable ( the ALARA principle ) does not eliminate completely the possibility of a minor or major accident occurring . |
| 10 | And to delegate decision making er to as low a level as possible within the organization , compatible with safeguarding er the quality of the product that we provide to our clients . |
| 11 | In fact public expenditure fell to as low as 39% of GDP in 1988/89 , but in the recessionary years of the early 1990s the percentage has started to rise once again . |
| 12 | It was originally suggested that the establishment might be reduced to as low as 50,000 to 55,000 . |
| 13 | Pollution was directly to blame for a decline in life expectancy from 70.4 years in 1964 to 69.3 years in 1990 , Yablokov claimed , adding that in some particularly polluted areas it had fallen to as low as 44 years . |
| 14 | I think they sink to as low as they can . |
| 15 | But the o the one thing I wan na say is that erm we need to do all we can to keep the c the over-run down to as low a figure as possible , and that 's our job . |
| 16 | These may be referred to as paradigmatic or conceptual collocates [ Smadja , 1989 ] , and are characterised by an equal distribution of one term about the other within a given context ( e.g. ’ mortgage ’ & ’ property ’ can occur anywhere within the same sentence in relation to each other ) . |
| 17 | I mean he er he used to as regular as clock work but I say , and I have had those times when he comes four o'clock- ish even in the afternoon . |
| 18 | And many of the objects my ex used to bring home were equally unwelcome and led to as much mess . |
| 19 | Moby should be gradually introduced to as much of life as possible ! |
| 20 | But sources at Touche Ross said that the loss of revenue to Deloitte UK as a result of a cessation of referred work from the international organisation could be up to as much as ‘ tens of millions of dollars ’ . |
| 21 | Ironically , they are unlikely to arise on sites zoned by local authorities for housing development : such zoning can raise the price of land to as much as 40 per cent of the cost of a house . |
| 22 | Faced with the prospect of Nissan 's Washington plant in the UK training its sights on the mainland and upping exports to as much as 70 per cent of production — that 's 140,000 cars a year by 1992 — the two most powerful men in French industry locked themselves behind doors and decided then and there to up the ante in the fight against the Japanese . |
| 23 | Just looking at the gardens , sun terraces and hills gave me an appetite ! — Still that 's no problem at Tropicana … with a buffet style service you can help yourself to as much as you like . |
| 24 | The proportions of each age group selected into grammar schools varied from as little as 15 per cent in some parts of the country to as much as 40 per cent in others . |
| 25 | Waves can not exceed a seventh of their length in height without breaking ; but they can stretch to as much as a thousand feet . |
| 26 | And I do n't want you to as much as speak to her from now on . |
| 27 | The marginal tax rates on these incomes rise to as much as 80 per cent in some republics , but there is a great deal of evasion . |
| 28 | Thereafter , this ratio increased rapidly , rising to as much as 27 per cent in 1986 . |
| 29 | More recent figures suggest that by 1987 Albanians amounted to as much as 85 per cent of the population of Kosovo . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , as Suwardjo ( 1986 ) has discussed , these programmes have not only caused accelerated soil erosion , which in Sumatra may amount to as much as per year , but also a loss of soil fertility , especially in areas cleared mechanically rather than by hand . |