Example sentences of "much [subord] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You clear the hole as much as may be necessary to judge the direction the line is taking within the hole , gauge where the second hole must be dug and carry tin . |
| 2 | If he ended up with a taste for feudalism and aristocracy it was because he believed that the old paternalism was better than the inhuman gulf between ‘ classes ’ — ‘ One would wish to see the rich mingle with the poor as much as may be upon a footing of fraternal equality . ’ |
| 3 | I know we can thank them for showing some tennis , unlike ITV which does n't show any at all , but they do n't show half as much as would all like . |
| 4 | But we 're s we 're gon na be charging it approximately twice as much as would . |
| 5 | But but but we 're only charging twice as much as would erm because are providing a standard bearing . |
| 6 | There was some land reform , redistributing large white estates among these black smallholders — though not by any means as much as might have been expected . |
| 7 | A possible explanation for this apparently delayed effect of the Black Death is that the first onset , despite its virulence , did not harm the economy as a whole as much as might have been expected , and that it was the continuing effect of later outbreaks which did the greater damage . |
| 8 | Civil rights , as opposed to political rights , may be as much as can be hoped for . |
| 9 | Certainly the attitudinist can allow deductive reasoning full sway in ethics , since attitudes can be logically inconsistent one with another just as much as can beliefs . |
| 10 | Nah , cos right we 're just gon na say as much as can on this tape . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |