Example sentences of "as [det] [noun pl] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , if the company has an unfettered right to spray as many sparks as it likes , there will be plenty of damage to fields . |
| 2 | Even so , this assertion raises as many questions as it answers . |
| 3 | This kind of compromise , we confess , raises as many questions as it answers . |
| 4 | It raises almost as many questions as it provides answers , but it has not been challenged before us . |
| 5 | However , it is not yet clear that the use of a fixation stimulus does not introduce as many difficulties as it seeks to eliminate . |
| 6 | Many pundits publicly opine that Windows would never have sold as many copies as it has without the massive publicity campaign that Microsoft put behind it . |
| 7 | The fit is polished as many times as it takes for the residuals to show no more evidence of a relationship with the X values — for the slope to be zero ; the slope usually changes by gradually smaller and smaller amounts , and converges on a stable result . |
| 8 | ‘ As many times as it takes for you to realise that shutting him out will only keep him in , ’ he insisted firmly . |
| 9 | Materialism brings in its wake as many problems as it does blessings . |
| 10 | Oftentimes , legislation creates as many problems as it solves — limiting flexibility and sometimes even inviting litigation . |
| 11 | 1.3 Problems caused by the judgment in Faccenda Chicken The judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Faccenda case has been perceived to cause as many problems as it has solved . |
| 12 | This is the famous ‘ baby boom ’ , shared more or less by all Western industrial countries ( not Eastern Europe or Japan ) , which has now produced almost as many books as it has people . |