Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A society with n independent currencies should be times as stable as one with a single currency . |
| 2 | In time of war the proportion was probably as high as one in eight . |
| 3 | It has been estimated that between 1580 and 1650 London probably absorbed half the national increase of England 's population and that about one in every eight English people lived in London at some stage of their lives ; after 1650 the proportion was as high as one in six . |
| 4 | Although in some hospitals it 's as high as one in five . |
| 5 | The result of an unequal balance of power is where I went back to , is the precipitating factor in marital violence which is , you know , some surveys put as high as one in four families , is in fact when the woman becomes uppity . |
| 6 | From France , Sainsbury 's Chablis , £6.99 — crisp , clean and fresh , only slightly buttery — and Château de Davenay , 1990 , Montagny Premier Cru , £7.25 — a bigger , broader , oaky and buttery French Chardonnay , but not as opulent as one from Australia . |