Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adopters may receive little warning of an imminent placement , and may have as little as one to two days notice . |
| 2 | A society with n independent currencies should be times as stable as one with a single currency . |
| 3 | As few as one in twenty of the sample could be described as a utilitarian scientist of puritan middle-class background . |
| 4 | In time of war the proportion was probably as high as one in eight . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Although in some hospitals it 's as high as one in five . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Indeed , there may well be several external views , perhaps as much as one per application or user that accesses the database . |
| 9 | Redundancy and dismissal were , not surprisingly , the most important reasons for job loss , but one survey found as much as one in five people who entered into unemployment did so after finishing a temporary job , whilst another put the proportion at only six per cent . |
| 10 | Rainfall is uncertain and varied — drought years may be as many as one in five ; many soils are eroded and soil quality may vary within as little space as a hectare ; even small-scale irrigation may be ineffective as high levels of ‘ run-off ’ prevent the efficient use of water . |
| 11 | As many as one in five of the population attends an accident and emergency unit every year , yet staff shortages are so acute that a quarter of the 239 units in England and Wales do not have a trained consultant in charge . |
| 12 | With only the staff at Bloomsbury House and their regional offices as the long stop for advice and modest practical assistance , it is not surprising that a high proportion of Kindertransporte veterans , possibly as many as one in ten , found themselves up against the police or other bastions of social authority . |
| 13 | As many as one in 12 Britons dislike our cross-Channel neighbours with the Welsh topping the league . |
| 14 | As many as one in five motherless children in the NCDS sample of lone-parent families had brothers or sisters living away from home ( Ferri , 1976 ) . |
| 15 | As many as one in three of those who supported the Conservatives last year refused to do so last week . |
| 16 | ONE WOULD not normally think a national awareness day for something which could affect as many as one in three of the population would be necessary . |
| 17 | Christine believes the problem is much bigger than anyone believes and cited a recent study which claimed as many as one in three children suffer some kind of sexual abuse . |
| 18 | As many as one in ten of the babies born on this beach will die here . |
| 19 | It is estimated that as many as one in five people suffers from PMLE . |
| 20 | Is the Minister aware that three annual checks by Welsh trading standards officers discovered that as many as one in five lorries on Welsh roads are overloaded , yet the chance of being checked is one in every 5,000 journeys ? |
| 21 | As we noted earlier , perhaps as many as one in six of the adult population of England had lived in London for part of their lives . |
| 22 | The electorate was steadily expanding during the course of the Stuart century , so that by Anne 's reign perhaps as many as one in four adult males had the right to vote , whilst the passage of the Triennial Act in 1694 meant that those who were enfranchised had the opportunity to make their voice known in frequently contested elections . |
| 23 | Nowadays as many as one in five cars on UK roads is a diesel . |
| 24 | 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 . |