Example sentences of "[to-vb] as much as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can learn more about ourselves from monkeys than from microbes , and looking around our modern human world it is clear that we need to discover as much as we can about ourselves . |
| 2 | ‘ How come , ’ he asks , ‘ that human beings whose contacts with the world are brief and personal and limited are nevertheless able to know as much as they do ? ’ |
| 3 | He still defends their use on the grounds that ‘ For selfish reasons a prison administrator needs to know as much as he can about each prisoner , especially incoming prisoners . ’ |
| 4 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 5 | On the death of a bishop , while his spiritual jurisdiction and income were administered by the dean , or prior , and chapter of the cathedral church , the temporalities of the see — as with any tenant-in-chief during a minority-reverted to the crown for the duration of the vacancy ; they were usually farmed or leased out to the profit of the crown and of the farmers who were naturally inclined to extract as much as they could from the windfall . |
| 6 | Callers phoning a chatline need have no fear of rebuff ; the people they speak to want to talk as much as they do . |
| 7 | Er so any clarification you can give about er er Mr er with Mr Potter 's comment that we would have to wait and see each one on its circumstances when we talking earlier about the industrial change of use makes me twitch , because it 's lack of precision which all of us are trying to eliminate as much as we can in this process . |
| 8 | " Going in I just planned to observe , " Waggoner explains , " to experience as much as I could and to watch closely . " |
| 9 | Everyone , especially London classes who have no particular stall , is asked to help as much as they possibly can to fill the stalls , not only the one with which their area is associated . |
| 10 | It does n't seem to vanish as much as it used to . |
| 11 | Does n't seem to vanish as much as it used to , the Manifold , used to be dry in places most of the summer . |
| 12 | ‘ Is this where I make the noble suggestion of keeping away at weekends to leave you free to sail as much as you want ? ’ he demanded . |
| 13 | On balance , the nature of the biographies , particularly those of Ata'i , is such as positively to invite computerized prosopography which , though in a limited sense of great benefit , may tend in the end to obscure as much as it reveals . |
| 14 | Then , with a mocking look which she was beginning to detest as much as she detested him , he asked softly , ‘ Ever hear of the Norwood & Chambers contract ? ’ |
| 15 | However voluntary groups lack the funds to do as much as they would like in providing comfortable well staffed centres . |
| 16 | Because I want to do as much as we can during the holiday so that when you go back you you 're up there with the rest of them okay . |
| 17 | " Unfortunately we were unable to do as much as we would like in terms of giving the product a visual identity-the exercise was fairly restricted by the basic product . |
| 18 | We want to do as much as we can while we have a contact over there . ’ |
| 19 | We we tried to do as much as we could we drove from erm Colorado right the way round California up through Utah and stuff and so it is some parts of the desert are very boring . |
| 20 | We sha n't be able to do as much as we would like . |
| 21 | I like to do as much as I can to help Radio Skerne . |
| 22 | No they do n't listen to it , they said you 're allowed to swear as much as you like |
| 23 | . fuck off , you 're allowed to swear as much as you like . |
| 24 | We have no choice but to deduce as much as we can about the baking of the cake from studying what happens if we miss out a constituent , alter the temperature or cooking time or whatever … |
| 25 | Well you 're supposed to record as much as you can . |
| 26 | Yeah , on tape You know this ah , it 's the , the actual letter says we would like you to do , what we would like you to do is to record all your conversations with other people except telephone conversations over a , over a one week period , erm , but that 's , that 's not , does n't quite , just need to record as much as I can . |
| 27 | The traditional Conservative cry against the nationalised industries thus had some plausibility for anyone concerned with a correct allocation of investment resources in the economy : though it should be remembered that the electricity boards were ( unlike private industry ) not in general free to invest as much as they wished at low rates of return , but were subject to annual quantitative limits agreed with the Minister . |
| 28 | To enjoy as much as she was going to for this time , she knew that , and she smiled and held him and kissed him when she felt the convulsion and heard his breath released . |
| 29 | Anna 's energy , too , proved inexhaustible ; she was determined to see as much as they could possibly crowd in — even the little church where Robin was reputed to have married Maid Marian . |
| 30 | You 'll be wanting to see as much as you can while you 're here , so just use the place as your own . |