Example sentences of "much as [pers pn] [vb base] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have chosen seven men whose personalities will , I hope , interest other people as much as they have intrigued me . |
| 2 | At the annual meeting in March Mr Saatchi warned that profits would fall this year ( although nobody expected they would fall nearly as much as they have done ) and there would be disposals . |
| 3 | But over the years , his sales techniques have irritated as much as they have impressed , and he has been periodically banned from Celtic Park , Tynecastle and Fir Park . |
| 4 | However , as much as we have gained the initiative , there are still problems which face the disability arts movement and which need to be unravelled . |
| 5 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 6 | In the summer we can go out and draw from direct observation , but in winter it is too cold , but when we get back to the classroom we can draw from memory the tree we have just examined and put down on paper as much as we have learned and remembered about the tree , its form , its colour , and its texture . |
| 7 | Some hon. Members will welcome the partial movement by the Secretary of State for Scotland in as much as we have had the enormous political death-bed confession that he will look at the Scottish situation . |
| 8 | ‘ Only a pound this week — not eaten too much as I 've had a very sore throat and cold . |
| 9 | Erm that 's as much as I 've got this morning . |
| 10 | Well I disagree in as much as I have said that I did n't have a shotgun and ignoring that fact then that I did n't have a shotgun she certainly did not make a lunge at me . |
| 11 | Most remarkable of all the suggestions put to Baldwin came from Lord Haldane , who only a month later was to take office as Lord Chancellor in the Labour Government , and who advised him to continue in office ; ‘ It may seem the odder in as much as I have supported the Labour Party and free trade through this general election . |
| 12 | ‘ As much as I have tried to avoid it , people will undoubtedly try to associate the future king with the Prince of Wales and other figures with other members of the Royal family . |
| 13 | But let's say there 's 10 times — no , 20 times — as much as you 've sent me : that would still only be 10 pages , and my Bible ( Old Testament only ) is 833 pages long . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I suppose you 've told them three times as much as you 've told me , ’ said Connon from the door . |