Example sentences of "much as [pron] will " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Stay with her as much as they 'll let you — do n't worry about anything at the office — I 'm sure Rourke will take care of whatever crops up . ’ |
| 2 | An array of instances , almost of specimens , is set before us ; and we are invited to make our own observations , inferring from them as much as they will bear . |
| 3 | Each time you feed , remember : only as much as they will eat in five minutes . . |
| 4 | The plethora of dams will uproot over a million people — including many tribals — and submerge about 850,000 acres of forest and 500,000 acres of cultivated land — almost as much as it will irrigate . |
| 5 | So that 's a good case in which I think an Institute of this kind can perform a very useful role which does n't have any paternalistic undertones at all , because it will learn as much as it will teach , so to speak . |
| 6 | Walberg , Hose and Raster ( 1978 ) showed the significant relationship between LOR and proficiency in English with Japanese children in the USA , but also point out that the rate of learning slows down very quickly over time , so that in the first two months the child learns as much as he will in the next five months , the next year and so on . |
| 7 | In addition to the beef tea and arrowroot , as much as he will take , we 'll give him half an ounce of brandy every two hours , and twenty drops of laudanum every four . " |
| 8 | What I would say Chairman is that I will defend the right of the tenant farmers to make their own minds up , just as much as I will defend the rights of council house tenants to say what goes on in their houses . |
| 9 | In reality , this is probably as much as you 'll ever need , translating into about 7 bars of music at a fairly moderate tempo — enough for a single sitting ( … but not for Freebird — Ed ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I appreciate that there will be people who will hate this album just as much as there will be those that will like it . |
| 11 | Erm , living there because all can do at the moment , is work in a shop or a restaurant or something like that and she does n't get paid as much as she 'll get on Social Security so it 's not worth it , |