Example sentences of "as [det] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , this may mean as little as insisting on modest changes in decision-making procedures and modes of academic debate ; or it may mean as much as the sacrifice of a whole way of life for activism in some major political cause . |
| 2 | Cuddling on the couch with your husband in front of other people is frowned upon just as much as kissing him in the street . |
| 3 | He enjoyed re-reading sermons almost as much as writing them . |
| 4 | The question , however , may be about control as much as learning . |
| 5 | But practice can mean going through the motions just as much as accumulating factual knowledge . |
| 6 | It is about personal experience of particular brands as much as looking for the numbers . |
| 7 | It would appear that the pretrial investigation determined the accused 's fate without as much as affording him a right of effective participation in the process . |
| 8 | Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’ |
| 9 | Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’ |
| 10 | It cut net payments to creditors by $4 billion a year between 1989 and 1994 — twice as much as rescheduling would have done . |
| 11 | That is one reason why companies like ICI and IBM are building up comprehensive communications programmes , internal as well as external which involve listening just as much as talking . |
| 12 | When Niki said the Paris decision had been the right one , one knows two things about Niki that explain his position : first that any Ferrari driver has to speak through both sides of his mouth , and second , that even were that not so , there is nothing Niki likes as much as winding someone else up . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Repair was very expensive , nearly as much as purchasing a new unit . |
| 15 | This means not taking on someone who is too highly qualified and would be easily bored or dissatisfied as much as finding someone with the ability to do the job . |
| 16 | ‘ … without even as much as touchin' the peak ! |
| 17 | Taking part in the arts should also be viewed as a tool for change as much as attending meetings about , say , orange badge provision . |
| 18 | But also you can get , you know you , you sometimes you can fall lucky and get quite a lot of prices from cold calling as much as reviewing this one little , renewing every , every six weeks and trying to think of something to say that you have n't said before , like I had n't told you or Pete , you know , things like that . |
| 19 | When he spoke , it seemed to her that he was listening to his own thoughts as much as conveying them to her . |
| 20 | The Treasury saw local councils as part of that strategy just as much as spending departments in Whitehall or the nationalised industries — a very clear ‘ agency ’ view . |
| 21 | He hated fetching the balls as much as playing with them . |
| 22 | Thirty two individuals took part in making it a large competition where endurance was required as much as playing skill . |
| 23 | Any agent worth his salt knew that promotion under Postelnicu depended upon satisfying the minister 's whims as much as doing his proper job well . |
| 24 | Pointers have to be maintained for each of these operations , so time will be spent maintaining pointers ‘ as much as updating data . |
| 25 | Now if they pull it off everybody 'll heave a sigh of relief and their methods will be forgiven , and if they do n't then it 'll all be Number 10 's fault and that would probably suit their book just as much as coming good on Plainsong itself . ’ |
| 26 | To begin with , pure songwriters do n't need managers as much as performing artists . |