Example sentences of "[noun] as many " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one study as many as 30 per cent of subjects exhibited a change in the side of the superior ear when re-tested within a period of one month ( Pizzamiglio , Pascalis and Vignati , 1974 ) . |
| 2 | In a recent study as many as 5% of subjects in a group of students and hospital employees were reported as losing bowel control , at least occasionally . |
| 3 | In a single school term she had once sent to private sanatoriums as many as four boys and two girls with a weakness of the lungs . |
| 4 | Since we covered as many miles in six months as many Caterham owners do in four years , that 's not an unreasonable failure rate for a car built by amateurs and speaks volumes for the simplicity , strength and quality of the materials Caterham employs for its cars . |
| 5 | When Pennant visited it in 1772 there were three farmers living in it with their stock and crops and at times in the summer months as many as twelve families were known to stay in it at once and it was the headquarters of those employed in the manufacture ( if kelp . |
| 6 | In cardiac arrest survivors , sustained monomorphic VT will be induced in 40–50% of patients ( highest in patients with coronary artery disease ) , polymorphic VT/VF in 20–25% , and non-sustained VT as many as 10% ; over 20% may have no inducible ventricular arrhythmia . |
| 7 | His intercourse was with certain holy men addicted to sorcery , who instructed him how to bring over to his side as many friends as he could with witchcraft and soft speeches . |
| 8 | In some countries as many as one child in three dies before reaching the age of five . |
| 9 | In many Third World countries as many as three out of five children die before the age of five . |
| 10 | Among families of West Indian origin as many as 49 per cent are lone-parent families , as are 30 per cent of African families but only 6 per cent of Indian and 8 per cent of Pakistani families . |
| 11 | The Dallas daily says that General Motors and General Electric have met several times in recent months to examine ways to increase their influence over the likes of IBM Corp , Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc , quoting executives involved in the talks and industry analysts and the pact could create a consortium with a requirement as many as 100,000 desktop personal computers annually . |
| 12 | ‘ In Northern Ireland as many as one quarter of our 15 year olds are already addicted to tobacco . |
| 13 | Even in Lancashire , where in Blackburn , Preston and Burnley as many as one-third of women continued to work after marriage , the Cotton Factory Times could print a piece of verse which to all intents and purposes ignored married women 's double role : ‘ How Sweet it is when toil is o'er/To sit upon the hearth once more/To whistle , sing and sweet converse/With the sweetest queen in universe/In homely way ’ . |
| 14 | In the case of the Hannibalic War as many as fifty-four hoards have been found , compared with eighteen for the next whole half-century ; in the case of the Civil War there are ninety-eight , compared with twenty-four for the period 1625–41 and nine for 1649–60 . |
| 15 | Repeat this digging process as many times as may be necessary until you are close to the ferret . |
| 16 | For example , of a group of normal right handers as many as 15 per cent usually fail to show a right ear advantage on a verbal dichotic test ( Bryden , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | The village of Swanland , approximately seven miles west of the city of Kingston-upon-Hull , has since the 19th century been considered one of the most attractive areas in North Humberside , or East Yorkshire as many would prefer . |
| 18 | While the buyer is also anxious to ensure certainty , his desire is to surround the contract and impose upon the seller as many express warranties as possible to ensure that the goods supplied under the contract are satisfactory to him in every way . |
| 19 | Squeeze the ball as many times as possible . |
| 20 | Examinations — A student who fails an examination related to the diploma area of study may , at the discretion of the centre and in agreement with HCIMA , be allowed to retake examinations as many times as he/she wishes ( providing the centre is prepared to set and mark new papers ) and that the programme is still current . |
| 21 | For the duration of the mela as many as twenty pilgrim trains a day , each carrying a thousand passengers , might be brought into Allahabad in addition to the normal traffic . |
| 22 | In some parts of Britain the breeding population of pied flycatchers can reach 120 pairs per sq km and in central Sweden as many as 200 pairs per sq km have been recorded . |
| 23 | By mid-August as many as 100,000 Egyptians had fled , two-thirds of whom were stranded in Jordan or on the heavily congested Iraqi-Jordanian border . |
| 24 | Hazards for census collectors included being shot at with arrows by tribes in the Andaman islands and chased away from the homes of the super-rich elite as many as 15 times before securing an answer . |
| 25 | Others varied , indicating in one case as many as nine Iraqi divisions deployed . |
| 26 | Police injuries , 243 in August 1977 ( according to Merlyn Rees , Home Secretary ) , continually made headlines but in fact about three times as many pickets were injured . |
| 27 | At least ten times as many people can be supported on a cereal diet than on a meat based diet — and that figure rockets up to 30 TIMES AS MANY people being supported by a diet based on soya protein . |
| 28 | At least ten times as many people can be supported on a cereal diet than on a meat based diet — and that figure rockets up to 30 TIMES AS MANY people being supported by a diet based on soya protein . |
| 29 | No tourist should be without at least 10 times as many pockets as they 'll ever find use for . |
| 30 | So far this month 465 deaths , and more than ten times as many suspected cases , have been reported in Zambia , black Africa 's most urbanised country . |