Example sentences of "[verb] as [det] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Masailand , cut off from all civilized amenities , and , if he conscientiously followed the herds instead of trying to rule the country from his office , beyond the reach even of the telegraph , a DO could enjoy as much autonomy as he liked . |
| 2 | I mean I 'll wait , we wait there and , but I think she just wants as many people as she possibly can , do you know what I mean ? |
| 3 | However , it is not yet clear that the use of a fixation stimulus does not introduce as many difficulties as it seeks to eliminate . |
| 4 | Friends rang round to remind each other of the vigil and colleagues rallied as many people as they could to come to St Bride 's . |
| 5 | The final result was a joint paper by Penrose and myself in 1970 , which at last proved that there must have been a big bang singularity provided only that general relativity is correct and the universe contains as much matter as we observe . |
| 6 | It 's probably where the expression ‘ work like a dog ’ was born ; no wonder they shuffle under the shearing sheds and grab as much sleep as they can when they 're not clambering over sheep 's backs or kicking up the fine , red dust . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you should get to know as many people as you can the further up the business you are , ’ he says . |
| 8 | I hope the health service 's attitude has changed because anyone suffering from anorexia feels isolated and needs as much support as they can get — from doctors and their family . |
| 9 | Participants under time pressure had to designate as many pairs as they could as either the same or different . |
| 10 | The army may include as many Shamans as you wish within the usual limitations of points cost . |
| 11 | The army may include as many Heroes as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 12 | The army may include as many Heroes as you wish within the normal limitations of the points available . |
| 13 | They had few doubts that the Army could recruit as many regulars as it really needed , within reason , provided the country was prepared to pay enough for them . |
| 14 | Indeed the railways created as much beauty as they inadvertently destroyed , but of a totally different kind . |
| 15 | Edwards , who played on despite breaking his nose in the first half , insisted : ‘ Widnes created as many chances as we did , but we were a little more clinical in our finishing . |
| 16 | Here in Cripo Rison you can buy as much mercury as you like and no questions are asked . |
| 17 | Because you do n't want to go and buy as many clothes as you would have in your wardrobe normally . |
| 18 | Voters may buy as many tickets as they wish , though no single voter may occupy more than one seat at a time . |
| 19 | He has as many selves as he has utterances , virtual or realized , as many selves as there are words in his lexicon , even in the dictionary of his potential language , with each word its aetimology , its phoneyetic fragility and its semiantic sea changes , each word its infinite contiguities and its tall spokes of paradismatic possibilities . |
| 20 | He is obliged to work in great haste , and so achieves nothing worthwhile , but nevertheless there is no one who has as much ability as he . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The beast has as much food as he wants . |
| 22 | This , explained Sir Gordon Borrie in his 1986 Rathbone Memorial Lecture , was that everyone should be free to obtain as much credit as he could get , on the easiest terms available on the market . |
| 23 | Just place as many tiers as you need over a pan of simmering water of in the wok , and bingo ! |
| 24 | Ordered to be replayed behind closed doors by the FA after an inquiry into last week 's coin-throwing incident , the game posed as many questions as it answered . |
| 25 | But his letter posed as many questions as it answered , so I rang him up and asked him if he was willing to come and see me . |
| 26 | True , too , Bosnia 's Serbs have won as much land as they want ( though in the territories they control ethnic cleansing continues : about 1,000 Muslims or Croats are leaving northern Bosnia every week , it is reported , after signing papers to say they are going voluntarily ) . |
| 27 | Brough , who has won as many awards as he rode winners in his national hunt career , writes so delightfully because he cares , because he sees sport as a writer and also as a fan . |
| 28 | If my comments appear to be churlish , perhaps you would like to attend next year having won as many awards as you did and suffer the embarrassment of being approached by clients and peers to be asked sympathetically whether you had won anything . |
| 29 | No one is quite sure just how significant they are because , generally , they prefer to maintain a low profile and reveal as little information as they can . |
| 30 | In answering a question you should , of course , give as much detail as you can within the limits of the question . |