Example sentences of "many [noun pl] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As many times as it took to kill . |
| 2 | The fit is polished as many times as it takes for the residuals to show no more evidence of a relationship with the X values — for the slope to be zero ; the slope usually changes by gradually smaller and smaller amounts , and converges on a stable result . |
| 3 | ‘ As many times as it takes for you to realise that shutting him out will only keep him in , ’ he insisted firmly . |
| 4 | Many pundits publicly opine that Windows would never have sold as many copies as it has without the massive publicity campaign that Microsoft put behind it . |
| 5 | This is the famous ‘ baby boom ’ , shared more or less by all Western industrial countries ( not Eastern Europe or Japan ) , which has now produced almost as many books as it has people . |
| 6 | Alternatively , if the company has an unfettered right to spray as many sparks as it likes , there will be plenty of damage to fields . |
| 7 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 8 | She had , after all , been successful in making contact with Veronica Puddephat , although the meeting had raised as many questions as it had answered . |
| 9 | Even so , this assertion raises as many questions as it answers . |
| 10 | This kind of compromise , we confess , raises as many questions as it answers . |
| 11 | Secondly , the programme posed at least as many questions as it answered . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But Touching the Void presented Joe Simpson with as many questions as it answered . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It raises almost as many questions as it provides answers , but it has not been challenged before us . |
| 16 | However , it is not yet clear that the use of a fixation stimulus does not introduce as many difficulties as it seeks to eliminate . |
| 17 | Materialism brings in its wake as many problems as it does blessings . |
| 18 | Oftentimes , legislation creates as many problems as it solves — limiting flexibility and sometimes even inviting litigation . |
| 19 | 1.3 Problems caused by the judgment in Faccenda Chicken The judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Faccenda case has been perceived to cause as many problems as it has solved . |
| 20 | Evidence began to mount that much of the social welfare paternalism of the post-war period had created almost as many problems as it solved . |
| 21 | Another part of the emancipation legislation appeared to do more for the cause of local representation , but proved to create as many problems as it solved . |
| 22 | The Royal Ulster Constabulary is solving twice as many crimes as it did 10 years ago . |