Example sentences of "much as [pers pn] [modal v] " 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 | They have been paying ridiculous rents of up to DM120 for the little decent office space that now exists in eastern Berlin — about twice as much as they would pay for similar space in the western part of the city . |
| 3 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 4 | These exquisitely preserved gastropods are largely free of the enclosing matrix , and look now much as they would have done 60 million years ago . |
| 5 | The next few years saw her and Ross out with this band of fun boaters and future rodeo aficionados though Lesley remembers having spent much of these early years bobbing about in the boils on the edge of the rough stuff , a result of lack of confidence in her own ability and perhaps not being pushed to perform by the guys in the group as much as they would each other . |
| 6 | However voluntary groups lack the funds to do as much as they would like in providing comfortable well staffed centres . |
| 7 | For just as the latter are then not receiving as much employment as they would normally like at the prevailing real wage rate , so the former are not providing as much as they would normally like . |
| 8 | Slack stuff from the Republic who did n't increase their goal difference by as much as they would have liked . |
| 9 | ‘ A bit , but not as much as they might be considering the rain we 've had , ’ Charlie answered . |
| 10 | Two very important indexing journals not always used as much as they might be by social researchers are the British Humanities Index and the Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin . |
| 11 | But part of that problem is that I do n't think the course tutors do perhaps as much as they might , I mean they do nowhere near as much as Shirley does |
| 12 | To control and manage communications is something that politicians and governments , both east and west , work hard to master — much as they may publicly deny it . |
| 13 | Hungarian fighter pilots do n't fly as much as they 'd like . |
| 14 | Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can . |
| 15 | Encourage all residents , however disabled , to dress themselves as much as they can . |
| 16 | The common is a piece of land of just over two acres , where the poor of the village could collect firewood , as much as they can carry , ‘ whin' meaning a gorse bush . |
| 17 | The professional criminal and his accomplices are determined characters : they live off crime , and take as much as they can carry away . |
| 18 | A BRC spokeswoman said : ‘ Retailers have already cut their costs as much as they can . |
| 19 | Most of them still seem to be more or less all right , but Fiver and Pipkin will have had as much as they can stand before long . " |
| 20 | Solicitors who do not tell their clients in advance as much as they can about the likely cost of a piece of work — or exceed an estimate without notice — are now at risk of having their charges reduced by the Law Society under its powers to penalise Inadequate Professional Services . |
| 21 | cream and grow potatoes and all this and probably they have bees and sell honey and you know they eat er they really try to be self- sufficient sort of community as much as they can . |
| 22 | Erm , I think we ought to make it very clear again , that we can now trace calls , and er , I hope the press are noting that and making as much as they can of it , because that 's the sort of thing that helps to remove malicious calls , which go which cost a lot of money , and a lot of time , and also put somebody else 's life in danger when an appliance has been called out to something that it 's not required for . |
| 23 | The Authority are pushing as much as they can on the scheme and there 's been no response to yesterday . |
| 24 | A soft drink made from the Elderflower is selling well , but the blossoming season is short , and the makers need as much as they can get to see production through the rest of the year . |
| 25 | But council officials say they 've done as much as they can to protect their female staff . |
| 26 | Richardson 's coach , Ronnie Cave , said : ‘ Peter has already spent all his own money to fight in the world championships and the club have helped as much as they can . |
| 27 | They 've done as much as they can anyway and even 1,800 Geordies will make more than enough noise , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 28 | At the other end of the spectrum , some farmers are so keen to pass on as much as they can to the next generation they leave themselves and their spouses with no capital or income on which to live . |
| 29 | in it for a , for a couple of years to get as much as they can and get a |
| 30 | you can do this but you ca n't do that and and really they 're , they 're like children in a way , they will sort of try it on as much as they can get away with it ! |