Estimates differ, but as much as one and a half trillion dollars may be managed under Islamic rules.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

About fifteen centimeters of wet snow has as much water as two and one-half centimeters of rain.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Half of the monkeys were permitted to eat as much as they wanted.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

There are unconfirmed reports that al-Shabab had offered the kidnappers as much as half-a-million dollars for the pair.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, says the executives' salaries will be cut by as much as 90 percent, and their average total compensation will drop by about half, starting in November.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22