so much as

In this final sequence, we see the real Joe, a man who doesn’t value love so much as he requires control.

Most supermarket hams are already fully cooked, which means your job isn’t to roast so much as to gild the lily.

All have been tarred as terrorists and gang members, but the vast majority have never been convicted of so much as shoplifting — in the United States or elsewhere.

We’ve learned so much as a society by going to space!

“I’ve grown so much as a person, as a woman,” Saucedo said.