He had a slight acquaintance with foreign literature as many have to-day.
Tenía un ligero tinte de literatura extranjera como muchos lo tienen hoy.—FERNÁN CABALLERO.
As I entered the room, they all stopped talking.
Al entrar yo en la sala, todos dejaron de hablar.
(b) The correlative as ... as is rendered tan ... como, but as much ... as and as many ... as are rendered tanto ... como and tantos ... como.
My father was as charmed as ever with her.
Mi padre se mostró tan embelesado como siempre con ella.
—JUAN VALERA.
I have as much time as I need, and as many books as I want to read.
Tengo tanto tiempo como necesito y tantos libros como quiero leer.