The phrase "as much distance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the extent or degree of separation between two points, whether physical or metaphorical.
Example: "She wanted to create as much distance as possible between her old life and her new one."
Alternatives: "a great deal of distance" or "significant distance".
These days, that's about as much distance as the Mets can manage.
"If you can put as much distance as you can between us and them, it's great.
In the kneel jump, for instance, a contestant leaps from a deep squat, trying to achieve as much distance as possible.
I need to put as much distance between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives as possible, to keep the rightwing neocons happy.
Twelve months later, these so-called "sports content" sites are putting as much distance as they can between themselves and their e-commerce experiments.
Heather, eager to put as much distance between the detective and herself as possible, had practically run from the stone mansion and across the wide lawn.
That may explain why chief executives at the conference tried to put as much distance as possible between their companies and their ailing competitors.
Twelve months later, these "sports content" sites are putting as much distance as they can between themselves and their e-commerce experiments.
When a letter from the narrator's mother comes, she feels that the object in her life is to put as much distance between herself & the events mentioned.
In Hugh Steers's powerful paintings, which have names like "Innocent Man With Cleaver" and "Flag," it's often a place where people clutch each other's hands, but blindly and with as much distance between them as possible.
If some families are determined to hew as close to tradition as possible, others, particularly those whose children are past their toddling years, want to put as much distance as possible between themselves and their memories.
