Example sentences of "as [adv] as possible [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The committee agreed to urge the Scottish Office to progress as soon as possible and to continue talks on the role of the public sector in the new bridge and its future management . |
| 32 | He escaped with Bean from the tea table as soon as possible and slipped out of the house , heading back for the open spaces of the industrial estate . |
| 33 | Kindly rectify this as soon as possible and consult Betty Syrett if you have any doubts or queries on the subject . |
| 34 | You should remove the cichlids as soon as possible and transfer them to a separate tank which is set-up specifically for African cichlids , or take them back to the place you bought them . |
| 35 | ‘ Yes , Piper , he wants you to get yourself , and your bagpipes , over there as soon as possible and play him a tune . |
| 36 | In its 1969 report , the Committee on the Enforcement of Judgement Debts chaired by Mr Justice Payne recommended the setting up of a Court Enforcement Office , the functions of which would include assisting the creditor to obtain from the debtor ‘ as much as he can properly afford ’ , to liquidate the debts as soon as possible and to protect the debtor against undue hardship or harassment . |
| 37 | My task was to record it as objectively as possible and leave the reader to judge , yet not to provide some indication of the effect it had on me would be to paint a very incomplete picture . |
| 38 | His appetite for fights and , of course , making money is such that he wants to make his pile as quickly as possible and get out . ’ |
| 39 | It is necessary to find a way of transition as quickly as possible and to take action . |
| 40 | ‘ As soon as they get the ball , their intention is to get it into the box as quickly as possible and to finish with a shot . |
| 41 | They were asked to write their statements down as quickly as possible and to answer as though describing themselves to themselves rather than to anybody else . |
| 42 | ‘ Mr Maxwell , I understand only too well that you would like to pay this ransom as quickly as possible and take no risks and that since I want to catch these kidnappers , we are working at cross purposes to a certain extent . |
| 43 | We shall come back as quickly as possible and take you to the Hall . |
| 44 | Speaking softly to the horse , he came alongside her neck , anxious to attach the halter as quickly as possible and make his way back to firm ground . |
| 45 | As soon as the aircraft had stopped he told his passenger to leave as quickly as possible and stay well clear . |
| 46 | Something has to be done about the imbalances in the city 's health services in order to provide better value for Londoners as quickly as possible and to lay the foundations for future development . |
| 47 | Get out of sync as quickly as possible and forget the coins completely . |
| 48 | Smokers , stop as quickly as possible and do not smoke in the presence of others . |
| 49 | They will expect you to watch helplessly as their trap gradually tightens , so do n't wait — break through their line as quickly as possible and run to find help , weapons or a better place to stand and fight . |
| 50 | But if the flag is at all close to the top of the bank , look once again at getting the ball down on the ground as quickly as possible and running it up the bank . |
| 51 | ( The receptionist then locates Mr Wyatt as quickly as possible and informs him that there is a call from Mr Williams , Secretary of the Sailing Club , who wishes to discuss the seating arrangements for their dinner on the twelfth of November . |
| 52 | But the other echo which really gripped me was his reference to some of the Imperial flights down the Gulf that were not as straightforward and as simple as they are today , I speak now of when I was awakened from my afternoon siesta by someone from the guardroom telling me to get down to flights as quickly as possible and have my overnight gear with me . |
| 53 | The golden rule is to get the ball down on the ground as quickly as possible and to run it whenever you can . |
| 54 | In most areas of local government activity , the main concern of business organizations was that councils should operate as cheaply as possible and interfere as little as possible with their operations through planning controls . |
| 55 | Centres are advised to forward schemes to HCIMA as early as possible and to allow 10 weeks for the moderation process ( in order to allow for resubmissions ) . |
| 56 | Although acquisition assistance may be less structured than normal corporate finance ( ie special ) work , it is important to impose a structure as early as possible and to maintain working papers in accordance with that structure . |
| 57 | Those in favour assert that democratic government should be conducted as openly as possible and argue that the more electors are made aware of the actions of their elected representatives the better . |
| 58 | The attempt now is to provide care on a community rather than an institutional basis , on the assumption that it is good to retain the mentally disordered within the community as far as possible and help to rehabilitate and reintegrate those who have had to go into hospitals for treatment . |
| 59 | It seemed essential to minimise the proliferation of paper as far as possible and to centralise the recording of achievement in such a way that updating over a number of years would be possible . |
| 60 | For practical and economic reasons , therefore and in general , the main objective of systematic cleaning will be to reduce the use of manual labour as far as possible and to substitute other forms of energy mainly chemical . |