Example sentences of "of [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was , however , full of enthusiasm for the resumption of operations as soon as possible and had come up with a new idea . |
| 2 | He decided to get shut of Eleanor as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | Some directors were of course friends of administration , and used their powers of patronage as far as possible to supplement the efforts of government , but others , and notably the Elphinstone family , used their Indian patronage to sustain an opposition to Henry Dundas in Scotland . |
| 4 | Women in developing countries are generally undereducated because young girls are often taken out of schools as early as possible to allow their mothers to work whilst they take care of younger siblings . |
| 5 | However , I am writing to Alan Harlow to state our disappointment ; to point out that we can not continue to pay subscriptions if the grant is not increased ; that we are doing our best to find sponsorship ( I 've written , on my own initiative , to 3 companies who might be willing to help , on environmental grounds ) ; that sponsorship from SNH is pretty unlikely , a ) because they do n't do any core funding , and b ) because the NCC element appears to be dominant there anyway ; that sponsorship from the Sports Council is also unlikely , though we are seeking a meeting with Terry Dowey of SSA as soon as possible . |
| 6 | Therefore , we believe that virtually all patients being treated for suspected acute myocardial infarction should receive a full dose of aspirin as soon as possible . |
| 7 | We ca n't make any more hours in the day , but careful planning can allow us to use this time-saving piece of equipment as efficiently as possible . |
| 8 | Companies were advised to get out of dogs as soon as possible . |
| 9 | The individual must try to act to reduce their level of stress as soon as possible . |
| 10 | With this Demon you 'll lose loadsa Fuzzies , so you must get out of sync as soon as possible ( it 's tough , so keep trying ) . |
| 11 | Get out of sync as quickly as possible and forget the coins completely . |
| 12 | An equally serious prospect is now looming as disastrous losses at Lloyd 's mean that Sotheby 's and Christie 's are currently besieged by bankrupt Names ( see The Art Newspaper No. 19 , June 1990 , p.18 ) anxious to sell works of art as soon as possible . |
| 13 | Another point to remember is that flowers will wilt badly , or even die , if they are left sitting in a hot car or office all day , so if you have to buy them hours before they will be pressed , put them in plenty of water as soon as possible or , better still , buy them on your way home and then they can be pressed fairly quickly . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | My objective — and , of course , this was one imposed upon me by my professionalism and by the need to clear the ground of rabbits as thoroughly as possible — was first to dispose of the bolting rabbits and then to continue by digging out as many of the remainder as possible . |
| 16 | Labour 's 1983 election manifesto pledged the party to ‘ take action to abolish the undemocratic House of Lords as quickly as possible and , as an interim measure , introduce a bill in the first session of Parliament to remove its legislative powers — with the exception of those that relate to the life of a parliament ’ . |
| 17 | At the same time the adrenalin surge is itself a strong feeling and any strong feeling can be a trigger factor in stimulating the urge to use other mood-altering substances or processes — It is therefore advisable for people in recovery from any form of addictive disease that they should avoid gambling and other forms of risk-taking as far as possible . |
| 18 | But then I return to the knifeblade , flexing gently under my weight as I try to shift my centre of gravity as far as possible over my feet to protect the belay . |
| 19 | A historian concerned to reconstruct the life of Abraham as exactly as possible wants to know what changes the story of Abraham went through in the process of retelling . |
| 20 | Now that scientific tests of the new sidehandled baton have been completed , they will be tried out by a number of forces as soon as possible . |
| 21 | Our aim is to minimise the inconvenience of delays so far as possible . |
| 22 | The main thing to aim for is simply a change of doctor as soon as possible . |
| 23 | It is necessary to find a way of transition as quickly as possible and to take action . |
| 24 | Gabriel followed the even pattern of pawmarks as far as possible : they carried his eye up to a distant knoll crowned with trees and wounded with great white scars of bare chalk . |
| 25 | Those applicants wishing to make use of this agreement , details of which should be available from their current institutions , should contact the appropriate Faculty at the University of Edinburgh as early as possible . |
| 26 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 27 | The Swann Committee had also noted ‘ the views expressed very clearly to us at our various meetings with parents from the whole range of ethnic minority groups that they want and indeed expect the education system to give their children above all a good command of English as rapidly as possible ’ . |
| 28 | Leave the groove of Primevil as soon as possible and stay within 6 metres of it to reach a poor belay at the foot of a groove in the first tier of the wall above the slab ( about 50m ) . |