Example sentences of "as [adv] as possible [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cavity treatment should be delayed for as long as possible to allow the injected solution to remain in contact with blood and other body fluids and care to avoid spillage should be exercised when carrying out drainage . |
| 2 | Cohen had meanwhile made a surprise afternoon announcement to the press in London that the US government was " recommending that the forces of the EPRDF enter the city as soon as possible to stabilize the situation " . |
| 3 | A meeting of the SADR Cabinet , chaired by the SADR President , Mohammed Abdelazziz , and held at an unspecified location on Nov. 4 , called on Morocco " once again to begin direct dialogue ( with Polisario ) as soon as possible to implement the resolutions of the international community " . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr [ Ian ] Lang has this issue very much under consideration and will bring forward regulations as soon as possible to make the fitting of wired-in smoke detectors compulsory in all new dwellings which are built . ’ |
| 5 | As well as agreeing the proposed restructure and gradings the Committee agreed the recommendation that ‘ a meeting between NALGO , DOMIS and HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT 's management be initiated as soon as possible to investigate the possibility of consolidating the New Technology payment for existing staff within the Division . ’ |
| 6 | Signed by representatives of the rail companies , the Ministry of Law and Order , the ANC , the transport workers ' trade union and various community organizations , it included an agreement that the police would redeploy personnel as soon as possible to cover the train network ; working groups were established to investigate issues such as the installation of closed-circuit cameras in train coaches and the implementation of screening systems at stations . |
| 7 | The importance of Science in the Corporate Plan was emphasised , and there was agreement that the Group should have the opportunity as soon as possible to discuss the Strategic Plan for Science in toto . |
| 8 | Our business concluded it was decided we should go to Jeddah as quickly as possible to visit the Hospital . |
| 9 | But if phonemic competitors are included , some means of resolving the phonemes identity and filtering out improbable words must be applied as quickly as possible to stop the proliferation of word strings . |
| 10 | In the case of a severe burn , that is one that is larger than an inch in diameter , the rule is the same : cool first , cover later , and in this instance start to cool as quickly as possible to prevent the burn spreading into the surrounding tissue . |
| 11 | It is important to assist the patient to change position regularly while in bed and to encourage ambulation as quickly as possible to assist the circulation . |
| 12 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 13 | We try as far as possible to relate the work we do in the Technical Department to what goes on in industry and commerce . |
| 14 | In our first Report we tried as far as possible to avoid the word ‘ grammar ’ , and to explain how important it was for children to use linguistic terminology . |
| 15 | For the individualist , the central task is to understand individuals as agents , and thus as far as possible to understand the social world as the outcome of options and choices taken and made by particular actors . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He deliberately used both brush and pen as boldly as possible to soften the mechanical nature of the process . |
| 18 | ‘ The measure as revised by the committee tried as hard as possible to accommodate the views of those who object to women priests . |