Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Course made good , means sailing where you want to go as effectively as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to go as soon as possible . |
| 3 | This new wave of anonymous buildings , designed to slip as quickly as possible through local authority planning procedures , has ripped the heart out of Hammersmith . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to know as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | All mature students intending to apply are recommended to write as early as possible to the appropriate faculty for guidance , giving full details of their educational background and their experience in employment . |
| 6 | Whilst we agree with the sentiments in MPG6 , paragraph 85 , that the planning system should be expected to work as efficiently as possible in expediting minerals applications , we believe the quality of decision-making is more important than its speed , given the significant issues involved . |
| 7 | Whilst we agree with the sentiments in MPG6 , paragraph 85 , that the planning system should be expected to work as efficiently as possible in expediting minerals applications , we believe the quality of decision-making is more important than its speed , given the significant issues involved . |
| 8 | I have in mind How To Read , a disastrously misnamed little treatise , since its real subject is How to Write , and it is addressed to what Pound called ( with the engagingly dated Edwardian elegance that he never wholly shed ) ‘ the neophyte ’ — that is to say , to the young American writer who wants to know as soon as possible , though at the expense of considerable exertion which he is prepared for , how to assemble his kit of tools for the job in hand and others that he can dimly foresee . |
| 9 | Despite a pile of unread reprints now measuring 16 inches tall , I read this book because of the nagging suspicion that in a field that has grown as rapidly as vascular biology and medicine I might be missing more than my 16 inch stack suggested . |
| 10 | My right hon. and learned Friend has said as clearly as possible that he regards the second London terminal at King 's Cross as an intrinsic part of the scheme . |
| 11 | The control of downy mildew is preventative , not curative , therefore the vigneron must commence spraying as early as possible prior to the flowering if the first infection is to be prevented . |
| 12 | You may not be thirsty , but your body needs to rehydrate as soon as possible . |
| 13 | That 's why i want to leave as soon as possible . |
| 14 | Secondly , in the Fearon case it was not the right to exercise an economic activity which was conditional on the shareholders ' satisfying the residence requirement , but merely immunity from compulsory acquisition measures adopted under legislation governing the ownership of rural land designed to ensure as far as possible that the land belonged to those who worked it . |
| 15 | The student would need to read as widely as possible in different kinds of poetry , to learn something about literary history , genre , and convention , and to acquire the practical-critical skills of close reading . |
| 16 | The governing body insists leagues will start next September , but it wants to delay as long as possible any decision about what to do with the Merit teams . |
| 17 | Letter strings are presented to the subject who has to decide as quickly as possible whether the letter string constitutes a word or not . |
| 18 | Over and above that are the various assurance schemes designed to offer as near as possible a guarantee of quality , safety , wholesomeness and implied animal welfare in the whole process in much the same way as the lion 's stamp once guaranteed eggs in the pre-Edwina Currie days . |
| 19 | There will be a tendency , when everything comes from the computer , you hear it already , ‘ oh it was the computer ’ , and that , I think , we want to try to change as quickly as possible . |
| 20 | We are endeavouring to measure as accurately as possible the position and momentum of an electron . |
| 21 | Here above all he or she has to organize as far as possible a staff consensus , to present it to the governors and to explain any requests for modification back to the staff — and then if necessary to carry out the modification . |
| 22 | The new restoration , masterminded by Heinrich Magirius , of the Commission for Historic Monuments for Dresden , and Harald Marx , director of the Gemäldegalerie , has returned as closely as possible to the original decorative scheme devised by Semper . |
| 23 | The Soane Mausoleum in St Pancras Gardens , London was designed by Sir John Soane in 1815–16 and is one of five monuments by that great eccentric of British neo-Classical and Romantic architecture , Sir John Soane , which the Soane Monuments Trust has restored or plans to restore as soon as possible . |
| 24 | If this happens remove as soon as possible , with a detergent . |
| 25 | As it was , an irrelevant image kept popping up in the comer of his eye , dragging his attention away : the image of an old man Iying slumped in the mud against a wall of concrete blocks , turned away , as though death were an act as shameful as intercourse or defecation , which he had sought to conceal as far as possible , even in the bleakly exposed place where it had come to him . |
| 26 | The key principles for the care of dementia sufferers are set out in the SAD Report " Dementia in Scotland , Priorities for Care , Strategies for Change " as follows : People with dementia are entitled to : the same respect and regard for dignity and privacy as anyone else the same range and quality of services as other citizens opportunities to enhance their capabilities a range of services to support their declining abilities emotional and social care and support live as independently as possible and in familiar surroundings for as long as possible actively participate as far as practicable in decisions affecting their daily lives and future care . |
| 27 | These were involved because in a capitalist market economy , the organization of economic activity has historically been based on numerous fragmented units , each seeking to operate as profitably as possible , whilst paying only the costs which it is impossible to avoid . |
| 28 | The coils themselves should consist of 500 turns of 0.2mm enamelled wire scramble wound as neatly as possible over the core , the second winding crossing over the top of the first at right angles . |
| 29 | If we did go ahead , we 'd like to exchange as soon as possible . |
| 30 | But you want to be sure that your parents get to hear as soon as possible that you are safe , do n't you ? … |