Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , so our intention is to do as quickly as we can . |
| 2 | Therapy is commenced as early as possible , based on arterial oxygen levels and preferably at the same time as anti-PCP drug therapy . |
| 3 | Needless to say , on recordings which have a substantial musical output below 50Hz — the organ perhaps the prime example — the effect is felt as well as heard since the 103/4 can move a great deal of air . |
| 4 | On many excavations this potential for error is reduced as far as possible by putting the workforce under the control of supervisors , who are in turn responsible to one or more directors . |
| 5 | The posture is organised as carefully as the length of the red tags or the Sta-prest or the hair . |
| 6 | . The last one then , erm , C P is the completer. and their role is to see that the team is protected as far as possible from mistakes and they also maintain a sense of urgency within the team . |
| 7 | A further announcement is promised as soon as possible . |
| 8 | Though her job is to translate as faithfully as possible , this process is replicated in her mind by ‘ bad copies ’ in which analogous discursive systems are conjoined in such a way as to emphasize disparities between them or unexpected parallels . |
| 9 | Nor those dreadful factory hooters , Mr Colclough 's from the foundry , Mr Lord 's answering it , her husband 's from the top of the hill , Ben Braithwaite 's intruding as stridently as his mother 's purple taffeta dresses from the other side of town , each one of them blasting out its five minute warning as to the pains and penalties of being late . |
| 10 | ‘ The preliminary examination is finished as far as I am concerned … ’ |
| 11 | Moreover , the deemed agency device is used as far as receiving knowledge relating to undertakings of fitness for purpose is concerned ( see Chapter 5 ) , and also for any representations made by the dealer to the consumer in the course of negotiating a regulated consumer credit transaction ( CCA 1974 , s56(2) ) . |
| 12 | If liability is not accepted it is important that the Policyholder is informed as soon as possible so that there is no misunderstanding regarding who is to pay for repairs . |
| 13 | Their response to danger is to flee as fast as possible , rather than freeze or hide . |
| 14 | Particularly when the subject matter is demanding or unfamiliar ( as in much academic writing ) , it is important that the relationship between ideas is signalled as clearly as possible . |
| 15 | Yesterday , however , a senior adviser to Mr Izetbegovic said after a government meeting : ‘ The boycott is finished as far as we are concerned . ’ |
| 16 | The waste is compacted as tightly as possible so the space can be used efficiently and the possibility of liquid and air emissions can be excluded as much as possible . |
| 17 | In view of the substantial amount of time and effort involved in a buy-out , it is essential that , wherever possible , the commitment of the vendor is obtained as soon as possible . |
| 18 | ‘ It is my job to ensure that the £100 million we spend each day is delivered as cost-effectively as possible to ever higher standards of patient care . ’ |
| 19 | The six Church leaders warned : ‘ Unless the dispute is resolved and a proper service is resumed as soon as possible , we believe that people 's lives will increasingly be put at risk . ’ |
| 20 | They should also press for the training necessary to enable them to carry out their duties of securing provision for individual pupils and working to ensure that special education is esteemed as highly as any other form of education within a system in which schools will have greater control over resources and the setting of priorities for their use . |
| 21 | As the aim of investigating terraces is to determine as accurately as possible former base levels , the back of marine terraces ( E on Fig. 9.18 ) should be measured as this approximates to the former high tide level , but the front of river terraces ( F on Fig. 9.18 ) is the closest approximation to the level of the centre of the old valley floor which was graded to high tide level . |
| 22 | There the transition near the end to the recapitulated music ( and words ) of the opening is effected as subtly as any Wagnerian transition . |
| 23 | You will be looking for a typesetter , help with layout , so the magazine is designed as eye-catchingly as possible , and a printer . |
| 24 | Although expressiveness is maintained as far as possible , it has to be sacrificed on occasions in order to insert new subjects . |
| 25 | Is the Minister confident that when information is no longer relevant , because somebody has been convicted of the offence , the information relating to other people is removed as soon as possible ? |
| 26 | Speechreader X is positioned as advantageously as possible , when two people are talking : |
| 27 | A postdoctoral research assistant is required as soon as possible to join an active research group working on novel nonlinear optical techniques for combustion diagnostics . |
| 28 | If the motor is to accelerate as quickly as possible the maximum ( pull-out ) torque must be developed at all speeds . |
| 29 | This means that the woman is crippled as far as the diagnosis of non-gonococcal infection is concerned . |
| 30 | Since the size of the residual depends on the efficiency of the firm , the monitor has an interest in ensuring that the firm is run as efficiently as possible . |