Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pupils with special educational needs , like all other pupils , should have the opportunity to experience as far as possible the full range of the English curriculum . |
| 2 | She let out her pent-up breath in a loud gasp of relief ; then she bent over the handlebars and sent the bike whizzing as fast as she could pedal it across the remaining hundred yards or so of field . |
| 3 | Keep the board moving as fast as possible . |
| 4 | Get the board moving as fast as possible with the centreboard retracted . |
| 5 | It was argued that this was needed to allow the husband to do the field work as quickly as possible and so release him for more off-farm employment . |
| 6 | And how many times , on re-entering occupied space , did the phenomena depart as suddenly as they came ? |
| 7 | The bombs stopped as suddenly as they started but the hollow screams of anti-aircraft shells continued without pause . |
| 8 | Keep a little box of french chalk or talc handy to keep your hands ‘ lubricated ’ so that the skin slides as easily as possible over the handles , and so reduces the likelihood of friction . |
| 9 | HOW 'S ABOUT FAT , THEN : The Duchess gets as far as raising a leg but then decides exercise is just too much effort and takes the rest of the sunbathing session lying down |
| 10 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 11 | The play got as far as Wimbledon and then seemed to die . |
| 12 | For really large systems this will have the consequence that the only paths which contribute significantly to the final result will be those in a region where the action changes as slowly as possible , since here the cancellations are minimised . |
| 13 | She raked and kept the gravel sweep as meticulously as she kept her house — a convenient house , its well of water only a field distant . |
| 14 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 15 | The copula occurs as frequently as twelve times ( out of sixty-five main verbs ) , and other categories of verb which are prominent include those denoting attitudes ( hesitated , liked , treating , etc ) , cognitions ( known , supposed , reflected , etc ) , speech acts ( speak , repeated , address , invited , etc ) , and perceptions ( hear , looked , appear , etc ) . |
| 16 | The fence stretched as far as she could see and , above it , waved the brown tops of trees . |
| 17 | I also developed the speed to play as fast as I wanted . |
| 18 | She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this . |
| 19 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 20 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 21 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 22 | The following year the Scots penetrated as far as Swaledale and Richmondshire , burning villages and seizing or killing resisters : on this occasion Holme Cultram abbey lost livestock valued at £500 . |
| 23 | The bows of the boat rocked as gently as a baby 's cradle . |
| 24 | The Chinese democracy movement also demolished , though too briefly , the barrier of orientalising misperception which for so much of the European Left as well as for the ruling establishments has consigned China into the category of the separate and different . |
| 25 | Have to try and get the shopping done as quickly as possible cos you 've got ta go Cubs . |
| 26 | This gateway provides direct DIS network-attached access to Sybase bases on the IBM machine as well as on a variety of other hardware platforms and operating environments , DIS access to Sybase can be local , LAN-attached or remote . |
| 27 | As it is getting towards summer they would like the work done as soon as possible and subject to a satisfactory estimate I can authorise you to carry out the work . |
| 28 | The mood spread as far as non-separatist feminist campaigns around disciplines like psychology . |
| 29 | Jim Gear , the councillor for the island , urged the council to move as quickly as possible on the project : ‘ I do n't know how much more the economy can stand . ’ |
| 30 | I guess the machine blows as well as sucks . |