Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We should get there as soon as possible , for everybody 's sake , ’ said the Thing . |
| 2 | Scientists at the Medical Research Council ( MRC ) reported that a link might exist as long ago as 1968 . |
| 3 | He writes that , having ‘ grabbed ’ Bosnia at the Congress of Berlin in 1878 , the Habsburgs ‘ soon demonstrated that they could rule just as viciously as the Turks . ’ |
| 4 | Cruising along the crest , we could see almost as far as the coast to one side and over Bilsdale mast to the Cleveland Hills on the other . |
| 5 | We could slide together as easily as a train halts by the platform . |
| 6 | If the theory is correct , trials involving HIV infected patients could go ahead as early as next year . |
| 7 | We could travel together as far as Doha and I would go on alone to Abu Dhabi . |
| 8 | We are currently considering all viewpoints , and I can assure my hon. Friend that when we are in a position to announce our final decision , we shall do so as speedily as possible . |
| 9 | Tomorrow she would go home as early as possible and she would never see him again . |
| 10 | Let's get as far away as we can . ’ |
| 11 | The next time they are able to gather together enough courage to set out for the supermarket they may get only as far as point B before they have had enough , anticipating more extreme levels of anxiety if they continue . |
| 12 | On the next occasion they may get only as far as point C and so on until they are virtually unable to leave home . |
| 13 | Your salary will grow just as quickly as your skills and responsibilities — and that could be very fast indeed . |
| 14 | The weakening effect of the scratch has very little to do with the amount of material removed , a shallow scratch will do nearly as well as a deep one , it is the sharpness of the re-entrant that increases the stress . |
| 15 | I know of my hon. Friend 's interest in the matter , following the report of the Select Committee on Employment , and I can give an assurance that if the consultants ' report to which I referred has not yet reached the Department of Employment , it will do so as soon as possible . |
| 16 | In the vast majority of cases the 6th potency will work just as well as the 30th and does not require such accuracy . |
| 17 | The desired formula ( strictly valid only if constituency seats and list seats are equal in number ) will then show that the system will function tidily so long as there is no party for which x exceeds 2y . |
| 18 | Avon 's company secretary , Neil Whittingham , said the 89,000 sq ft scheme which could create 200 jobs , will go ahead almost immediately as planning permission for the greenfield site has been secured . |
| 19 | I like you very much , Shelley , but I will come only as far as you ask me to . ’ |
| 20 | The consensus will last only so long as most lawyers accept the convictions that support it . |
| 21 | We succumbed to temptation once , Bernard , but I 'm sure Mary will forgive just so long as we never , ever do it again . ’ |
| 22 | That gives him the space to make long-term bets , but also deprives him of advice against short-sightedness : borrowing sums that he can service only so long as the good times roll . |
| 23 | Cal was thinking about having children , when she can act nearly as well as I can ! |
| 24 | ‘ I know I can direct just as badly as the people who made all those clinkers with me , ’ he joked . |
| 25 | ‘ And when we are married , I 'm sure I can work twice as hard as I do now , and earn more . ’ |
| 26 | The system can function only so long as the financial stability of LCH 's position is preserved so that the risks normally inherent in futures and options trading are effectively balanced . |
| 27 | No other form of cultural representation — not painting , nor literature nor music nor even television — can signify quite as figurally as can cinema . |
| 28 | It might be a potential signing for the groundsman — if he can spit half as well as his dad then we just get him to run around on the pitch for 20 mins … no need for sprinklers etc . |
| 29 | If the board is left unattended in the water it can drift away very quickly as the wind and waves catch it , whereas the rig only drifts very slowly . |
| 30 | But the numbers can increase only as fast as fencing , which is expensive . |