Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] closely as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With all our promotional campaigns , we want to work as closely as we can with booksellers . |
| 2 | Even when Bevin as British foreign secretary speedily found himself entangled in tough disputes with the USSR , this did not lead him to follow Churchill 's line that Britain had of necessity to work as closely as possible with the United States . |
| 3 | establishing a language that mirrors as closely as possible the language found in the literature and the language used by potential users ; |
| 4 | Adam approached as closely as he could . |
| 5 | In line with recent methodological trends , the stories are enjoyable for their own sake , and aim to resemble as closely as possible the style of book children would choose to read in their first language . |
| 6 | This was at a time when the same gp160 product was being vigorously touted by MicroGeneSys as a prophylactic vaccine candidate ; a time when , as now , being able to mimic as closely as possible the natural viral antigens was held to be important for such a vaccine . |
| 7 | Each child born with a defect was matched as closely as possible to a healthy infant born in the same hospital , at the same time . |
| 8 | The first thing to watch for is that the scanner be matched as closely as possible to the target printer . |
| 9 | Do not , however , suppose that I am quite idle , though happily for my health it is not requisite to apply so closely as formerly was the case . |
| 10 | Oh , the patient looked a mess , but Kath had seen the enormous care that had gone into the alignment of each suture , the meticulous attention not only to the innumerable tiny little muscle fibres , nerves and blood vessels but to laughter lines and wrinkles to ensure that the tissues were realigned as closely as possible to their original position . |
| 11 | Where the Ministry of Defence has occupied land for generations or even for centuries , will my hon. Friend ensure that in disposing of it the Ministry will work as closely as possible with local authorities to ensure that it is developed consistently in accordance with the wishes of local people ? |
| 12 | ‘ She wanted it to fit as closely as possible into a particular recess . |
| 13 | At the other end of the school , in the first year of the Halls , close links were established with the many primary schools ( some of them tiny ) which sent eleven-year-olds to the school , and the style of teaching for that first year was aligned as closely as possible with the more effective primary-school practices . |
| 14 | Production work — students should be encouraged to prioritise and to produce work within deadlines throughout , in order to mirror as closely as possible the conditions of the workplace . |
| 15 | For example , the completed miniature illustrated in the photograph on the facing page shows a design that represents as closely as possible the way the plant grows in the wild . |
| 16 | We have turned this Council round , reflecting as closely as possible the values that the community expressed in the local elections of May 1990 and May 1991 . |
| 17 | Never approach too closely as the cow will invariably desert her single pup if disturbed . |
| 18 | The aim should be to simulate as closely as possible the particular diet of a fish species , incorporating for example , as much natural live food into a carnivorous species diet and fresh plant material into the herbivore 's as possible . |
| 19 | Arthur flew to London and stayed in the police morgue a long time with the body that he knew as closely as his own , thinking of Fred 's splendid good nature , his tough-mindedness , and his humour about the absurd and even the terrible . |
| 20 | Section 3(1) requires that the models be followed as closely as circumstances permit . |
| 21 | This guiding principle of participant observation — that the observer should be part of the setting which he or she is studying — was followed as closely as possible in the other communities . |
| 22 | ( I use the phrase ‘ representational role ’ rather than ‘ meaning ’ here to hew as closely as possible to the line of the second scenario . ) |
| 23 | These effects give a guide to the symptoms which the derived remedies are used to treat , using ‘ like for like ’ i.e. the illness to be treated and that caused by indigestion of the substance should match as closely as possible . |
| 24 | For the next four weeks you will need to follow the diet outlined as closely as you possibly can . |
| 25 | The new treaty tells us that decisions will be ’ taken as closely as possible to the citizens ’ . |
| 26 | " We reaffirm that decisions must be taken as closely as possible to the citizen . |
| 27 | Addressing the problem of finding a clear definition of the principle of subsidiarity , an annex declared that it " contributes to the respect for the national identities of member states and safeguards their powers " and that " it aims at decisions within the European Union being taken as closely as possible to the citizen " . |
| 28 | Various parameters of the mathematical model , which represents the relationships between system components , are modified until real-world and simulation model behaviour agree as closely as possible . |
| 29 | These claims should be investigated very closely as it may be possible for a local glazing firm to carry out a satisfactory replacement of the glass or glazing unit without replacing the window frame or door . |
| 30 | The nature of a painter 's technique is never scrutinised so closely as when a work has just been cleaned , and at the heart of the exhibition will be eight of the fourteen Titians in the Louvre 's own collection that have just been freed of their treacly , dark varnishes and retouchings . |