Example sentences of "[adv] as possible [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Where we have the , the erm , responsibility for a formal consultation , er , then we need to set about that process as soon as possible to try and meet our deadline , Mr Chairman . |
| 32 | All religious have their own special requirements so it is essential that you see your minister as soon as possible to find out what these are . |
| 33 | But unions at Corporate Jets point out they have no such assurances and are anxious to have a meeting with Raytheon as soon as possible to find out its long-term plans . |
| 34 | Our business concluded it was decided we should go to Jeddah as quickly as possible to visit the Hospital . |
| 35 | I 've always wanted to get as stoned as quickly as possible to enjoy the evening at the end of a working day . |
| 36 | But if phonemic competitors are included , some means of resolving the phonemes identity and filtering out improbable words must be applied as quickly as possible to stop the proliferation of word strings . |
| 37 | It was obviously advantageous to record those events and the aftermath as quickly as possible to preserve them for the benefit of those who came after us . |
| 38 | Now on the seventeenth of September Mr met Peter on the defendant 's firm er for the first time at his office , where they had er a general discussion about the business and about what needed to be done in order to secure it and er the plaintiffs at that stage told Peter that there should be er no problems over finance as he understood the bank were willing to assist and at that stage he wanted to move as quickly as possible to exchange contracts on the business erm , for two reasons . |
| 39 | John Major and the Chancellor are determined to see interest rate cuts passed on as quickly as possible to stimulate economic recovery . |
| 40 | He was to set out with the three French patrols , drive the hundred-odd miles to the Gabes Gap and pass through it as quickly as possible to create confusion in the enemy rear areas . |
| 41 | In the case of a severe burn , that is one that is larger than an inch in diameter , the rule is the same : cool first , cover later , and in this instance start to cool as quickly as possible to prevent the burn spreading into the surrounding tissue . |
| 42 | In the meantime , a tourism study should be got underway as quickly as possible to ensure we maximise our influence over the WTB 's thinking . |
| 43 | ‘ We started off by concentrating on hardback fiction and mass market paperbacks because we wanted to build a paperback backlist as quickly as possible to get regular sales going through each month . |
| 44 | When Muhammad Behbehanian , who was still in Morocco writing to all the Shah 's bankers , told him that he had heard Hassan wanted him out as quickly as possible to understand what had happened and why . |
| 45 | It is important to assist the patient to change position regularly while in bed and to encourage ambulation as quickly as possible to assist the circulation . |
| 46 | Both Prof Steel Bodger and Richard Meade told the court the most important thing was to get the horse off the gate as quickly as possible to avoid serious injury . |
| 47 | Darlington council should do something as quickly as possible to have repairs done to the perimeter fencing , they would be surprised at the number of people wandering through the park at night , plus the vandalism which is caused by certain people whose sole object is to thieve and destroy . |
| 48 | Women in developing countries are generally undereducated because young girls are often taken out of schools as early as possible to allow their mothers to work whilst they take care of younger siblings . |
| 49 | Thursday 22nd , up at 5.30 , we wanted to make it as early as possible to get to Churchill Dam where we would encounter our first rapids , Chase Rapids . |
| 50 | The purchaser should identify the need for an independent valuation as early as possible to avoid subsequent delay nearer completion . |
| 51 | If concurrent investigations are to take place , the purchaser should meet its advisers as early as possible to ensure there is no duplication in the areas to be investigated and , more importantly , that all significant areas are covered in the investigation process . |
| 52 | Think about the shape of the flowers that you are pressing and try to place the blotting paper on top of them as carefully as possible to ensure that they will lie flat under the weights , because once they are permanently pressed you can not start again . |
| 53 | Before embarking on any decoration Laura was determined to research the château 's history as thoroughly as possible to establish what was original and what should be preserved . |
| 54 | He deliberately used both brush and pen as boldly as possible to soften the mechanical nature of the process . |
| 55 | Economic theory suggests that all forms of economic activity should be taxed as equivalently as possible to prevent distortions in the market . |
| 56 | His aim in this was as far as possible to translate changes of tones into changes of colour , feeling that only by this method could the full saturation and pressure of colour be realized . |
| 57 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 58 | The administration of these services is decentralised as far as possible to conform with these areas in more accessible mini-town halls . |
| 59 | She wished so far as possible to respect in her dominions the rights of the provincial estates , the greatest bastions of resistance to change . |
| 60 | If we care about other people — and if we want so far as possible to affirm other people — we shall walk warily before dismissing out of hand , discourteously or clumsily , what is deeply meaningful to them . |