Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] possible on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a separate development , the Foreign Ministry told the Soviet embassy here that it wanted talks as soon as possible on the withdrawal of the 75,000 Red Army troops based in the country . |
| 2 | The only scenario in which there would be a case for building a PWR as soon as possible on the grounds of plant shortage involves a sustained increase ( 4 per cent growth per annum ) in manufacturing output from 1979/80 . |
| 3 | We are committed to legislating as soon as possible on a new scheme to protect hedgerows and to notify the intention to grub up . |
| 4 | We are very much seized of that point and we want to take action as soon as possible on it . |
| 5 | Here all stimuli were spoken words , and the subject 's task was to listen to each word and press a button as quickly as possible on hearing the sound /t/ — a task known as phoneme monitoring . |
| 6 | Whenever she said to him , ‘ But , Norman — do n't you want to sit in it , like other people ? ’ he would reply , rather grandly , ‘ A garden , my dear , is a place for passing through as quickly as possible on the way to the pub . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | All red wine and vintage port would have been decanted ; port as early as possible on the day it was to be drunk ; claret two or three hours before drinking and kept at room temperature without a stopper in order to let it ‘ breathe ’ . |
| 9 | We will continue to do this so that we can trade as efficiently as possible on our resorts in Spain and the Canary Islands . |
| 10 | I waited , sitting as quietly and unobtrusively as possible on the low backless benches in front of the ground-floor lobby windows . |
| 11 | Of course , his lordship and his colleagues were concerned to brief each other as accurately as possible on each one of the expected participants ; but overwhelmingly , their concerns centred on a single figure — that of M. Dupont , the French gentleman — and on his likely sympathies and antipathies . |
| 12 | They need to do this for a number of reasons , which include : * identifying the characteristics and attributes of customers and market segments ; * developing and positioning products and services which are appropriate to customer needs and purchasing patterns ; * maximising sales penetration potential through distribution and retail channels ; * focusing the most cost-effective promotional activity ( advertising , exhibitions , sponsorship etc ) as accurately as possible on target market segments . |
| 13 | On Sunday West Germany had complained about the police presence around its embassy , and the slackening of restrictions is thought to have reflected an apparent Czechoslovak desire to remain as far as possible on good terms with both Germanies . |
| 14 | The kind of standards of performance which you need to search for and devise are ones that rely as far as possible on observable facts rather than mere opinion . |
| 15 | The procedure adopted was to err as far as possible on the side of conservatism , scoring each reply as ‘ psychotic ’ only where this seemed reasonably certain . |
| 16 | People must rely as far as possible on not being killed or used as a resource , and on having some space and objects and relations with other people they can count as their own … . |
| 17 | The company sees the service as a natural complement to NetWare 4.0 directory services — which have been based as far as possible on the X500 standard . |
| 18 | He tried to broaden the base of support for the government , relying as far as possible on legal processes in restraining the press and arresting suspects , sacking the hated Minister of Education , Tolstoy , and planning steps to alleviate the burden of redemption payments on the hardest-pressed peasants . |
| 19 | This implies that bonuses or other discretionary awards should be based as far as possible on efficiency criteria — for example , the percentage by which constant service level costs have been reduced , and other productivity measures . |
| 20 | It is too early to quantify this but I hope that as before any redundancies can be managed as far as possible on a voluntary basis . |
| 21 | If I have a choice between working for a nice man who let's me get on with my work in my own way and as far as possible on my own initiative and a difficult woman , then I 'm not going to hesitate , am I ? ’ |
| 22 | ’ Do I qualify as a nice man who lets you get on with your work in your own way and as far as possible on your own initiative ? ’ |
| 23 | We shall highlight the options available to you and their potential benefits and hazards to enable your final decision to be based as far as possible on a complete understanding of the available alternatives . |
| 24 | During that summer I hitch-hiked to Regina as often as possible on weekends to visit Wilf Scott or Peter Friedgut . |
| 25 | You have to make sure every time that the patient takes his weight as evenly as possible on both legs , with his trunk and arms in the right position . |
| 26 | Carefully planning the cheapest air fares , allocating her meagre budget as sparingly as possible on food and accommodation , she travelled the world and took on the best . |
| 27 | Apart from moving through it as fast as possible on a pair of skis , ’ he added with an unexpected flash of humour . |
| 28 | Focus the mind as precisely as possible on what you want to find and start to walk . |
| 29 | Moving as quietly as possible on the gravel , Patrick moved away from the kitchen , and then continued on until he came level with the basement windows . |