Example sentences of "[adv] as possible the " in BNC.

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1 The concern of the wealthy landowner was to continue as long as possible the wealth and social status of the family .
2 In the context of this paper it is suggested that the following principles are added : dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own homes for as long as possible dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own community for as long as possible the number of moves should be kept to a minimum the independence , dignity and privacy of the sufferer must be respected the dementia sufferers must be involved as far as possible in discussions and decisions regarding their care and any possible move carers or potential carers should be involved in the decision-making process .
3 This period balances the interest of the offeror to know as soon as possible the number of shareholders willing to accept its offer together with the amount of finance that it requires ; the interest of the target company not to have its business disrupted for too long ; and the interests of the shareholders in the target company to weigh up the merits of the bid .
4 ( 1 ) It shall be the task of the all-German legislator ( i ) to recodify in a uniform manner and as soon as possible the law on employment contracts and the provisions on working hours under public law , including the admissibility of work on Sundays and public holidays , and the specific industrial safety regulations for women ; ( ii ) to bring public law on industrial safety into line with present-day requirements in accordance with the law of the European Communities and the concurrent part of the industrial safety law of the GDR .
5 The only way to remove this Government is to give a decisive vote for the Labour Party to ensure they form the next government and undo as soon as possible the damage caused in the past years .
6 Since this is a controversial subject , on which the weight of scholarly opinion probably still supports Böhmer 's thesis that the documents already existed in their contaminated form in 1072 , and were used by Lanfranc in this form , it will perhaps help to clarify a complicated issue if I set out as bluntly as possible the reasons which seem to me to point decisively to 1120 as the date at which the forged additions were inserted into the texts .
7 We need a balanced methodology in reducing as quickly as possible the number of victims and the number of abusers within the care system .
8 If the motor is to accelerate as quickly as possible the maximum ( pull-out ) torque must be developed at all speeds .
9 Fowler inaugurated the introduction of line production in locomotive repairs , greatly reducing time spent in workshops , and a firm standardization programme to reduce as rapidly as possible the 393 individual locomotive types inherited by the LMS .
10 She thought that she never wanted to sleep with Jim again , that the bonds of love were snares and that she must at all costs leave as early as possible the next morning and never come back .
11 The manager should ascertain as early as possible the intentions of medical staff , particularly surgeons , with regard to the summer leave commitments .
12 But first the staff at Slim bridge set about creating a faithful replica of his garden : water spaces , land areas , nesting boxes , feeding devices — all were as near as possible the same .
13 It was very important to know as near as possible the number of kibbles which could be mined weekly " upon which the projects of gaine or loss are to be framed . "
14 I have to scuff the other foot as well , with as near as possible the same weight , to feel good again .
15 Anxious to proceed as carefully as possible the Procuratia has engaged the conservation firm Syremont ( part of the Ferruzzi-Montedison group ) to assess the damage and how it can be stabilised .
16 If a bird is defending a territory in order to exploit as efficiently as possible the food resources on it , the bird should ensure that it defends a territory no larger than necessary .
17 We are endeavouring to measure as accurately as possible the position and momentum of an electron .
18 The impulse here had been to establish as securely as possible the stability of the field by identifying an essential and continuous Englishness which was equally present in such disparate forms as Anglo-Saxon poetry and the modern novel .
19 As Pacey said of Dudek — he could never say it of Layton ! — ‘ ( his strength ) lies in his serious attempt to give as purely as possible the experience which is pure and isolated in his own mind , ’ a view which is offended by the notion of ‘ popular culture ’ and the torch-carrying it requires .
20 One line of thought was that the government wished to dampen as far as possible the spirits of anti-apartheid demonstrators who are planning marches all over the country today in celebration of the releases , which have been proclaimed ‘ a great victory for the people ’ .
21 As far as possible the workshops will be offered on all campuses .
22 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 .
23 As far as possible the inheritance was to be preserved entirely .
24 The successful prosecution of the war , however , required not just aristocratic support but also the plentiful , and as far as possible the willing , supply of manpower and money .
25 We checked as far as possible the information for the cases listed in tables 2.1 to 2.4 of the Black report ; in table III cross references are given to the cases listed in these tables of the Black report and , when necessary , the information has been corrected .
26 Having stressed the importance of reducing as far as possible the number of permissible reasons for refusal , the authors refer to the cited ground , which they admit has no precedent in international agreements on judicial assistance .
27 Given that industrial democracy , defined as the ultimate right and duty of the men and women working in an industrial enterprise to call management to account for its performance , and , if that performance does not satisfy them , to replace management , is desirable in principle and as a means of making the efficient conduct of the enterprise their natural concern ; recognising that the rights of use attaching to ownership , whether in the private or public sector , are inalienable ; recognising the value in general of competition as a means of keeping production and provision sensitive to public needs and tastes , and as a means of relating the distribution of resources to them ; to consider ( i ) in what sort of industrial organisation would industrial democracy be feasible ; ( ii ) how far and in what circumstances would the adoption of such a form of organisation be feasible ; ( iii ) by what means should its adoption be promoted and how long would it take to establish it as a characteristic feature in the industrial scene ; ( iv ) what part should trade unions play in its promotion and adoption and what changes would that part require in their functions as they are commonly understood ; and ( v ) where in the case of a particular industry , or organisation , the general interest requires that accountability should be to the public at large , considered for example as consumers or users of goods produced or beneficiaries from services provided , what compensatory measures should be introduced so as to make good as far as possible the permanent denial to employees of a right which is in principle generally desirable ?
28 ‘ Since VJ day , the majority people of the area , the Vietnamese , have stubbornly resisted the re-establishment of French authority , a struggle in which we have tried to maintain so far as possible the position of non-support of either party ’ .
29 Mill , for all his apprehensions about public opinion and mass ignorance , never abandoned the basic democratic principle that as far as possible the people should govern themselves , and that therefore the ultimate objective had to be the maximum of direct , personal participation :
30 The APU collection of questions was searched for items which conformed individually and collectively to the following criteria : — nearly all the items would have success rates between 60 per cent and 95 per cent nationally ; — all the items would have low omission rates among the bottom 20 per cent band of attainers nationally ; that is , they would not deter this group of pupils , who would be willing to " have a go " at them ; — overall , the items should cover a reasonable variety of topics , including basic ideas such as fractions , decimals , graphs ; and , — as far as possible the items selected would have a high incidence of a distinctive error or errors which would give them some diagnostic value .
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