Example sentences of "[adv] carefully as [pron] " in BNC.

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1 If my hon. Friend has any evidence that other countries might not be implementing the regulations as carefully as we are , we shall certainly take action .
2 So we monitor as carefully as we can .
3 We 've tried to frame our motion as carefully as we could t so we could actually get support from everybody .
4 The intensity of Comfort 's concentration was almost palpable and Julia lay as still as she could and breathed as carefully as her sodden lungs would allow so as not to disturb her .
5 He took Sotheby 's into the art financing business , and directed staff to cultivate potential buyers at least as carefully as they had hitherto cultivated sellers .
6 ‘ I was going as carefully as I could because I had a 25-second cushion over Berger so I was able to slow down a bit and the pain eased .
7 ‘ Perhaps I never read Paradise Lost as carefully as I should have , ’ he said .
8 I opened the seals as carefully as I could and read the file .
9 ‘ The trattoria sent it late , sir , ’ Wilson gasped , putting the tray down as carefully as she could manage , longing to escape from the room .
10 It was n't easy to make out his expression , but she was watching him as carefully as she could .
11 It is simply what presents itself to Moose as the truth when he reflects as carefully as he can , and what he therefore expects to present itself likewise to others .
12 Since he looked after her as carefully as he did the rest , the princess too was happy to share their life in the forest .
13 ‘ You may find this job a little … unusual , ’ he said , choosing his words as carefully as he picked his way through stacks of jerrycans , bundles of wire , and anonymous green sacks .
14 He recorded the arrangements made with workmen he employed as carefully as he chronicled the minutiae of his social life .
15 Nothing would be pleasanter than not having to make people redundant , not having to close a factory , but your job is to take the decisions when you have assessed the evidence as carefully as you can and not to shirk them .
16 Weigh up the alternatives as carefully as you can and draw logical conclusions .
17 Now when the film 's over I 've got one or two more questions to ask you so I want you to watch very carefully and listen very carefully as we go through the film .
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