Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] fast as " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want to grow as fast as we can . ’ |
| 2 | Fourth , spending on front-office systems , such as those supporting foreign exchange , funds and transfer payments , is not expected to grow as fast as that on back-office systems , covering such applications as transaction processing , clearing and settlement . |
| 3 | of a much more basic malaise and structural phenomenon , namely the inability of the marketable output ( largely industrial ) sector to grow as fast as productivity growth without the economy coming up against a balance of payments constraint , due to a high U.K. income elasticity of demand for imports , coupled with a much lower world income elasticity of demand for U.K exports . |
| 4 | I also developed the speed to play as fast as I wanted . |
| 5 | At a real start , there will be lots of other boats giving you dirty wind and undoubtedly , you will not be able to sail as fast as you would on your own . |
| 6 | Their response to danger is to flee as fast as possible , rather than freeze or hide . |
| 7 | The old woman scarcely said a word and betrayed no emotion , although Martha felt an obscure sense of triumph and her mother was plainly anxious to leave as fast as possible . |
| 8 | Soon a new strain of oxygen-mediating species arose , enabling evolution to proceed as fast as carbon could be buried in the sediment . |
| 9 | There is usually a pressing desire of all parties to proceed as fast as possible so the solicitors are required to produce their draft agreement before they have received all the information requested or the accountants have completed due diligence . |
| 10 | I would have to go as fast as I could while I could still see the way , and then rest for longer , and then probably crawl . |
| 11 | In my youth ( many years ago ) I worked as a redcoat at Butlin 's in Bognor Regis and used to be House Captain of York where we trained teams of holidaymakers to go as fast as possible . |
| 12 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 13 | Sometimes there may be a timed section which is a few jumps and you have to go as fast as you can . |
| 14 | This a times course of jumps in a ring and you have to go as fast as you can . |
| 15 | Both attempt to go as fast as possible . |
| 16 | I 'm trying to go as fast as I can . |
| 17 | ‘ I am trying , ’ he says , ‘ to bowl as fast as Whacker Eunice . ’ |
| 18 | A protesting Maltote was roused and ordered to ride as fast as he could to the royal camp outside Bedford . |
| 19 | Poor Nutmeg was very scared , he began to run as fast as he could . |
| 20 | ‘ The length of a cricket pitch , and you had to move as fast as Denis Compton , believe you me , to get from one end to the other and pull them levers . ’ |
| 21 | if either has risen , whether it has failed to rise as fast as Gross Domestic Product . |
| 22 | Ample labour supplies permitted the operation of new machines without the need for product wages to rise as fast as productivity . |
| 23 | By the end of the period , however , the tighter labour market forced product wages to rise as fast as productivity to ensure sufficient scrapping to provide labour to operate newly installed equipment . |