Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [adv] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wouldn'a go as far as that , ’ Reid reproved me . |
| 2 | The objective is to start the budgeting process as late as possible in the preceding year while allowing budget-holders time to agree their budget before the start of the budget year . |
| 3 | If you experience any problems in meeting this timetable , please let Suzanne Pinnington on ( extension number 227 ) in the Education Service know as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Various parameters of the mathematical model , which represents the relationships between system components , are modified until real-world and simulation model behaviour agree as closely as possible . |
| 5 | For instance , if examples in which females play an active role appear as often as those in which the active person is male , this may help counteract the prevailing view in society that mathematics is primarily an activity for males . |
| 6 | Middlemass had finished The Times crossword by quarter to ten and had made the rest of the paper last as long as possible . |
| 7 | If the client 's competitors trade on terms which minimise their liability , the client may have to do likewise in order to obtain insurance cover as cheaply as possible , and thus keep its prices competitive . |
| 8 | The ‘ Lioretograph ’ cylinders were invented by the Frenchman Lioret as early as 1897 . |
| 9 | Secretary know as soon as possible . |
| 10 | He urged any groups with monies outstanding to pay them into the event 's special bank account as soon as possible , so that a good idea of the final total could be reached . |
| 11 | You are recommended to open a British bank account as soon as possible , preferably before your arrival . |
| 12 | You are recommended to open a British bank account as soon as possible , preferably before your arrival . |
| 13 | After reviewing the procedure which had been in force since 1983 , he referred to the decision of the Divisional Court in Ex parte Handscomb and said that he accepted the conclusion of that court : ‘ that there are strong arguments for carrying out this consultation exercise as soon as practicable following the imposition of a discretionary life sentence . ’ |
| 14 | Selected papers will be published in a special edition of Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control , with all papers , together with discussion , to be published in book form as soon as possible . |
| 15 | However , Lord Marshall 's letter says that because of the Government 's commitment to introduce competition into electricity supply as quickly as possible ‘ alternative arrangements for protecting the security of supply ’ would need to be made , involving a ‘ capacity deficiency scheme ’ . |
| 16 | However , if you need to get onto port tack as soon as possible , then go behind any big group and tack into the ( probably ) larger gap to windward of them . |
| 17 | Although the first British atomic bomb had only just been tested a month before at Monte Bello Island off the north-west coast of Australia , the British government , under Churchill 's leadership , decided remarkably quickly in December to follow the American lead and to build its own hydrogen bomb as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Much of computer-based activity , perhaps the bulk of it , consists of making the powerful new technology behave as closely as possible to the way the world used to be before the computer age . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend is correct — it must make sense to have pay bargaining as near as possible to the point and location of work so as to make the labour market work as efficiently as possible and to reward people as fairly as possible . |