Example sentences of "moving as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep the board moving as fast as possible . |
| 2 | Get the board moving as fast as possible with the centreboard retracted . |
| 3 | Instead of trying to escape by moving as fast as possible away from the predator , some animals take an erratic zigzag course . |
| 4 | Although the French may have persuaded themselves that they were moving as fast as they could towards the ‘ perfection ’ of Vietnamese independence , it was perhaps indulgent of Acheson to have allowed himself to be persuaded as well . |
| 5 | If I 'd been able to guess at the future , the turning point would have been right there — wheeling the ship around and moving as fast as possible away from anything to do with Fraxilly . |
| 6 | They headed south-east from the city , the Ferrari moving as fast as the wind , following the ‘ Via Tuscolana ’ signs for Frascati where , Nicolo insisted , they would find the best white wine in the world . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going up to London tomorrow , Letty , ’ she said quickly , it was best she got things moving as soon as possible . |
| 8 | Branch secretary Jack Amos explained : ‘ We are writing to all clubs in the branch to see if there is sufficient interest in such a competition and if there is we will get things moving as soon as possible . ’ |
| 9 | Management and councillors are anxious to get things moving as soon as possible . |
| 10 | A spokesman for Destiny Technology said settlement talks fell through because they ‘ were not moving as rapidly as they could have . ’ |
| 11 | A Hanoverian stallion , with thick neck and muscular quarters , was moving as lightly as an Arab in a balanced , energetic , collected walk . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Moving as quietly as possible he climbed the stairs from the kitchen quarters . |
| 14 | The other five were well aware of the fragility of the Fourth Republic , especially after the 1956 French election , and fearing that the EEC might not happen with a different government in power in Paris , were keen to get things moving as quickly as possible . |
| 15 | They 'd served their purpose , as a handwritten note pushed through the door on the Saturday afternoon had shown ; Mr Sampson — Appreciate your haste and will get things moving as quickly as I can for you . |
| 16 | I heard hoof beats and opened one eye to see my attackers run back into the trees , two of them not moving as quickly as they would want . |