Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the problem with contact lenses and glasses is that your eyes can change over time , so it is imperative that problems are sorted out as soon as possible , as it will be difficult to establish whether the fault lies in your eyes or in the lenses . |
| 2 | However , the manner in which professional and other partnerships are to be taxed , and the equity and practicalities , both from a firm 's and its advisers ' viewpoints , appear not to have been thought through as thoroughly as one might have hoped . |
| 3 | Well Ken , obviously everybody was abhorred regarding this national scandal of the the Maxwell er pension fraud that er the Committee who were making enquiries obviously were implementing the fact that we should have a report and Goodey was set up and the recommendations that have been laid down as far as Goodey is concerned in order to strengthen the pension scheme so that these frauds can happen again , now have you read the report ? |
| 4 | It is essential that these councils are set up as soon as possible so that they may start work on all the detailed arrangements and consultations that will be necessary if a smooth transition to the new funding system is to be ensured . |
| 5 | Your shoulders are pulled up as tightly as a drawn bow . ’ |
| 6 | The method of study developed by Leeds can be traced back as early as 1912 in his career ; however the formulation of the theoretical framework was achieved by the prehistorian Gordon Childe who stated that prehistoric archaeology should be ‘ devoted to isolating such cultural groups of peoples , tracing the differentiations , wanderings and interactions ’ ( 1933 p. 417 ) . |
| 7 | The suspicion that viruses might cause cancer can be traced back as far as 1911 . |
| 8 | For example , Bracey ( 1958 ) in a study of 375 Somerset parishes found that , in general , the more remote and less well serviced parishes were those with the worst and most persistent depopulation , and findings like this only encouraged the further development of theories of settlement concentration in the 1960s although these can also be traced back as far as 1918 , when Peake ( 1918 ) advocated equally-spaced villages with populations of between 1,000 and 1,500 people . |
| 9 | He only hopes compensation will be sorted out as soon as possible . ’ |
| 10 | If the parish council already had a report to submit , work could be carried out as soon as possible . |
| 11 | Enrolled training would be phased out as fast as possible , with existing enrolled nurses given opportunities for conversion courses . |
| 12 | It is certainly essential that the grounds on which the discretion to refuse relief can be exercised should be spelled out as clearly as possible , and that those grounds should be supportable by rational argument . |
| 13 | LEGISLATION making the fitting of smoke alarms compulsory in all new Scottish houses will be brought in as soon as possible , the Government pledged last night . |
| 14 | These were checked against a lexicon as they were produced so that unacceptable letter strings could be ruled out as early as possible . |
| 15 | The flower spikes are also cream and green and the flowers blue , but these should be cut back as soon as possible to encourage more of those huge basal leaves to develop . |
| 16 | Shutters should be put up as soon as possible to discourage ram raiders , otherwise traders will leave the town . |
| 17 | The burden of Russia 's social backwardness could not be thrown off as quickly as the threat of political counterrevolution had been by the end of the Civil War . |
| 18 | The Board interviewed five candidates ( listed below ) and unanimously agreed that while all were suitable for the post , it recommended that Miss Valerie Muirhead be offered the post , to be taken up as soon as possible , at a salary two points below the maximum of the AA main scale . |
| 19 | Where the pointing needs renewing , the old pointing must be dug out as deep as possible as frost tends to lift shallow layers of cement . |
| 20 | Whenever liquids or greases are used during maintenance , all excess spillages must be cleared up as quickly as possible and before the equipment is put back into operation . |
| 21 | The deadline on the payment , which is the final tranche of a total Bond investment of more than £154m , is early November , but it now looks as though the money could be paid over as early as next week . |
| 22 | Only Ceauşescu came to the ‘ obvious ’ conclusion : the debt should not be rescheduled , it should be paid off as quickly as possible . |
| 23 | Studies previous to the Sadler/Spencer survey have concentrated , for the most part , on attitudes to domestic energy conservation , in an attempt to discover why programmes aimed at promoting conservation have not been taken up as widely as expected and hoped . |
| 24 | Some survived , the Dornier Do 217 being broken up as late as 1960 ( what a tragedy ! ) . this remarkable exhibition would surely be a money-spinner today . |
| 25 | The curtains were drawn back as far as they would go , and whenever she looked up the green-brown panorama confronted her and the pale bowl of sky . |
| 26 | Another area used in attack is the ball of the foot , whose effectiveness depends upon the toes being bent back as far as possible . |
| 27 | They have got a program of what 's being pulled out as far as the trucks are concerned . |
| 28 | Easily understood invoices and statements which are sent out as early as possible get better results than those that are unclear and late . |
| 29 | It was an uncomfortable affair , the Mayor used it as an occasion to condemn what he called the Turkish occupation of the North of the island and Douglas Hurd looked on clearly anxious that the whole thing be wound up as soon as possible . |
| 30 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |