Example sentences of "as [adv] as it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Polish government set about a land reform as soon as it felt able . |
| 2 | The school-leaving age — without the exceptions opposed in 1936 by the Local Education Authorities , the National Union of Teachers , Harold Macmillan , Walter Citrine of the TUC , and ( of course ) William Temple — was to be raised to fifteen on 1 April 1947 , and to sixteen as soon as it became practicable ( which , in the event , was not until I had completed my teaching career in secondary schools ) . |
| 3 | As soon as it became clear that Miss Trunchbull had completely disappeared from the scene , the excellent Mr Trilby was appointed Head Teacher in her place . |
| 4 | As soon as a weakness or shortcoming in the system of regulating safety is positively identified the investigators need to inform the regulators where urgent action is necessary ; indeed , it is important that unhampered liaison channels allow the flow of all relevant factual information about an accident as soon as it becomes available . |
| 5 | At the start of the cross wind take-off apply full rudder in anticipation of the swing into wind , and then reduce it as soon as it becomes effective . |
| 6 | When you have given it , do all you can to collect it as soon as it becomes due . |
| 7 | As soon as it becomes clear that the new attacks would not achieve their objectives within a reasonable period , then we must abandon them and ‘ seek a decision elsewhere ’ said Falkenhayn half-heartedly , adding : |
| 8 | And I go to bed as soon as it gets dark . |
| 9 | As soon as it gets close , they do n't — they look round and ordinary . ’ |
| 10 | He had been waiting there since hearing from Bartocci , less than an hour earlier , that the kidnappers had been in touch and that the car would be leaving as soon as it got dark . |
| 11 | Hits are broken on the show and bands that have n't yet got a record deal are often booked to appear As a result of heavy plugging on The Hitman And Her , Virgin gave Sandra 's Everlasting Love a UK release , but as soon as it went top 40 the programme dropped it , claiming it was not about pop hits . |
| 12 | The particle of matter is instantly whipped towards the black hole by the huge gravitational tug ; the antiparticle is simultaneously repelled , and zips off to become a part of our Universe — although probably not for very long , because it will annihilate itself as soon as it encounters another matter particle . |
| 13 | Mm I 'm going to bed then as soon as it hits twelve . |