Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cavity treatment should be delayed for as long as possible to allow the injected solution to remain in contact with blood and other body fluids and care to avoid spillage should be exercised when carrying out drainage . |
| 2 | Any deficiencies in this software may be forgiven in so far as it is distributed entirely free of charge ; no registration fee is requested by the author . |
| 3 | Although the Scottish Office would not say how far supplies exceeded MACs for lead , at least 17 schemes were in progress to reduce lead in water that would not be completed until as late as 1992 . |
| 4 | Partly because , in spite of his professed indifference to the outside world , it nevertheless rankled with Franco that his regime was excluded from all the most important international circles , and he knew that it would continue to be blackballed for as long as it could be accused of denying the Spanish people free choice . |
| 5 | Secondly , agency discretion should be limited in so far as this is compatible with efficient operational decisions . |
| 6 | In raising questions about curriculum content and balance , therefore , the balance and disposition of these generic activities must be looked at as searchingly as the balance of subject time . |
| 7 | The guarantee can be made for as long as the manufacturer chooses . |
| 8 | The second interpretation can be arrived at by reading the provision in two parts : ( 1 ) judges ' commissions are to be made for as long as they behave themselves , implying that if they misbehave they may be dismissed by the Crown ; ( 2 ) they may be removed by the Crown on an Address of both Houses , even though they have not misbehaved themselves . |
| 9 | BCG does not say ‘ invest and grow ’ here , but implies that investment should be made in so far as it is needed to maintain a favourable position ; BCG seems to be ambivalent here about the need to invest to increase market share . |
| 10 | Unemployment benefit is limited to only one year , and , unlike other national insurance benefits , such as an old-age pension , can not be drawn for as long as needed . |
| 11 | The railroad is in all its relations a matter of earnest business , to be got through as soon as possible . |
| 12 | For the present , then , the vital need is to do everything possible to secure a safe retirement of XH558 , where she will be cared for as well as she has been since becoming the VDF display aircraft . |
| 13 | In a conversation in July with Cloyce K. Huston of the American mission in Japan , MacArthur reverted to his former view that a peace treaty should be arrived at as soon as possible . |
| 14 | PAYE , National Insurance , statutory sick pay — all these have to be dealt with as well as the problems of year end returns and changes in legislation . |
| 15 | Any rock and border plants still to be lifted , split-up and re-planted should be dealt with as soon as possible . |
| 16 | We are particularly anxious to bring the courts back into use for the 1993 season , so we would be most grateful if the application could be dealt with as soon as possible . |
| 17 | Thus the time spent on the settling-down and clearing-up stages varied from 7 to 45 per cent of the total session , and the introductory stage varied similarly , largely because some teachers treated it as a purely administrative matter to be dealt with as succinctly as possible , while others incorporated it into the session as the whole-class teaching in an arrangement otherwise dominated by group work . |
| 18 | Algal blooms should be dealt with as quickly as possible , using a product which removes them without damaging any plants , and hence the balance of the aquarium/pond . |
| 19 | The conclusion was that quote , Anna Jane was to be cared for primarily by her parents , I am not saying exhaustively , they wanted to be involved for as long as they were able to do . |
| 20 | The person may be detained for as long as is ‘ reasonably practicable ’ to carry out such a search . |
| 21 | As Stedman Jones has shown , marriage was often portrayed as a ‘ comic disaster ’ ; marriage was necessary , especially for the woman , but was best to be resisted for as long as possible by the man . |
| 22 | ‘ We do expect these interest rate cuts to be passed on as quickly as possible . |
| 23 | Surely , if someone has been convicted of possessing weapons or explosives , it is vital for the information to be passed on as quickly as possible , so that the officer concerned can take it into account . |
| 24 | Thus it is that the extraction of the origin of the first fragment of ‘ goodness ’ and the indelibly labelling of it as such , led to the creation of an entity with a presumed existence and endowed by mankind with the power to hold inviolate the human decisions on ‘ goodness ’ — which will continue to be taken for as long as life continues . |
| 25 | The FRS 's requirements should be complied with as soon as possible and be regarded as standard , other than for Republic of Ireland companies , in respect of consolidated financial statements relating to periods ending on or after 23 December 1992 . |
| 26 | Surely that question will continue to be debated for as long as there are children in schools and teachers there to teach them . |
| 27 | Stress will be maintained for as long as the balance measures demands to be greater than resources . |
| 28 | This position should be maintained for as long as possible . |
| 29 | Two of the Hampshire LTA Volkswagen Ratings Tournaments will be held locally this summer — and entries should be sent in as soon as possible . |
| 30 | Lyndall Sachs of the Belgrade office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it was hoped that another convoy could be sent in as early as today . |