Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would therefore be very grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you can contribute in this way . |
| 2 | I would be grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you wish the application to go forward in the current year as noted here . |
| 3 | In the first example , production could begin as early as 1998 . |
| 4 | ‘ This could occur as early as 1995 and the years 1996 — 2000 should represent profitable opportunities . |
| 5 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
| 6 | The-troops also slept in the lavatories — a very awkward situation , this , as sometimes , if there was an air-raid , the train crawled and the journey could take as long as sixteen hours . |
| 7 | As we had managed to walk so far the previous day , we were fairly high up in the mountains , and knew that the fog could take as long as 48 hours to clear . |
| 8 | If accepted , the appeal process could take as long as three years , according to reports . |
| 9 | But if Big Bang turns to crash and Poles lose their unPolish patience with the austerity plan , or if Solidarity can not contain its differences any longer , a fresh election could come as early as this autumn . |