Example sentences of "[vb base] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Send as soon as possible ) . |
| 2 | If you are interested in this new SIG , then please send as soon as possible your name and address with affiliation to Prof S Misbah Deen , University of Keele , Staffs . |
| 3 | Few infant mammals grow as quickly as an elephant seal pup . |
| 4 | The lenses will be as small and thin as possible and fit as loosely as appropriate in order to maintain the health of the eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ She said they 'd have plenty of room , and one more was n't any bother as far as she was concerned . ’ |
| 6 | You can have been had by the whole of Fighter Command as far as I 'm concerned ; just as long as you add me to the list . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah , miles better , for the good of the country they 're not good for you , women should n't have the vote you know women should n't get the vote , I think they should bring back , bring back just men having vote , women do n't get a say as far as I 'm concerned that 's a good idea do n't you think ? |
| 8 | The objective is to start the budgeting process as late as possible in the preceding year while allowing budget-holders time to agree their budget before the start of the budget year . |
| 9 | The gags fly as fast as the bullets . |
| 10 | Once again , the wisecracks fly as fast as the bullets — and are just as deadly . |
| 11 | Up until the final minutes the jokes fly as fast as sniper 's bullets . |
| 12 | Brown and McCormick 's skuas and Wilson 's petrels fly as far as temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere . |
| 13 | The rumblings of death appear as early as Mark 3:6 after the stories of conflict with the religious authorities . |
| 14 | Scenes from both appear as early as the eighth century BC , and , with constant copying , take a stylized form , even by the late sixth century on Attic black-figured vessels . |
| 15 | In the human female fetal ovary the maximum number of pachytenes occurs at about 26 weeks , although they appear as early as 14 weeks and continue to about 30 weeks of gestation . |
| 16 | For instance , if examples in which females play an active role appear as often as those in which the active person is male , this may help counteract the prevailing view in society that mathematics is primarily an activity for males . |
| 17 | Sleep is a great help to any illness , so sleep as much as you can . |
| 18 | However , Lord Marshall 's letter says that because of the Government 's commitment to introduce competition into electricity supply as quickly as possible ‘ alternative arrangements for protecting the security of supply ’ would need to be made , involving a ‘ capacity deficiency scheme ’ . |
| 19 | He deliberately used both brush and pen as boldly as possible to soften the mechanical nature of the process . |
| 20 | He stop as far as page 118 of McCann . ’ |
| 21 | Smokers , stop as quickly as possible and do not smoke in the presence of others . |
| 22 | The Colourcode play funk as hard as the Red Hot Chili Peppers , but with the feel that the Chilis so obviously lack on their heavy-handed interpretation of Stevie Wonder 's ‘ Higher Ground ’ . |
| 23 | The Colourcode play funk as hard as the Red Hot Chili Peppers , but with the feel that the Chilis so obviously lack on their heavy-handed interpretation of Stevie Wonder 's ‘ Higher Ground ’ . |
| 24 | Although other vehicles are available — gesture , touch , dress , etc. , all sometimes speak as loudly as words — for action theorists the capacity to give meaning to the world through a shared language enables people to interact socially and to create a social order . |
| 25 | Her pride made her speak as formally as he did and always be the one who moved away first . |
| 26 | In other words , wait as long as possible before you and your men take over . |
| 27 | • If you wake during the night ( sometimes because you need to empty your bladder ) then return to bed and relax as soon as possible , Do not get up for a cup of tea or snack as this will give misleading information to your body clock . |
| 28 | Our hospitals are so short of cash thanks to the shortsightedness of the Government that it 's a wonder hospitals function as well as they do . |
| 29 | If the client 's competitors trade on terms which minimise their liability , the client may have to do likewise in order to obtain insurance cover as cheaply as possible , and thus keep its prices competitive . |
| 30 | They panic when driven out into the open and their first thought is to find cover as quickly as they can . |