Example sentences of "[noun] as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will ensure that the hon. Gentleman receives a reply as soon as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ All right , send me your letter , and I promise to reconsider and let you have my reply as soon as possible . ’ |
| 3 | May I urge him to press for a return to traditional standards of teaching in our primary schools as soon as possible ? |
| 4 | The Conservative Group put forward proposals to give this power to the schools as soon as possible , as Councillor did say , and many of our schools took advantage , around fifty percent I believe . |
| 5 | Women in developing countries are generally undereducated because young girls are often taken out of schools as early as possible to allow their mothers to work whilst they take care of younger siblings . |
| 6 | Meanwhile at least one offspring of the NPA flourishes — the ‘ English Through Activity ’ programme in Swaziland , where I found similar activity and enthusiasm in schools , talked to a committed supervisor who saw her role entirely as getting her materials — including issues of English Ladybird books — to rural schools as efficiently as possible and of encouraging ‘ active learning ’ , ( but of what and why she took little heed ) . |
| 7 | We will ensure that the recommendations of the Government-Industry Joint Working Party are put into effect as rapidly as possible . |
| 8 | We plan to install one of the ‘ Amstrad ’ draft printers so as to provide some draft printing capability as soon as possible , and to consider further the possibility of replacing the heavily-used Epson printer next financial year . |
| 9 | Paragraph , earlier reply will be , be appreciated as I want to finalize the Aran price for the units as soon as possible , best regards , Sam . |
| 10 | Arrange your units as deeply as possible . |
| 11 | In a report on accident and emergency provision , published yesterday , the Commons public accounts committee called on the Scottish Office to maintain close checks on the employment of first year , pre-registration junior doctors in four rural and island hospitals , and to end the practice as soon as possible . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , it is still advisable to train your dog to defecate on command as far as possible . |
| 13 | He went all out at a new piece , rushing into it with lots of enthusiasm and wrong notes , trying to make it sound like the finished piece as soon as possible . |
| 14 | I want to get to Sion as soon as possible . ’ |
| 15 | When making alignment adjustments , Warwick users occasionally tend to over-tighten the rod in order to make the neck as straight as possible . |
| 16 | 4 Try to slap your heels against your thighs as quickly as possible . |
| 17 | Dismantling the Clunbury coach had to take priority for a while but now our minds are firmly on the bridge project and we would like like to bring it to completion as soon as possible . |
| 18 | We feel that all doctors or other qualified individuals seeing a myocardial infarction for the first time should consider thrombolytic therapy as early as possible so that the maximum amount of myocardium can be salvaged . |
| 19 | We aim to deliver first class mail as soon as possible , with most mail targeted for delivery by the next working day . |
| 20 | May we have a debate on junk mail as soon as possible , to discuss a mailshot sent to many of my constituents by an organisation that is partly funded by Maxwell money which is so full of falsehoods that it would make the average time-share salesman blush ; which redefines the term ’ junk mail ’ and peddles dodgy , old-fashioned and out-of-date remedies which have been banned in most countries and which have passed their sell-by date ; and which bears the signature of an obscure Welsh politician , best known for losing his rag with Zimbabwean soldiers and for nutting people in public lavatories ? |
| 21 | He decided to get shut of Eleanor as quickly as possible . |
| 22 | In the summary table the tasks are briefly described in words as far as possible . |
| 23 | I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns . |
| 24 | Sit on a chair , slip off your shoes , and keeping your legs as still as possible , slowly revolve each foot in turn , drawing an imaginary circle with your toes . |
| 25 | ‘ I am pleased and thankful that the medical practice have sought to accept their responsibility for the oversight as soon as possible . ’ |
| 26 | Reportedly there are continuing internal struggles between Sun 's hardware unit — which wants the new NFS as soon as possible for its next generation multi-processing servers — and SunSoft , which has already promised multi-threading for NFS , but wants the new features to be part of Solaris 2.1 or higher , and 2.1 is n't expected until mid-1993 . |
| 27 | ‘ I already sent a message to Mrs Ogata asking her to resume the aid as soon as possible , ’ the secretary general said . |
| 28 | ‘ Health services ’ , writes Hay in his discussion of social reforms during this period , ‘ would ensure that the worker was returned to the labour force as soon as possible after illness . |
| 29 | The Americans hoped that it would come into force as quickly as possible , allowing German military forces to be recruited . |
| 30 | Now my Lord as is er then made clear in a statement of claim paragraph three fifteen erm between the twenty third of October and about the twenty second of November the plaintiff then acting upon the advice of Peter that it was not possible to withdraw on this contract , did endeavour to complete upon the deal as soon as possible , very much with the timing in his mind and eventually after some toing and froing which er will be demonstrated in the course of the evidence , agreement was reached with the landlord for his consent to the assignment to be given er on condition that there was payment of some advance rent by the plaintiff . |