Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally , the more active members have tended to belong to local groups , and the numbers of groups and group members have not grown as fast as the national membership . |
| 2 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |
| 3 | The rapidly rising birth rate is only part of the explanation , since the birth rate has not risen as fast as urban populations have increased . |
| 4 | It does not grow as fast as N. indicum , but the slender stalks produce more aerial leaves than the larger species . |
| 5 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
| 6 | Despite its impressive growth it represents only 5 per cent of the total population and is not growing as fast as evangelical sects . |
| 7 | A penalty is that the translated binaries do not run as fast as programs compiled from source for Alpha — DEC says performance degradation is around 50% — but translation can save customers from rewriting old applications . |
| 8 | Asian ships did not go round the Cape of Good Hope to trade with Europe , and East Indiamen , as the Company 's ships were called , were so heavily armed and were so much safer from the risk of piracy that merchants found them useful carriers even though they did not sail as fast as local ships until the Company had its ships built of teak some decades later . |
| 9 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
| 10 | The skirmishers in the fields had seen them now , and the French had started to withdraw , firing occasionally , but for the most part just running as fast as they could , to obtain cover amidst the village buildings . |
| 11 | Over-optimism at the Treasury Through the summer , the signs of a slowdown in domestic demand had come reasonably on cue : the inflation figures duly peaked , retail sales tailed off , even labour costs did not accelerate as fast as feared . |
| 12 | Even worse , the European empires at least left behind them working administrative structures and moderately healthy economies , which meant that most of the ex-colonial countries have managed to maintain stable states and thriving economies — although , of course , not thriving as fast as ours in the west — but the Soviet empire is leaving no administration at all , only economic catastrophe . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , Miss Abbott , how good you are , do n't pull so , Robert , how can poor Miss Abbott possibly come as fast as you ? |
| 14 | Winston Churchill was to write : ‘ The conflict sank once more to the bloody but local struggles of two or three divisions repeatedly renewed as fast as they were consumed , and consumed as fast as they were renewed . |
| 15 | ‘ Some people have suggested that people end up going as fast as 70mph , ’ said Mr Rose . |
| 16 | Another snag is that construction costs in Berlin , already higher than in western Germany , are now rising as fast as rents . |
| 17 | I could n't run as fast as I would have liked . |
| 18 | I ca n't run as fast as you ! ’ |
| 19 | Thames Water says demand for supplies is n't growing as fast as expected . |
| 20 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |
| 21 | I 'm aware that you ca n't move too fast because of your audience . |
| 22 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |
| 23 | They should n't drive so fast because their car is n't worth as much as a child 's life . |
| 24 | At each shot he jerked the ‘ rifle ’ up as the recoil would kick it then re-aimed as fast as he could . |
| 25 | ‘ We then ran as fast as we could and only minutes later the bomb went off . ’ |
| 26 | We never went as fast as downhill skiers might with their heavy skis on steeper slopes , but our descents were exciting nevertheless . |