Example sentences of "[conj] soon as [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 D. A. I used to be on an adjoining beat in Cressington Park and I started at the park gates at one side of the road and there was a policeman on the other side of the road — you would n't cross the road to talk to him … you were n't allowed to talk to the public — that was gossiping , idling your time , failing to work your beat — three charges straight away and soon as the sergeant reported you .
2 Very often we are only interested in θ satisfying θ ≤ U. In this case we would stop as soon as a tableau is reached in which θ ≥ U.
3 As soon as a girl reaches puberty , which is celebrated as a life cycle rite , she must be manned off outside the family and its clan group .
4 Parent company Abacus Municipal Holdings are ready to relinquish their involvement as soon as a buyer can be found .
5 As soon as a board attempts to interfere with management tasks it 's a fair bet that profits will decline .
6 With admissible or near-admissible algorithms the search can end as soon as a spanning hypothesis has been found .
7 As the State Department and the White House both set crisis management operations in train , and President Bush urgently conferred with top officials , FMLN statements — that the guests , except for the armed Americans , were not hostages and were free to go as soon as a ceasefire was arranged — were almost ignored .
8 The proposals were reported to have offered the MNR a privileged status , allowing it to start political activities within Mozambique as soon as a ceasefire had been concluded , but requiring it to recognize the Mozambican Constitution .
9 Now , delivery sheets are faxed direct to the distribution centres as soon as a lorry leaves the works .
10 As soon as a character is within reach , or if they are attacked themselves , the Daemonettes attack and the illusion of their appearance is immediately dispelled .
11 As soon as a character moves through the arch from area 60 , he finds himself in a meadow of what looks like thick , lush , flesh-coloured grass .
12 As soon as a character walks through the green and yellow arch from area 61 , he finds himself in this vast stagnant bog .
13 As soon as a character lays a hand on this item , the skeletal Cleric grips it more tightly .
14 The Home Office Code under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [ PACE ] requires that as soon as a suspect arrives at a police station , they should be told by the custody officer of their right to independent , free legal advice .
15 The great majority of lenders say that they see the courts as an unfruitful last resort , and would prefer to make some special arrangements ( smaller but regular payments , say ) as soon as a customer gets into difficulties .
16 In keeping delayed payments to a minimum , the important thing is to have a simple routine which is operated as soon as a customer exceeds the credit terms given and accepted on the haulage contract .
17 Aspects of the work of Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) which we discussed in Chapter 6 ( see section 6.5.1 ) strongly suggest that clause interpretation begins as soon as a listener hears the first part of the clause .
18 The recognition lag Effective economic management would require the authorities to take action as soon as a disturbance occurs which is judged to have an adverse impact on the desired combination of macroeconomic objectives .
19 But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy .
20 If a first baiter knew his job , as soon as a man had ploughed a stetch he 'd drop his stick across the furrows .
21 The formation of new lobes is only one part of the story , for as soon as a distributary abandons a lobe , which is thus deprived of its sediment supply , marine erosion can set in .
22 In Britain , copyright exists as soon as a song is recorded on to tape or written on manuscript .
23 As soon as a truck is loaded it is removed by a ‘ traverser ’ on to a clear inner set of metals , and is then drawn out into the outer goods yard .
24 In most other parliaments , members have allotted places and , as soon as a member is called , as the author has seen in some of the Canadian legislatures , computerized selection of the name focuses the camera automatically on him or her , and also adds relevant information ( name , party , constituency , etc. ) as a screen caption .
25 We now are setting into motion a new system , whereby the PAs to the Head of Groups/Sectors keep copies of the Christian Aid self-certificate form and should ensure that as soon as a member of staff returns from their sick leave they fill it in .
26 But as soon as a company takes the first tentative steps from data to information , its decision processes , management structure , and even the way its work gets done begin to be transformed .
27 As soon as a weakness or shortcoming in the system of regulating safety is positively identified the investigators need to inform the regulators where urgent action is necessary ; indeed , it is important that unhampered liaison channels allow the flow of all relevant factual information about an accident as soon as it becomes available .
28 As soon as a fly-half passes , he should drop back and prepare to loop , or take an inside pass .
29 As soon as a child is born entitlement begins and is never questioned until the child itself attains economic independence .
30 As soon as a society is able to produce more than the bare minimum needed for survival , it is possible for classes to emerge .
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