Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] quickly [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firm is well known for its painstaking research , which may mean that assignments are completed less quickly than by rival headhunters , but they are certainly carried out more thoroughly . |
| 2 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 3 | A pollution does not provide an officer with the excitement , satisfaction , and possible prestige among colleagues enjoyed by policemen ( Cain , 1973:32 ) , but is a symbolic assault on ‘ his river ’ , a serious blow to his careful tending of the environment to be healed as quickly as possible . |
| 4 | Results will be given as quickly as possible , but some experts fear they could take up to a month if demand is high . |
| 5 | The Chief Executive has advised staff that the post of Director of Highways will be filled as quickly as possible . |
| 6 | Tonight a spokesman for the Department of Health said people on waiting lists , even when they 're not emergency cases , are often in considerable pain and need to be treated as quickly as possible . |
| 7 | There 's a brand new Jag and a few bits of plant up there that need to be repossessed as quickly as possible . |
| 8 | A. Simple reaction time When a light is switched on ( or a note is sounded ) a button must be pressed as quickly as possible ; the delay in doing this is measured . |
| 9 | In Vienna , of course … my only conclusive recourse was to leave the city , which could not be arranged as quickly as I would have liked since I had army business there which demanded my attendance . |
| 10 | A child who is not feeling well will stop eating temporarily and rapidly lose weight over a short period but this will be regained equally quickly once the child has recovered . |
| 11 | A BR spokeswoman said the fencing would be repaired as quickly as possible . |
| 12 | But if phonemic competitors are included , some means of resolving the phonemes identity and filtering out improbable words must be applied as quickly as possible to stop the proliferation of word strings . |
| 13 | To remedy these grievances it was enacted that the Charter of the Forest was to be kept in all its articles , that the perambulations made in the time of Edward I were to be observed , that those perambulations which still remained to be made should be made as quickly as possible , and that the forest boundaries in each county should be confirmed by royal charters , as laid down in the perambulations . |
| 14 | " Everything has to be done as quickly as possible ; the only time we spend extra hours in the garden is over the few weeks we are entering competitions , just to make sure it looks at its best , " says Barbara . |
| 15 | It had to be done very quickly because once the tanks arrived we would not be allowed to go any further until they had passed through the city . |
| 16 | They become entangled in such a way that it is very rare for any to wriggle free , and while there is ample time to collect them at relative leisure they should nonetheless be collected as quickly as possible . |
| 17 | Medical advice should be sought as quickly as possible . |
| 18 | Even the most efficient switchboard operator will at times dial a wrong number or make an incorrect connection , but this should never cause impatience or anger , the error should be corrected as quickly as possible in a pleasing and charming manner . |
| 19 | Moulds do not usually grow fast , and conditions had to be found in which large quantities of Penicillium notatum could be produced as quickly as they were wanted . |
| 20 | ( As we explained in Chapter 6 , this is because a word which is highly predictable from the syntactic and semantic context can be detected more quickly than a word which is less predictable . ) |
| 21 | When there was the gas explosion at Guthrie Street we lost more than 100 panes of glass , all of which had to be replaced as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 22 | Large sums of money were missing from the business , and while his colleagues now realised that her father was ill — and obviously had n't deliberately intended to commit any kind of fraud — nevertheless , the money had had to be replaced as quickly as possible . |
| 23 | Wetter climates favour tents that go up fly first so that the inner and your gear can be protected as quickly as possible . |
| 24 | In an emergency assistance can be provided more quickly if you operate the red alarm when the train is at a station . |
| 25 | The final determination of the ley theory 's status is obviously desirable ; if it is a mare 's nest in Britain , unlike in South America , then it ought to be despatched as quickly as possible . |
| 26 | cheques payable to third parties should be despatched as quickly as possible |
| 27 | The fast response time enabled negotiations to be concluded more quickly than might otherwise have been the case . |
| 28 | The normal scan must be resumed as quickly as possible . |
| 29 | The slapping block can also knock the incoming punch sideways , but the blocking hand must be retrieved as quickly as possible so that it can act as a guard . |
| 30 | The fluid should be removed as quickly as possible . |