Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , in the NATO member states , the relative lack of formal restrictions has contributed to the public unease about defence policy , which is associated in people 's minds with threats of all-out nuclear war : far from assisting deterrence this situation is highly corrosive so far as effective defence and deterrence are concerned . |
| 2 | But the effect left in the mind by this UK and USA reservation is unfortunate : it suggests , rightly or wrongly , that these nuclear powers are prepared to support the most elaborate codification limiting the use of conventional force , but at the same time want to keep their hands completely free so far as nuclear weapons use is concerned . |
| 3 | Radical surgery for prostatic cancer has become acceptable so far as long term functional results are concerned : continence can be maintained or restored in virtually all patients , and potency is maintained in 50–70% of those who are potent preoperatively . |
| 4 | You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business . |
| 5 | For example , you can seal the gap between the hardboard and the frame with masking tape , but make sure that you do this as neatly as possible . |
| 6 | It is very important that we look at this as soon as possible . |
| 7 | On behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ therefore , I would like to ask the Highways Department if they could attend to this as soon as possible . |
| 8 | I would be grateful if you could take action on this as soon as possible . |
| 9 | We will wish to introduce clear guidance and operational systems to expedite this as soon as possible . |
| 10 | Kindly rectify this as soon as possible and consult Betty Syrett if you have any doubts or queries on the subject . |
| 11 | A small group of professionals , myself included , selected those books which we believed should be saved at all costs but , although we did this as conscientiously as possible , our combined subject knowledge was at best partial and it is inevitable that some books worthy of preservation were overlooked … |
| 12 | Get this as early as possible so that ATC can fit you into their traffic . |
| 13 | She had to ease her way past Fen 's masculine bulk to reach her objective , and she did this as swiftly as possible , feeling strangely uneasy at his proximity . |
| 14 | He did all this as noisily as possible . |
| 15 | Should you make a written request for a change in your payment arrangements , we will act on this as promptly as possible and where we are unable to comply with your request , we will send a full response within 10 working days . |
| 16 | Ability to provide a short-form report to stock exchange requirements ( ie unqualified as far as possible ) . |
| 17 | We in the north , and in the E E C in particular , have a policy of encouraging , or discouraging , Third World countries from from doing anything to the , the commodities at all , apart from exporting them raw as far as possible . |
| 18 | Eat vegetables raw as often as possible . |
| 19 | Au these possibilities are recognized in EC competition policy , and are given exemption from Article 85 so long as certain safeguards are in place . |
| 20 | I mean , sorry , week er thirteen that er base six had been poured and therefore so the first thing we did was to get base six as soon as possible . |
| 21 | Our goal is to mobilise the planting of 200,000 hectares of trees this year , and to reach 300,000 as soon as possible . |
| 22 | Tea and coffee may be drunk freely if drunk black , or may be drunk white so long as skimmed milk allowance is not exceeded . |
| 23 | Twist your body to the left as far as possible , and then round to the right as far as possible . |
| 24 | So the ideal as far as federal government is concerned is they , they devise policy guidelines and they provide financial inducements to states to implement various programmes but when it comes down to it they run up against the rock of the constitution and the constitution says that the states derive their authority from this sacred document and they are not to be tampered with and the consequence is that America has , not only a federal government , but fifty state governments er and those state governments are large enterprises which enjoy wide initiative and they contributors , contribute to the divi diversity of the United States as a political system . |
| 25 | 2.1.2 " Building documents " means the plans drawings specifications and other documents relating to the Works which are listed in the third Schedule The tenant should have sight of these as soon as possible to ensure that they are in accordance with its understanding of what has been agreed . |
| 26 | He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife . |
| 27 | The report suggested that all the powers relevant to school government should be formally vested in the LEA , but that it should delegate these as far as possible to the governing body of each school , who should in turn allow as much discretion as possible to the head . |
| 28 | Wheeler Dealer Ltd will post the Offer Document on behalf of Anglo-Welsh as soon as practicable . |
| 29 | If your army includes eleven to fifteen bases these may be organised into either a single unit , two as near as possible equally-sized units , or three as near as possible equally-sized units . |
| 30 | Indeed Krashen 's work as a whole reveals very little in the way of appraisal as I have defined the concept : ideas are hurried through the processes of interpretation and evaluation and made operational as rapidly as possible . |