Example sentences of "[adv] closely [conj] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believes that even when farmed , wild boar must be genetically pure and reared in conditions which approximate the wild as closely as possible . |
| 2 | Specimens should be planted as closely as possible two or three weeks before being taken on board and then kept on deck , covered in bad weather with a tarpaulin against salt spray , a precaution made unnecessary after the invention of the Wardian case . |
| 3 | At the other end of the school , in the first year of the Halls , close links were established with the many primary schools ( some of them tiny ) which sent eleven-year-olds to the school , and the style of teaching for that first year was aligned as closely as possible with the more effective primary-school practices . |
| 4 | try following them as closely as possible almost touching their tail . |
| 5 | [ The government ] is convinced that it can be done only by delegating responsibility as closely as possible to where health care is delivered to the patient — predominantly to the GP and the local hospital . |
| 6 | Each child born with a defect was matched as closely as possible to a healthy infant born in the same hospital , at the same time . |
| 7 | For those with other means of transport , a possible procedure is to follow the line as closely as possible by public roads , stopping where the line crosses to observe and explore . |
| 8 | The aim should be to simulate as closely as possible the particular diet of a fish species , incorporating for example , as much natural live food into a carnivorous species diet and fresh plant material into the herbivore 's as possible . |
| 9 | To be successful the remedy should match the totality of the patient 's symptoms and signs as closely as possible — as demonstrated in the three separate cases of influenza . |
| 10 | By using computer technology , James Capel 's FT-SE 100 Index Fund aims to match the performance of the index of the UK 's top 100 companies as closely as possible . |
| 11 | So I compiled a booklet entitled Rubbing Along in Burmese , adapting the pronunciation as closely as possible to English and dispensing with niceties that involved training in phonetics . |
| 12 | For example , the completed miniature illustrated in the photograph on the facing page shows a design that represents as closely as possible the way the plant grows in the wild . |
| 13 | Since children 's linguistic performance varies across situations , it is particularly important that the conditions associated with the collection of the data for the age norms are repeated as closely as possible when an individual child is assessed . |
| 14 | The new restoration , masterminded by Heinrich Magirius , of the Commission for Historic Monuments for Dresden , and Harald Marx , director of the Gemäldegalerie , has returned as closely as possible to the original decorative scheme devised by Semper . |
| 15 | The artist … explained that the printer 's contribution in creating the official lithograph was merely mechanical , that his sole contribution was to reproduce the original as closely as possible , and that she had the absolute right of approval of all aspects of the final prints . |
| 16 | In line with recent methodological trends , the stories are enjoyable for their own sake , and aim to resemble as closely as possible the style of book children would choose to read in their first language . |
| 17 | ( I use the phrase ‘ representational role ’ rather than ‘ meaning ’ here to hew as closely as possible to the line of the second scenario . ) |
| 18 | This was at a time when the same gp160 product was being vigorously touted by MicroGeneSys as a prophylactic vaccine candidate ; a time when , as now , being able to mimic as closely as possible the natural viral antigens was held to be important for such a vaccine . |
| 19 | Ultimately the law has responded to this problem by intervening to try to ensure that the market resembles as closely as possible the paradigm of perfect competition , outlawing monopoly and trade practices that deviate from that paradigm . |
| 20 | ‘ His hair had been clipped as closely as possible to the scalp , with the exception of a small patch on the crown of the head , which was pulled down over the forehead to form a fringe . ’ |
| 21 | The pilot study , which resembled the main survey as closely as possible , revealed that the questions , covering letter and coding frame presented no difficulties , but that several nurses did not own rulers for measuring ulcers ; and that inducements to respond , effective reminders , and problems of distribution had to be considered if a high response rate was to be achieved . |
| 22 | These effects give a guide to the symptoms which the derived remedies are used to treat , using ‘ like for like ’ i.e. the illness to be treated and that caused by indigestion of the substance should match as closely as possible . |
| 23 | Find out what is permitted , for you must simulate the final conditions as closely as possible . |
| 24 | It must conform as closely as possible to the prevailing urban view — picturesque , ancient and unchanging . |
| 25 | This guiding principle of participant observation — that the observer should be part of the setting which he or she is studying — was followed as closely as possible in the other communities . |
| 26 | Incidence in the rural high oil category was examined in more isolated ( >20 km from urban areas ) and less isolated sectors , and at higher and lower levels of certain factors , for which the division was made after ranking the sectors on the factor ( disregarding isolation ) at the point that as closely as possible halved the cumulative expected values at ages 0–14 . |
| 27 | The first thing to watch for is that the scanner be matched as closely as possible to the target printer . |
| 28 | Although LCC is used by other libraries , in order to understand the format of the scheme it is necessary to recognize that it was intended to fit the LC collections and services as closely as possible , without reference to outside needs and influences . |
| 29 | establishing a language that mirrors as closely as possible the language found in the literature and the language used by potential users ; |
| 30 | ‘ She wanted it to fit as closely as possible into a particular recess . |