Example sentences of "[adv] fast [conj] possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knees must come up as fast as possible to waist height . |
| 2 | The brewers of these beers want to produce them as fast as possible and use chemical additives to speed up fermentation , cut down on yeast head to get more liquid into the fermenters and to produce a beer with a thick head of foam . |
| 3 | As the son of a school-inspector and a typical representative of the pre-Soviet intelligentsia , Lenin was torn between the conflicting needs of creating a politically and culturally conscious nation as fast as possible , yet at the same time ensuring that vulgarized , superficial agitation did not become a substitute for thoroughgoing education on a broad base . |
| 4 | Defensive positions must be prepared as fast as possible . |
| 5 | The only difference I can find lies in the darker , more spiteful vision of the new film , and the fact that the cast seems almost manically inclined to get through it all as fast as possible and at as high a pitch as the Dolby Stereo can cope with . |
| 6 | They should privatise as fast as possible , and preferably all at once ; but then go carefully on trade . |
| 7 | He must complete his mission and leave as fast as possible . |
| 8 | An anonymous letter from an opponent of the regime in Franconia , condemning the ‘ puppet show ’ of the Reichstag and claiming ninety per cent of Germans shared his own desire , that Hitler ‘ disappear from the face of the earth as fast as possible ’ , was an absurd exaggeration . |
| 9 | The old woman scarcely said a word and betrayed no emotion , although Martha felt an obscure sense of triumph and her mother was plainly anxious to leave as fast as possible . |
| 10 | Keep the board moving as fast as possible . |
| 11 | Get the board moving as fast as possible with the centreboard retracted . |
| 12 | But no , I wind as fast as possible and catch up with the fish which is swimming toward me . |
| 13 | But this time I am prepared for it and wind the reel — a fast-retrieve model fortunately — as fast as possible , dipping the rod-tip to the surface of the lake on my right and applying a massive dose of side-strain . |
| 14 | The secret of success is , therefore , to get a group into the formal stage as fast as possible . |
| 15 | Their response to danger is to flee as fast as possible , rather than freeze or hide . |
| 16 | Instead of trying to escape by moving as fast as possible away from the predator , some animals take an erratic zigzag course . |
| 17 | If you are made redundant try to get some sort of retraining as fast as possible , before you lose your nerve . |
| 18 | This will help eliminate the virus through your urine and sweat as fast as possible . |
| 19 | Designed to provide a straight answer to a straight question as fast as possible . |
| 20 | In many cases the fault and/or recovery from complex equipment failure must be tackled on the spot and as fast as possible ( emergency/panic situation that affects the servicing personnel 's performance as well ) . |
| 21 | The rest of those in the room have to try and do what the leader does as fast as possible afterwards , but without making obvious who the leader is . |
| 22 | In my youth ( many years ago ) I worked as a redcoat at Butlin 's in Bognor Regis and used to be House Captain of York where we trained teams of holidaymakers to go as fast as possible . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been asked by the Cancer Research Campaign to press on as fast as possible . ’ |
| 24 | Mildred squeezed through the gap and set off as fast as possible along the corridor and down the spiral staircase to the yard . |
| 25 | All he wanted was a ‘ getaway car ’ to take him away from the zebra crossing as fast as possible because , when he jumped into my life , he was being chased by a whole gang armed with crossbows and intent on target practice . |
| 26 | Get up as fast as possible . |
| 27 | Their duty done , the whole gang ran as fast as possible back to the engine and gathered in the cab . |
| 28 | Whilst the FADS of old went in for five-man random obscurity and ‘ playing bizarre rhythms as fast as possible ’ , their forthcoming album boasts structure , recurring themes and even the odd polished pop song . |
| 29 | On the occasions she had to pick up or deliver there she got in and out as fast as possible . |
| 30 | ‘ I just want to leave London as fast as possible , ’ Evelyn replied , playing along . |