Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when Bevin as British foreign secretary speedily found himself entangled in tough disputes with the USSR , this did not lead him to follow Churchill 's line that Britain had of necessity to work as closely as possible with the United States . |
| 2 | She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this . |
| 3 | It is accordingly the main aim of this chapter to indicate as far as possible how The Silmarillion in particular should be read . |
| 4 | I also developed the speed to play as fast as I wanted . |
| 5 | As Pacey said of Dudek — he could never say it of Layton ! — ‘ ( his strength ) lies in his serious attempt to give as purely as possible the experience which is pure and isolated in his own mind , ’ a view which is offended by the notion of ‘ popular culture ’ and the torch-carrying it requires . |
| 6 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 7 | Fowler inaugurated the introduction of line production in locomotive repairs , greatly reducing time spent in workshops , and a firm standardization programme to reduce as rapidly as possible the 393 individual locomotive types inherited by the LMS . |
| 8 | We have no intention to emigrate so far as present plans are concerned . |
| 9 | He gropes mentally , ‘ straining every nerve in an agonised attempt to divine as quickly as Possible where the trap lay ’ . |
| 10 | Have we the capacity to remain together even though there may be real theological differences among us ? |
| 11 | of a much more basic malaise and structural phenomenon , namely the inability of the marketable output ( largely industrial ) sector to grow as fast as productivity growth without the economy coming up against a balance of payments constraint , due to a high U.K. income elasticity of demand for imports , coupled with a much lower world income elasticity of demand for U.K exports . |
| 12 | I have no desire for this ordeal to last any longer than need be . ’ |
| 13 | A recent spate of firebombs in some stores , which caused £10 million worth of damage was met with a determination to rebuild as quickly as possible . |
| 14 | Jim Gear , the councillor for the island , urged the council to move as quickly as possible on the project : ‘ I do n't know how much more the economy can stand . ’ |
| 15 | Readers wishing to lend support to President Collor 's plan to demarcate as soon as possible 94,000km 2 of Yanomami territory , guaranteeing them rights to their land , should write to President Fernando Collor de Mello , Palacio do Planalto , Praca dos Três Poderes , 70.150 Brasilia , DF Brazil . |
| 16 | The check would have given him more control over the hammers and the freedom to play more powerfully than he had done in 1777 , without making the piano jangle . |
| 17 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 18 | Pupils with special educational needs , like all other pupils , should have the opportunity to experience as far as possible the full range of the English curriculum . |
| 19 | When I moved to the Western Isles of Scotland I found I had no need to go as far as Norway for my Elysian coast ; there were mountains and sea in plenty right at my doorstep . |
| 20 | On Sunday West Germany had complained about the police presence around its embassy , and the slackening of restrictions is thought to have reflected an apparent Czechoslovak desire to remain as far as possible on good terms with both Germanies . |
| 21 | Wendy feels the failure to conceive more keenly than Mark . |
| 22 | Only after 1 February can I go more or less where I please and then there is a need to work quite quickly since the ferreting season ends in April when the fast-growing vegetation and the increasing arrival of litters of young rabbits make it impractical to continue . |
| 23 | This will enable a potential purchaser to come forward up until 1 July with the recommended £2 million or above . |
| 24 | The text for the first term 's production will usually be selected for the purpose of getting a new group to work together rather than trying to go for detailed individual performances . |
| 25 | This period balances the interest of the offeror to know as soon as possible the number of shareholders willing to accept its offer together with the amount of finance that it requires ; the interest of the target company not to have its business disrupted for too long ; and the interests of the shareholders in the target company to weigh up the merits of the bid . |
| 26 | And while the proportion of those people who would recommend a young couple with a steady job to buy as soon as possible has fallen from 78 per cent in 1989 , the latest survey shows 70 per cent would still offer this advice . |
| 27 | But if this state of comparative retirement owed much to his desire to experience as fully as possible the companionship of marriage , it was also imposed upon him by the demands of his still fragile health . |
| 28 | Er another er rather another er on that tack of course talking about er well in this case a skeleton , I had a job to do just shortly before they closed Coney Street off fully and e it was myse I was on my own and I had t to pick up some dummies from er a ladies ' shop a dress shop . |
| 29 | But so far it is primarily energy price increases which have provided the incentive to use less rather than the opportunity to cut costs . |
| 30 | She learned among many other things that Felicity had known Peter 's first wife quite well and admired her desperately as she struggled with her increasing disability and urged her husband to live as freely as he could . |