Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to get to Sion as soon as possible . ’ |
| 2 | He decided to get shut of Eleanor as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | An unendowed school is recorded at Low Catton as early as 1734 . |
| 4 | Reportedly there are continuing internal struggles between Sun 's hardware unit — which wants the new NFS as soon as possible for its next generation multi-processing servers — and SunSoft , which has already promised multi-threading for NFS , but wants the new features to be part of Solaris 2.1 or higher , and 2.1 is n't expected until mid-1993 . |
| 5 | However , I am writing to Alan Harlow to state our disappointment ; to point out that we can not continue to pay subscriptions if the grant is not increased ; that we are doing our best to find sponsorship ( I 've written , on my own initiative , to 3 companies who might be willing to help , on environmental grounds ) ; that sponsorship from SNH is pretty unlikely , a ) because they do n't do any core funding , and b ) because the NCC element appears to be dominant there anyway ; that sponsorship from the Sports Council is also unlikely , though we are seeking a meeting with Terry Dowey of SSA as soon as possible . |
| 6 | During that summer I hitch-hiked to Regina as often as possible on weekends to visit Wilf Scott or Peter Friedgut . |
| 7 | The former , a native of China , was introduced to Britain from Japan via the United States in 1754 ; the latter , also from China , via the United States as recently as 1948 . |
| 8 | American and Russian armed forces would have to be withdrawn from Korea as soon as possible and within three months of a Korean government being formed . |
| 9 | We have to go to St Denis , find Selkirk 's secret and return to England as soon as possible . ’ |
| 10 | The use of copper as a protection for the underwater parts of ships ' hulls had been suggested in England as early as 1708 and by the 1770s it had been generally adopted throughout the navy . |
| 11 | Deep inside she knew she should leave here and go back to England as quickly as possible before all her defences collapsed . |
| 12 | A primary education system was established throughout Ireland as early as 1831 ( see Akenson 1970 ; Lyons 1973 ; Miller 1973 ) . |
| 13 | Schmidt , born in 1918 , had been a Hitler Youth member and a lieutenant in the wartime army , but he had joined the SPD soon after the war and entered the Bundestag as early as 1953 . |
| 14 | I decided to visit Miss Havisham as soon as possible . |
| 15 | Centres are advised to forward schemes to HCIMA as early as possible and to allow 10 weeks for the moderation process ( in order to allow for resubmissions ) . |
| 16 | Can you please ensure their views are passed to Karen as soon as possible so she can tell Bodoni ? |
| 17 | Records show there was a church at Sancton as early as 1086 . |
| 18 | Even Washington as early as 1952 was beginning to count the cost of Nato 's current defence plans . |
| 19 | Mrs in her statement said that , quote , although my husband and I would like to be able to care for Anna Jane as long as possible , I accept that the last six years have taken their toll on us and the reality is that it 's unlikely that we will be able to provide the same level of care and same level of care and outside carers are required , unquote . |
| 20 | Mr in his statement C thirty three , had said quote , although he wished to care for Anna Jane as long as possible , I have already begun to have problems with my back therefore we intend to introduce the use of carers gradually so that Anna Jane gets used to them . |
| 21 | I have already quoted Mrs in her statement brackets C forty eight , saying although my husband and I would like to be able to care for Anna Jane as long as possible , I accept the last six years have taken their toll on us both and in reality it 's unlikely that we will continue to be able to provide the same level of care and outside is required , unquote . |
| 22 | Send details to Observations at SCRE as soon as possible for Observations Number 4 , Autumn 1993 . |
| 23 | Envoys have already been sent to the Norwegian court to apprise King Eric of the circumstances and to beg him to send the Maid back to Scotland as soon as possible . |
| 24 | Indeed , Catesby seemed quite excited and both he and his Queen openly announced they would return to Scotland as soon as possible . |
| 25 | I would therefore ask you to contact myself or Mr Day as soon as possible in order to make arrangements for the training to be organised . |
| 26 | During the successive rounds of these twin controversies Baldwin used with remarkable freedom the House of Commons as well as public platforms to carry on the debate within his own party . |
| 27 | Whatever Jack Higgins 's inspiration for The Eagle Has Landed , the existence of the story by Graham Greene as early as 1942 is curious , to say the least . |
| 28 | Pythagoras and his pupils in the sixth century BC taught of the rotation of the Earth , and Archimedes calculated its rotation in the second century BC as scientifically as modern astronomers do now . |
| 29 | That is why we are pressing so hard for Russia , Ukraine and other republics to be admitted to the IMF as soon as possible . |
| 30 | But the most important action that it can take is to enter into a programme with the IMF as soon as possible , on the back of which it will gain access to many western funds . |