Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I ca n't see any way out but a subscription list , to be organised as soon as possible . |
2 | Both Soviet and British spheres of influence should be discouraged as far as possible , though it was accepted that such spheres would be among the inescapable facts of contemporary life . |
3 | The coils themselves should consist of 500 turns of 0.2mm enamelled wire scramble wound as neatly as possible over the core , the second winding crossing over the top of the first at right angles . |
4 | I have responded as fully as possible when the hon. Gentleman has raised the matter , and I have drawn it to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |
5 | The tunnel is designed as far as possible to stay within the chalk marl but the alignment is constrained by the geometric requirements of a high speed railway including a minimum horizontal curvature of 4,200m and a maximum gradient of just under 1% . |
6 | You will be looking for a typesetter , help with layout , so the magazine is designed as eye-catchingly as possible , and a printer . |
7 | No ! ) behaviour which needs to be curbed as soon as possible . |
8 | Tom Mace , president and chief executive officer of 88open , believes the proposed Architecture Neutral Distribution Format-type software portability technologies now doing the rounds should be pursued as vigorously as possible , but argues that provision for support and verification must be developed , if the stuff is to become accepted by a still sceptical independent software vendor community . |
9 | With the support of regional legal officers and a set of guidelines and codes of practice , we ask the solicitors to abide by regional secretaries ensuring that cases are pursued as forcefully as possible with the members interests uppermost at all stages . |
10 | The Minister has now said that it will be another seven years before everyone crossing the channel on holiday will be carried as safely as possible . |
11 | On Nov. 15 the French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said in Bahrain that sanctions against Iraq , necessary to curb its war-making potential , should be lifted as soon as possible because of the hardship imposed on the Iraqi people . |
12 | Controls should be lifted as soon as possible after the war . |
13 | Economic controls were lifted as quickly as possible . |
14 | There is usually a waiting list , so places should be booked as early as possible . |
15 | There is usually a waiting list , so places should be booked as early as possible . |
16 | In particular it wanted to ensure that British nuclear thinking , planning , targeting and developments as a whole evolved along lines which were compatible with and were harnessed as far as possible to fit in with its own requirements . |
17 | The Office of Works examined the damage and reported that the houses were in an ‘ extremely defective and unsound state ’ and should be rebuilt as soon as possible , but still nothing was done . |
18 | Middlesbrough council spokesman Doug Allan said the planning application would be considered as soon as possible . |
19 | Government accepted responsibility for keeping aggregate monetary demand at a level sufficient to ensure full employment or what was considered as far as possible to constitute full employment ( an unemployment rate of 1% or 2% was considered acceptable ) , and the annual Budget was to be used as the main instrument of economic policy . |
20 | I am anxious that the question should be resolved as soon as possible . |
21 | It is imperative that the present divisive situation is resolved as speedily as possible , to allow everyone involved with the school to start working together as a team once more . |
22 | Can I suggest that you and/or your staff discuss the matter with Mr Hall and myself as a matter of urgency , so that the new equipment can be installed as soon as possible ? |
23 | They can not reconcile the liberal precept that private autonomy should be respected as far as possible with the practice of legally enforcing all promises . |
24 | He said : ‘ I took it in yesterday and asked for it to be repaired as soon as possible . |
25 | A BR spokeswoman said the fencing would be repaired as quickly as possible . |
26 | The mud on the path was frozen as hard as baked clay . |
27 | Reluctance and misunderstanding must in their case be dissolved as far as possible by rational persuasion . |
28 | The rapidly rising birth rate is only part of the explanation , since the birth rate has not risen as fast as urban populations have increased . |
29 | Then add the Port-Salut , minced as thinly as possible , the kirsch and a pinch of Cayenne pepper . |
30 | Speechreader X is positioned as advantageously as possible , when two people are talking : |