Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mum gets a bit tired ; I go to see them as often as I can : it cheers Dad up , and Mum loves the children . ’ |
| 2 | I try to see them as often as I can . |
| 3 | Practitioners of such technically adept management , the new ‘ professional managers ’ of United States business schools , have recently been lambasted both for their failure to conceive strategies and to implement them as well as for their systematic choice of self-defeating strategies ( Hayes and Abernathy , 1980 ; see also Hayes and Wheelwright , 1984 ; Hayes et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 4 | On we walk , discussing hobbies , like two old geezers , and she tells e how nice it is to talk to me like this as sometimes she feels she has n't got to know me as well as she would have liked . |
| 5 | Should delivery be delayed we undertake to inform you as quickly as possible . |
| 6 | Modern linguistics is a field full of conflicting theories , and an external observer would be hard put to accept one as better than the rest . |
| 7 | With luck , the Jews would not be able to find him as quickly as that . |
| 8 | During the use of some programs , eg , PIRATES ( see reference 1 ) , if the pace of the lesson is not controlled , so much information is contained in pupil responses and computer responses that it is almost impossible for the teacher to process it as efficiently as he would like . |
| 9 | Herta comes down to visit me as often as she can , which is not very often , because this is wartime , after all . |
| 10 | To ensure that his subjects acquired the habit of carrying out his instructions he had to visit them as often as possible , and although the king 's itinerary was normally publicized in advance — so that merchants and tradesmen , as well as petitioners , could frequent his court without difficulty — it was sometimes useful to turn up without warning . |
| 11 | Replacement adsorption pads cost around £5 for three and because of this expense , human nature being what it is , there is a tendency not to replace them as regularly as recommended . |
| 12 | Our task now is to work to persuade him to reverse them as soon as possible , so that legal aid can once again serve its purpose of enabling all those unable to afford legal advice and representation to have access to justice ’ . |
| 13 | This requires him to immerse himself as thoroughly as he can in the life of the community he is trying to understand . |
| 14 | You must allow all the horror of the picture to visit you as often as it will . |
| 15 | She 'd like her niece to visit her as soon as possible . |
| 16 | He was able to answer her as calmly as she had spoken . |
| 17 | ‘ The consequences of this man 's actions could have been a lot more serious because of the lady 's age and we are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Both groups have an interest in maintaining the capitalist system , but the professional-managerial class have an interest in maximizing its own independence or autonomy ; the ruling class , on the other hand , try to restrict it as far as possible . |
| 19 | If time permits , we would be happy to accommodate you as far as we can . |
| 20 | General Schellenberg wants to see you as soon as possible . |
| 21 | I am working with them on what can be done to help them as soon as possible . ’ |
| 22 | Alfieri watched out for his clients and tried to help them as far as his job would allow . |
| 23 | There was a willingness to accept most of the new social and economic measures but to administer them as tightly as possible and to cut the cost of government . |
| 24 | But the fact that several critics began to challenge them as early as 1924 demonstrates that the campaign she had initiated in 1923 met with some success . |
| 25 | Fire crew have to free them as quickly as possible without injuring them further . |
| 26 | He made good speed down to the river , and then there was a path to aid him as far as the mill . |
| 27 | Matthew seemed to avoid her as studiously as he avoided Sandra ! |
| 28 | A ring is an arrangement whereby several dealers all of whom are interested I in a given item agree not to compete in outbidding each other at the public auction but instead to allow one of their number to buy it as cheaply as possible . |
| 29 | Even to get this much he had had to agree to a number of statutes which he construed as so prejudicial that he vowed to repeal them as soon as possible . |
| 30 | However , at a unit cost of 10p we want to use them as effectively as possible . |