Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The forms need to show the maximum possible numbers to include everyone on role at any time between January and December — please return them at or before the Reunion , but let us know verbally as soon as possible of any major changes — the office likes to give up to date information to enquirers . |
| 2 | Let hair dry naturally as often as you can . |
| 3 | ‘ I know I can direct just as badly as the people who made all those clinkers with me , ’ he joked . |
| 4 | Cal was thinking about having children , when she can act nearly as well as I can ! |
| 5 | I 'll let you know definitely as soon as possible about whether to confirm the booking . |
| 6 | He writes that , having ‘ grabbed ’ Bosnia at the Congress of Berlin in 1878 , the Habsburgs ‘ soon demonstrated that they could rule just as viciously as the Turks . ’ |
| 7 | I know of my hon. Friend 's interest in the matter , following the report of the Select Committee on Employment , and I can give an assurance that if the consultants ' report to which I referred has not yet reached the Department of Employment , it will do so as soon as possible . |
| 8 | We are currently considering all viewpoints , and I can assure my hon. Friend that when we are in a position to announce our final decision , we shall do so as speedily as possible . |
| 9 | Your salary will grow just as quickly as your skills and responsibilities — and that could be very fast indeed . |
| 10 | The weakening effect of the scratch has very little to do with the amount of material removed , a shallow scratch will do nearly as well as a deep one , it is the sharpness of the re-entrant that increases the stress . |
| 11 | Surely , if the train were in a station when the emergency occurred , you would get out and run away as fast as possible . |
| 12 | In the vast majority of cases the 6th potency will work just as well as the 30th and does not require such accuracy . |
| 13 | ‘ And when we are married , I 'm sure I can work twice as hard as I do now , and earn more . ’ |
| 14 | Cruising along the crest , we could see almost as far as the coast to one side and over Bilsdale mast to the Cleveland Hills on the other . |
| 15 | We could slide together as easily as a train halts by the platform . |
| 16 | A senior detective at Marbella said last night : ‘ This lady told our detectives that she had no idea there was that much concern in London for her daughter and assured them that she would now return home as soon as possible . ’ |
| 17 | But , in my experience , if this is the case although it is possible to plant a new church it will not happen nearly as quickly as it will do if someone can make themselves available full-time . |
| 18 | For instance , a very good way is to make everything you do take twice as long as it would normally take you . |
| 19 | So it has been for centuries , yet the multi-petalled bloom of modern times , epitomized by the modern Hybrid Tea rose ( or , as it is abbreviated , H.T. ) and probably most people 's mental image of all that a rose is and should be , is a product of modern hybridizing and cross-breeding that did not exist even as recently as medieval times . |
| 20 | Tomorrow she would go home as early as possible and she would never see him again . |
| 21 | The Carlsson does n't accelerate quite as hard as you might expect ( 0–60mph in 8.8secs ) , but its top speed of 131mph looks healthy enough . |
| 22 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 23 | Many may have been persuaded or encouraged not to do so by the uncertainty in the law , so I would not go quite as far as my hon. Friend in suggesting that local authorities alone are to blame . |
| 24 | If the theory is correct , trials involving HIV infected patients could go ahead as early as next year . |
| 25 | I ca n't walk half as well as I could . |
| 26 | The next time they are able to gather together enough courage to set out for the supermarket they may get only as far as point B before they have had enough , anticipating more extreme levels of anxiety if they continue . |
| 27 | On the next occasion they may get only as far as point C and so on until they are virtually unable to leave home . |
| 28 | I like you very much , Shelley , but I will come only as far as you ask me to . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I know , I 'm only a woman but I can make and mend just as well as any man , if not better . ’ |
| 30 | The skiing does n't stretch even as far as advanced intermediate , but reports of dedicated tuition in perfect English and high sunshine levels in a place on the same latitude as Rome make this an excellent first-timer 's choice . |