Example sentences of "[be] [verb] as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , when he was forced to admit , in early June 1977 , that the trooPs concentrated in response to the UUAC general strike were to be withdrawn as soon as possible , he endeavoured to reassure the public with the remark , ‘ More is being done in the field of SAS-type activities than is realised and this will now be intensified . ’ |
| 2 | A pollution does not provide an officer with the excitement , satisfaction , and possible prestige among colleagues enjoyed by policemen ( Cain , 1973:32 ) , but is a symbolic assault on ‘ his river ’ , a serious blow to his careful tending of the environment to be healed as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | While certainly it seems plausible to suggest that , if there are people from similar social or educational backgrounds in a number of key roles , the relationships between those people will facilitate the sharing of ideas and opinions , the processes involved can not necessarily be explained as simply as this . |
| 4 | This means that leaks can be pin-pointed as well as identified . |
| 5 | But Timothy Gedge could n't be dismissed as easily as that . |
| 6 | But his appeal to the IRA leadership to call a halt to its bloody campaign is likely to be dismissed as promptly as the Loyalists yesterday rejected calls to lay down their arms . |
| 7 | All offers of accommodation should be given as soon as possible to Avril Foux . |
| 8 | ‘ The orders will be given as soon as possible , Reichsmarschall . ’ |
| 9 | Results will be given as quickly as possible , but some experts fear they could take up to a month if demand is high . |
| 10 | Other examples of ways to liaise in practice will be given as often as possible . |
| 11 | However , he was much more explicit in his references to the nature of ‘ adolescence ’ , referring to it as the age of ‘ terrible peril ’ which had to be responded to ; the ‘ wayward forces ’ had to be ‘ rightly directed ’ , so that the ‘ new instincts and impulses , the new faculties and powers … shall be rightly exercised and trained , and that protection shall be given as far as possible against the temptations to which it is exposed ’ . |
| 12 | In reality , the asset would form part of the ‘ general pool ’ of plant and machinery and the tax benefit of the balancing allowance would not be realised as early as in the example . |
| 13 | No sooner had the Colonel stumped out , his face flushed with a moral indignation that might or might not be sustained as far as Eaton Square and the Foreign Secretary 's residence , than the telephone rang . |
| 14 | The A state begins to be formed as early as 10 months , as awareness leads to initiatives and discovery . |
| 15 | The information contained in wills must be examined as critically as that in any other document . |
| 16 | Although the rectitude which he sought was personal rather than public , this did not mean that public rectitude , which had required that the vacancy at Canterbury should be filled as soon as possible , was excluded from consideration . |
| 17 | The Chief Executive has advised staff that the post of Director of Highways will be filled as quickly as possible . |
| 18 | That work will be completed as soon as possible , not least because , as it is a private-sector , commercially orientated project , its proponents want to ensure that the momentum is sustained — and we will assist them in that . |
| 19 | Because of these difficulties and the commercial desire that once a company is to be sold its sale should be completed as soon as possible , the parties usually try to have a simultaneous signing and completion . |
| 20 | Some are old , familiar ditties with new words , some nice little rhyming couplets , some just plain filthy and some printable here : every little bean must be heard as well as seen . |
| 21 | If liability is not in dispute , the action can simply be stood out by agreement or an application made to the judge of the lists , or to the judge on circuit , for a standing-out order , or possibly an application made to claim provisional damages ; but if liability is still in dispute the action must be tried and ought to be heard as soon as possible , irrespective of the uncertainties on quantum . |
| 22 | Oxygen is much less soluble in water than carbon dioxide and in order for fish life to be sustained it must be replenished as fast as it is used up . |
| 23 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 24 | Sue is convinced that it 's vital for young people to be exposed as early as possible to The Arts and attain a clearer understanding of life as a professional creative person . |
| 25 | Tithe Barn Lane — reinstatement of surface : In your letter dated 7th November 1990 you said that the carriageway ‘ will be reinstated as soon as possible after the removal of the stump ’ ( of the fallen tree ) . |
| 26 | I have a letter from Mr C J Whalley , Divisional Surveyor dated 7th November 1990 saying that the carriageway would be reinstated as soon as possible after the removal of the tree stump . |
| 27 | The members of the tribunal should not have any other personal interest in the proceedings ( though on an exchange that is of its nature run by practitioners , this requirement may not be treated as strictly as it would in an ordinary law court ) . |
| 28 | If a woman is tearful and apologetic and can claim some biological disturbance , then she is not likely to be treated as severely as a man . |
| 29 | Tonight a spokesman for the Department of Health said people on waiting lists , even when they 're not emergency cases , are often in considerable pain and need to be treated as quickly as possible . |
| 30 | There 's a brand new Jag and a few bits of plant up there that need to be repossessed as quickly as possible . |