Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only I would wish to tell my sister as soon as possible and put paid to her nonsense . |
| 2 | If I want to visit a bank for a few minutes , I park my car as near as possible as many do , to be able to rush in and out again as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | ‘ All right , send me your letter , and I promise to reconsider and let you have my reply as soon as possible . ’ |
| 4 | I made my exit as discreetly as possible just as his lordship , still on his feet , was embarking on a further point . |
| 5 | ‘ I shall get you in and out of my palazzo as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 6 | And I think I should definitely be awarded my doctorate as soon as possible . |
| 7 | I have worked my beat as near as possible to 2 and a half miles an hour , and I do n't think there is much to complain about . |
| 8 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 9 | I wanted to go home and see my family as soon as possible . |
| 10 | In the opinion of many people , Gordon Sloan , the Reporter on attachment from Strathclyde Region to replace Mrs Kemp , did not inspire trust or confidence , and there was a renewed call for the Secretary of State to deal with her case as soon as possible . |
| 11 | If you are acquiring a cross-breed , try to establish its parentage as far as possible . |
| 12 | Of course , for family companies , such tax planning may have to be balanced against the shareholders ' natural desire to have their money as soon as possible ! |
| 13 | This form of destabilizing speculation took place in the hyper-inflation of Germany in the 1920s , as people spent their money as quickly as possible . ) |
| 14 | The chairman of the Guardian and Manchester Evening News announced in his 1986 annual report that ‘ The Times now has a cost structure much lower than our own … we must get our own costs down to their level as soon as possible ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ We hope they will reach their decision as soon as possible , because it is not the sort of thing we like to have hanging over us . ’ |
| 16 | The Government are currently considering the findings of the recent review of meat hygiene enforcement and will announce their decision as soon as possible . |
| 17 | From that cold , emotionless void she watched herself speak kindly to the young girl introduced as Ellen , thank the Queen for her great kindness , beg to be excused from dining in the hall on the grounds of wishing to find her priest as soon as possible , and resolutely put all thought of fitzAlan out of her mind . |
| 18 | She inserted her key as quietly as possible in the front door of the house where she had a room and crept upstairs . |
| 19 | ‘ We have to hope they complete their work as soon as possible , ’ he said . |
| 20 | It was evidently the Conservative intention to associate their campaign as closely as possible with the personality of the wartime leader . |
| 21 | It will now be essential for Sony and its allies to maintain the gathering momentum and to spread its influence as widely as possible if their impressive new platform is to become — as they hope and intend — the de facto world standard for electronic book publishing in the 1990s and beyond . |
| 22 | This enigma demanded their return as soon as possible . |
| 23 | On Good Friday everyone would be very serious , and go about their business as quietly as possible . |
| 24 | Under the pressure of new business , chancery clerks standardized their output , streamlined by cutting down on lengthy prologues , stated their business as succinctly as possible . |
| 25 | She will be notified of the decision on her claim as soon as possible , and if by any chance she is not satisfied with it she has the right of appeal to an independent Appeal Tribunal , by writing to the Social Security Office within twenty-one days of its receipt . |
| 26 | Now it must get back to its nest as quickly as possible before it too collapses in the heat . |
| 27 | Evidence from ophthalmologists , especially Mann and Pirie ( 1946 ) , and observation of good practice by educational psychologists and teachers confirmed that this was not so , and that children with low levels of vision should be encouraged and trained to use their vision as effectively as possible and to enjoy using it . |
| 28 | A council spokeswoman urged people to register their participation as early as possible by telephoning Belfast 683000 . |
| 29 | All she could do was stumble from the room and get out of their sight as quickly as possible . |
| 30 | Her mother had lived her life as fully as possible without the man she loved ; she could do the same . |