Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [adv] soon as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It might , for example , seek to imprison for contempt either a working-class ‘ hero ’ organising lawful opposition outside the House to legislative proposals under consideration in it ; or an employer determined to extract his pound of flesh under legislation considered to be oppressive and proposed to be repealed as soon as possible . |
| 3 | Mr Reynolds said his government was continuing to press for the negotiating between loyalist and nationalist politicians to be renewed as soon as possible . |
| 4 | " In the narrow mind of this Boy Scout person , with his doll 's face ( popin ) , who only just knew where I ran was , the Shah was a dictator who put people in prison and so had to be replaced as soon as possible with a democracy like the USA " . |
| 5 | 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forced to admit , in early June 1977 , that the trooPs concentrated in response to the UUAC general strike were to be withdrawn as soon as possible , he endeavoured to reassure the public with the remark , ‘ More is being done in the field of SAS-type activities than is realised and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 . ’ |
| 6 | The Treasury , under the control throughout this period of orthodox Gladstonians , was committed to the belief that the income tax was a temporary expedient to be removed as soon as possible . |
| 7 | They include beet , lettuce , broad beans , carrots , peas and spinach , all of which need to be sown as soon as possible now . |
| 8 | I ca n't see any way out but a subscription list , to be organised as soon as possible . |
| 9 | The public consultation exercise , to be held as soon as practicable , was approved by Hampshire County Council 's planning and transport committee on Monday . |
| 10 | ‘ I just wanted us to be married as soon as possible . |
| 11 | It was no longer practicable to seek a way around the Swamp , instead some sort of shelter had to be found as soon as possible . |
| 12 | It was no longer practicable to seek a way around the Swamp , instead some sort of shelter had to be found as soon as possible . |
| 13 | Treatment has to be started as soon as possible , between two two e too much itl doolb eht peek ot si all ? id |
| 14 | Of necessity the pronunciation of the individual sounds , the various vowels and consonants , will have to be mastered as soon as possible , otherwise it will be impossible to speak intelligibly . |
| 15 | Given that it is good for many people to get out of the home and meet other people at work , and that it is crucially important not to leave re-entry into the labour market until the person 's children have grown up , these disregard rules need to be reversed as soon as possible . |
| 16 | No ! ) behaviour which needs to be curbed as soon as possible . |
| 17 | Quite apart from this , the legislation required that the gathering of evidence by other means would be unlikely to succeed , or would be considerably more difficult ; a warrant would apply to only one suspect , so that there were no general warrants ; the warrants would remain in force for three months and thereafter had to be renewed ; and the person concerned generally had to be notified as soon as possible after the surveillance ended that he or she had been the target of such surveillance . |
| 18 | Thus it was agreed that a buffer zone policed by the regional peacekeeping force ECOMOG ( ECOWAS Monitoring Group ) was to be established as soon as possible along the border with Sierra Leone . |
| 19 | We all want the poll tax to be abolished as soon as possible . |
| 20 | But today the walk was just something to be accomplished as soon as possible . |
| 21 | I have , therefore , been asked to repeat my request of 3 July asking you to arrange for the hedges to be trimmed as soon as possible . |
| 22 | This second Committee meeting learned that nine holes were to be opened as soon as possible . |
| 23 | Please can you look into this and arrange for the job to be finished as soon as possible . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I took it in yesterday and asked for it to be repaired as soon as possible . |