Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [adv] as possible [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We feel that all doctors or other qualified individuals seeing a myocardial infarction for the first time should consider thrombolytic therapy as early as possible so that the maximum amount of myocardium can be salvaged . |
| 2 | There have to be , there are particular reasons why er after revolutionary upheavals you very often get authoritarian forms of government and I would say in Russia and i i in a sense it 's linked with Harold 's question as well about erm the Chinese following a Stalinist model of economic reconstruction think what you 've actually got in Russia is not this sort of mass hankering after authoritarianism but you 've got a situation where the bureaucracy that controls a completely devastated , backward economy , which is what they 've actually got in the early nineteen twenties , where the working class democracy has just disappeared really with , with the , with the economic collapse , with the factories shutting down , with all of the old communist party militants going into the Red Army or getting sucked into the state bureaucracy with that sort of complete collapse really , economically and socially and politically , you 've got a situation where the central priority of the leadership is to build up Russian industry as quickly as possible so that Russia has got the armed forces it needs |
| 3 | Smooth the mastic down , then remove making tape as soon as possible afterwards . , . |
| 4 | Spell out your action plan as precisely as possible so that you are clear what you have to do and that it is realistic . |
| 5 | I made my exit as discreetly as possible just as his lordship , still on his feet , was embarking on a further point . |
| 6 | What was striking about the instant response to Stanley 's emancipation proposals in 1833 was that it came from Howick , until recently in charge , at the Colonial Office , of the emancipation question , and that his strongest dissent arose from the failure of the plan to chart a move as soon as possible directly from slavery to free labour without bothering with an apprenticeship stage . |
| 7 | The variety Nottingham has the best fruits , which must be left on the tree as long as possible so that they become ‘ bletted ’ — dark brown and softly squidgy . |
| 8 | In Chapter 2 , I argued that it is very important to test the system as a whole as early as possible rather than to develop components in isolation . |
| 9 | Teaching establishments should register their intention to seek accreditation for a new course as soon as possible so that Candidate Status may be approved and a provisional date for an accreditation visit booked . |
| 10 | The Americans were anxious to see the Russians engaged in the Far East as soon as possible so as to minimise American losses . |
| 11 | However , we would ask that you complete the form as far as possible so that realistic estimates of the total number of tests to be undertaken may be made . |
| 12 | If you have not yet paid these fees please can you send them to the Office as soon as possible together with an SAE . |
| 13 | I am only interested in getting your name back to the Red Cross as soon as possible so that your mother and father will be saved unnecessary worry . |