Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to observe behaviour as accurately as possible because the more accurate the observation the more this helps you to place a valid interpretation on what you have seen or heard . |
| 2 | It is important to assist the patient to change position regularly while in bed and to encourage ambulation as quickly as possible to assist the circulation . |
| 3 | In the tense climate of postwar eastern Europe , the new powers expediently circumnavigated the full truth of their citizens ' wartime collaboration and atrocities in order to consolidate power as quickly as possible . |
| 4 | However , my hair is beginning to look rather dull and I 'd like to get it back to peak condition as soon as possible . |
| 5 | The Red Army units had their own dynamic and their own imperative — to reach Kaledin as swiftly as possible , regardless of peasant opinion . |
| 6 | My only blurred thought was to reach shelter as soon as possible and the good belay spelt one word — abseil . |
| 7 | In the event , however , the groups which came to power in most of these countries determined to restore capitalism as quickly as possible , encouraged in this course by the swarms of ‘ free-marketeers ’ who descended upon them , notably from the US , Britain , Germany and the International Monetary Fund . |
| 8 | It was even more important to know when evil gods would be in charge so as to avoid trouble as far as possible by doing nothing at such times . |
| 9 | At the meeting , convened to discuss closer ties , the ministers were reported to have agreed to extend membership as rapidly as possible to other states of eastern Europe ( Bulgaria had been admitted in May — see p. 38930 — while Hungary had joined in 1990 and Czechoslovakia and Poland in 1991 ) and to applicant countries which were formerly part of the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | The new DEClease offerings comprise the OpenVMS Alpha Migration Lease for users that need an OpenVMS VAX but plan to migrate to Alpha at some point , and the OpenVMS Alpha Upgrade Lease for those that wish to incorporate Alpha as soon as possible , but want top-end computing today . |
| 11 | A pupil who is making a constant effort to use vision as fully as possible in school tasks may sometimes find this effort to be somewhat of an overload when his or her general level of well-being is low , for instance , when suffering from a cold or feeling particularly tired . |
| 12 | creating a self-supporting framework which encourages and enables the children to operate independently of the teacher , thus freeing the teacher to use time as productively as possible ; |
| 13 | The designer attempts to reduce friction as far as possible , so most stepping motor systems have very little inherent damping and consequently a poorly.damped single-step response . |
| 14 | This went back to the development of working-class antipathy to Thomas Malthus , who was seen as giving scientific justification to ruling-class opposition to reform , for after all the aim of his famous moral restraint was to convince the working class to postpone marriage as long as possible . |
| 15 | The fate of the company is not recorded except like BMK they reverted back to carpet manufacturing as soon as possible after the war ended . |
| 16 | It highlights our determination to spread opportunity as widely as possible . |
| 17 | These survivors must be allowed to live life as normally as possible . |
| 18 | It 's a matter of fact that the strategy of the county council is to locate development as far as possible in and around the main settlements of the county . |
| 19 | I urge him not merely to consider the matter but , because of the strength of feeling shown here , to take action as soon as possible , so that our hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West and his family will not have suffered in vain . |
| 20 | We are very much seized of that point and we want to take action as soon as possible on it . |
| 21 | The wedding was to take place as privately as possible at the dairy . |
| 22 | Interviews to take place as soon as possible . |
| 23 | Needless to say she has to take life as quietly as possible for some time if she is to regain her health and everyone will be pleased to know she is making good progress along these lines . |
| 24 | We made a pilgrimage to Dilston , wandering round the ruined , ivy-clad tower and were utterly captivated by the beauty of Hexhamshire and determined to move north as quickly as possible . |
| 25 | ‘ Please , could you come to see Antoinette as soon as possible ? ’ she pleaded . |
| 26 | At the start of each project , it is wise to begin modularisation as soon as possible by planning how a hierarchy of modules and packages is to be set up . |