Example sentences of "be made as [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 So far all the preparations had been made as discreetly as possible , under cover of darkness , but now the moment he most dreaded was approaching , the moment when the sepoys would realize that a retreat was taking place and would launch their attack .
2 Complaints should be made as soon as possible after the event .
3 If so , applications for clearance should be made as soon as possible .
4 It is safe to assume that a guardian will be appointed in most cases and the rules state that the appointment should be made as soon as practicable after the commencement of proceedings ( FPCR , r10(1) ; FPR , r4.10(1) ) .
5 The BBC still , happily , seemed keen to see the film produced and so Gerard budgeted it to be made as simply as possible in 16mm for television , with the hope that cinema distributors would find it irresistible and give it a release on the big screen .
6 Software should be written to recognise this and allow changes to be made as simply as possible .
7 Kossen also says that these characteristics can be learned and developed , thereby suggesting that leaders may be made as well as born .
8 To remedy these grievances it was enacted that the Charter of the Forest was to be kept in all its articles , that the perambulations made in the time of Edward I were to be observed , that those perambulations which still remained to be made should be made as quickly as possible , and that the forest boundaries in each county should be confirmed by royal charters , as laid down in the perambulations .
9 In our normal form only strictly necessary choices will be made , and these will be made as late as possible .
10 Application for admission to HND courses should be made as early as possible , and preferably before 31 January of the proposed year of entry to the University .
11 The early canals were contour canals , winding about for miles in order to circumvent a hill ; but the later ones were made as straight as possible by means of cuttings and embankments .
12 The house and park were made as late as the 1870s .
13 The Government have introduced the Bill at the earliest possible moment in the Session , and we shall ensure that secondary legislation is made as quickly as possible .
14 The first serious attempt was made as early as 1869 by a young Swiss doctor , Johannes Friedrich Miescher ( 1844–1894 ) , whose uncle was Wilhelm His ( 1831–1904 ) , a most unusual anatomist who maintained the forward-looking proposition ‘ La solution finale du problème du développement tissulaire se trouve dans la chimie ’ ( The final solution of the problem of development of organs is to be found in chemistry ) .
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