Example sentences of "this [noun sg] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The revised Defence plan , with its greatly reduced demands on manpower and its emphasis on highly trained mobile forces , now makes it possible to contemplate putting the Services on to an all-regular basis ; and the Government will endeavour to bring about this change as soon as practicable . |
| 2 | They listened to the representations that were made and , in their wisdom , decided to make this change as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | I 'd be grateful if you could let me have this cheque as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Read this story as often as the child likes hearing it . |
| 5 | Some sources suggest that as much as 4.5% of the Aube was planted with this variety as recently as ten or I 5 years ago . |
| 6 | One might be tempted to argue that the photon is absorbed by the microscope and that by measuring the latter 's consequent recoil , due to acquiring the photon 's momentum after its collision with the electron , we could evaluate this momentum as accurately as we wished . |
| 7 | Resolved that this meeting concurs in Apinion [ sic ] with the said Committee — that it will be necessary to carry on the Business of this Institution as perfectly as possible , that there should be two Professors appointed & that as soon as the proposed plan for the College is executed , which , from the Encouragement already given , 't is hoped will be speedily accomplished — The members will avail themselves of the Offer made by the Committee and refer the Merits of Candidates for the second professorship to their investigation . |
| 8 | It will be confirmed in this column as soon as possible . |
| 9 | You should do this exercise as honestly as possible . |
| 10 | Like every other class and institution , the nobility was tested in the crisis of 1808 and the French invasion : it does not seem to have failed in this test as completely as has been asserted . |
| 11 | Yes , thank you Chair , erm A lot of this debate circles around what we do about community care , I have to tell this council as far as I 'm concerned , community care 's dead in the water . |
| 12 | The idea of ‘ distraction ’ , so strongly linked with London in ‘ Burnt Norton ’ was one which Eliot saw in this period as politically as well as spiritually dangerous . |
| 13 | I 'm getting us off this planet as fast as I can . ’ |
| 14 | They are totally egocentric and their parents normally respond to this behaviour as quickly as they can . |
| 15 | It was important that she meet this fiancée as soon as possible , so that she could judge her suitability as a mother for Kirsty . |
| 16 | Example 4:12 Rent review machinery ; no notice ; determination by expert ( 1 ) if the landlord and the tenant have not agreed the Market rent three months before the relevant review date it shall be determined by an independent surveyor acting as an expert ( 2 ) the independent surveyor shall ( a ) be appointed in default of agreement by the President ( b ) give the landlord and the tenant an opportunity to make representations to him and to reply to each other 's representations ( but shall not be bound by them ) ( c ) have power to determine how the costs of the reference shall be borne ( d ) publish his decision within two months of his appointment ( 3 ) if the independent surveyor dies delays or becomes unwilling or incapable of acting or if for any reason the President thinks fit he may discharge the independent surveyor and appoint another in his place and may repeat this procedure as often as necessary Example 4:13 Landlord 's option to select method of resolving disputes if the landlord and the tenant have not agreed the Market Rent three months before the relevant review date it shall be determined by arbitration or ( if the landlord so elects by notice in writing given not later than one month before the relevant review date time being of the essence ) by an independent surveyor acting as an expert |
| 17 | That Leeds was working within the constraints of this theory as early as 1912 is often overlooked . |
| 18 | We may doubt that Beerbohm had the acumen or the catholicity to respond to this provocation as conclusively as he should . |
| 19 | The Second World War put an end to this age as surely as the First World War began it . |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Maxwell , I understand only too well that you would like to pay this ransom as quickly as possible and take no risks and that since I want to catch these kidnappers , we are working at cross purposes to a certain extent . |
| 21 | ‘ My mind has n't always been focused on this operation as fully as it should have been . ’ |
| 22 | By and large , their message is that we should get rid of this Government as quickly as we can and put a Labour Government in their place . |
| 23 | She knew that Tamar had a core of steel and , though she loved this daughter as devotedly as the rest of her offspring , recognised that there was a degree of hardness in her ! |
| 24 | And seeks Mr Rowland now to publish this report as soon as possible . |
| 25 | ‘ Please ask those who sent you to do their utmost to see that my son gets this letter as quickly as is humanly possible . ’ |
| 26 | And and and the three thousand nine hundred does n't seem out of this world as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 27 | De Selincourt , the editor of The Prelude , dates this phase as early as the end of 1794 ; after this time Wordsworth sought refuge in philosophy ( see Godwin , p. 77 ) and had to be virtually nursed back to mental and moral stability by Dorothy amid rural surroundings . |
| 28 | I am anxious that you should start work on this project as soon as possible , so that there are no last-minute delays , I should therefore be grateful if you could start on the first batch of frames , of which I give details below : |
| 29 | There will be weekend working , to help complete this project as quickly as possible . |
| 30 | It is important to let the client have this information as quickly as possible after contracts are exchanged . |