Example sentences of "to [noun] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carol 's split town and gone back to university as far as anyone knows . |
| 2 | Monies are paid to a business in a variety of forms and all our services are designed to ensure that funds are received , processed , and credited to accounts as quickly and cost effectively as possible . |
| 3 | Anyway it was not always easy for Nellie to get up to Rosstrevor as often as she 'd like to catch up on any news . |
| 4 | The irony is that within five years , investigations started with a view to relaying part of the canal route to Kilmacolm as far as Paisley for a new passenger service ! |
| 5 | It was no coincidence that the first official title of the Free French movement 's executive — a title which de Gaulle had suggested to Churchill as early as July 1940 — was the Conseil de Défense de l'Empire . |
| 6 | During that summer I hitch-hiked to Regina as often as possible on weekends to visit Wilf Scott or Peter Friedgut . |
| 7 | There are two possibilities : either to exploit the existing key order — if that is possible — or to completely destroy that order , and to allocate keys to addresses as randomly as possible . |
| 8 | Dismantling the Clunbury coach had to take priority for a while but now our minds are firmly on the bridge project and we would like like to bring it to completion as soon as possible . |
| 9 | I want to get to Sion as soon as possible . ’ |
| 10 | We shall go on expanding higher and further education to ensure more of our young people go on to college as naturally as they once went down the pit or onto the shop floor . |
| 11 | Can you please ensure their views are passed to Karen as soon as possible so she can tell Bodoni ? |
| 12 | This time the Americans have been talking to negotiators as often as three times a day , sitting with one side and then another to explore positions on such controversial issues as the disposition of authority over West Bank land . |
| 13 | John Smith , senior vice-president , operations said that while the company 's goal was to return to profitability as soon as possible , ‘ for the remainder of 1992 we remain cautious about both revenues and profits due to the uncertainties in both the industry and worldwide economies . ’ |
| 14 | We have to go to St Denis , find Selkirk 's secret and return to England as soon as possible . ’ |
| 15 | In November 1913 he accompanied his family on their way to England as far as the railhead , which had now reached the Awash river , and then returned to Addis Ababa . |
| 16 | Deep inside she knew she should leave here and go back to England as quickly as possible before all her defences collapsed . |
| 17 | Envoys have already been sent to the Norwegian court to apprise King Eric of the circumstances and to beg him to send the Maid back to Scotland as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Indeed , Catesby seemed quite excited and both he and his Queen openly announced they would return to Scotland as soon as possible . |
| 19 | Kites probably ceased to breed in Sussex about 1825 , and des Forges and Harber give 21 records between 1863 and 1960 , all for the period September to May as far as is known . |
| 20 | Dr Stroud , 37 , who is head of applied physiology at the Farnborough establishment , has frost-bitten fingers but should suffer no longer-term problems , and he hopes to return to work as soon as possible . |
| 21 | Centres are advised to forward schemes to HCIMA as early as possible and to allow 10 weeks for the moderation process ( in order to allow for resubmissions ) . |
| 22 | Since deregulation , buses are only trying to get from A to B as fast as possible in order to make as much profit as possible . |
| 23 | Er I think er it 's easy to talk about taking off two and a half percent here and there , I could probably put forward a number of reasons why it could add on two and a half percent , five percent to the figures and indeed I 'd be very disappointed if at the end of the day , we did n't achieve er greater reductions because once you get out long distance through traffic , er whose prime purpose is to move from A to B as quickly as possible , once you do that it gives you the opportunity then of bringing in the sorts of measures to improve pedestrian safety , er to slow traffic down , introduce traffic calming , which you ca n't do on primary routes . |
| 24 | She pushed the bike out into the road and back to Cramer as quickly as she could . |
| 25 | Jams , jellies and purées of all kinds , along with sauces , relishes and ketchups , were bottled or frozen ; nothing was going to waste as far as I was concerned . |
| 26 | He will be gone about a month and on his return we shall go to Sydney as quickly as we can … |
| 27 | ‘ Then one of you go to town as fast as you can and fetch a policeman and Dr Losberne . |
| 28 | Liza and Freddie Nash would have to make their way back to Salisbury as best as they could . |
| 29 | I left the hotel and returned to Geneva as fast as I could . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm going home at the end of the week and I 'll make arrangements to go to Geneva as soon as possible . |