Example sentences of "could [vb infin] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to be told that he could not make it was to be told that this gift could disappear as unpredictably as it had arrived . |
| 2 | Otherwise , what we 've built here could disappear as quickly as it came . ’ |
| 3 | If she chose , she could speak as gracefully as a courtier , as deviously as a diplomat . |
| 4 | I would therefore be very grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you can contribute in this way . |
| 5 | I would be grateful if you could confirm as soon as possible that you wish the application to go forward in the current year as noted here . |
| 6 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 7 | In the first example , production could begin as early as 1998 . |
| 8 | Mr Duncan Biggin , architect for the scheme and chairman of Dockbuild , said it was hoped demolition could begin as early as March 16 and building would start as soon as possible . |
| 9 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
| 10 | ‘ This could occur as early as 1995 and the years 1996 — 2000 should represent profitable opportunities . |
| 11 | ‘ When I was young , I could move as fast as Harald . |
| 12 | It was equally important to a world economy that information could move as freely as commodities . |
| 13 | Even in wellingtons , he could move as lightly as a squirrel . |
| 14 | The-troops also slept in the lavatories — a very awkward situation , this , as sometimes , if there was an air-raid , the train crawled and the journey could take as long as sixteen hours . |
| 15 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 16 | If accepted , the appeal process could take as long as three years , according to reports . |
| 17 | As we had managed to walk so far the previous day , we were fairly high up in the mountains , and knew that the fog could take as long as 48 hours to clear . |
| 18 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 19 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 20 | You ought to go to Yelton yourself and see the privation there , but I do n't suppose you could walk as far as your gate , never mind finding a horse strong enough to carry you . |
| 21 | This place looked solid enough from the inside , but it could change as quickly as your mind . |
| 22 | But yesterday organiers decided competitors could go as fast as they like . |
| 23 | She could go as often as she wanted to the clinic , but they wo n't come out to her |
| 24 | In theory this process could go as far as equating marginal cost with demand so that the bureaucracy obtains all the consumer surplus . |
| 25 | Only in the last ten years or so had he been able to give up going to the country towns and villages for uncomfortable , if lucrative , one- or two-day visits ; only then had he found it possible to move from Jewtown to commodious rooms in Patrick Street , Cork 's main thoroughfare , where he could live as well as have his surgery . |
| 26 | Then , of course , two could live as cheaply as one . |
| 27 | But if Big Bang turns to crash and Poles lose their unPolish patience with the austerity plan , or if Solidarity can not contain its differences any longer , a fresh election could come as early as this autumn . |
| 28 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 29 | Initially they could get as far as point A , then only as far as point B , and then only as far as point C. Thus the circle of safety tends to diminish gradually . |
| 30 | The habit of association among hand-loom weavers could last as long as the class of workmen itself , or at least until it became too unstable and diluted to preserve it . |