Example sentences of "[adv] as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way to conquer a fear is to face it , and to do so as frequently as possible . |
| 2 | 4 If you need to phone back , do so as soon as possible . |
| 3 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |
| 4 | I know of my hon. Friend 's interest in the matter , following the report of the Select Committee on Employment , and I can give an assurance that if the consultants ' report to which I referred has not yet reached the Department of Employment , it will do so as soon as possible . |
| 5 | If he was going to adopt this strategy , it made sense to do so as soon as possible — before new legislative elections renewed parliament 's mandate and while Algeria was still fresh in people 's memories . |
| 6 | ‘ True , though it 's only a yard with a three-room building , so as soon as possible we shall sell up and move to something bigger . ’ |
| 7 | Many workers in Britain have argued in favour of special family courts for divorcing families , and for divorce conciliation services , to help couples who wish to separate do so as amicably as possible ( see for example , Parkinson , 1982 ) . |
| 8 | But no system can wholly protect fools from their own folly or from the knavery of others , and the advantages of trying to do so as fully as possible have to be weighed against the disadvantages of imposing fetters on business conducted honestly and efficiently . |
| 9 | It is the responsibility of the counsellor to move into the difficult area of feelings , and to do so as gently as possible . |
| 10 | We are currently considering all viewpoints , and I can assure my hon. Friend that when we are in a position to announce our final decision , we shall do so as speedily as possible . |
| 11 | From that experience , he derived an ideal of stage unity stemming from a close collaboration ‘ regardless as far as possible of individual prestige and personality ’ , which was reinforced by working in the Group Theatre of the thirties with Auden , Isherwood , Spender , Britten and others . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll have the exhibition ready as soon as possible . |
| 13 | As the Spring of 1963 gave way to Summer , one priority became uppermost in Whitaker 's mind — to get one script of each type of Doctor Who story together as soon as possible . |
| 14 | In solid metals , these spheres are packed together as closely as possible . |
| 15 | WWF has joined forces with other organisations interested in elephant conservation to make sure everyone works together as effectively as possible . |
| 16 | Keeping the legs straight , squeeze them together as tightly as possible . |
| 17 | Obviously you need to take your horse 's temperament and your surroundings into account , but if you can get him working alone as soon as possible you are less likely to have to cope with him napping later on because he ca n't bear to leave his friends . |
| 18 | If Alan heard , he remained silent , probably resolving to get ashore as quickly as possible . |
| 19 | However , what is also handed down from father to son these days is the importance of seeking a higher-paid and higher-status job elsewhere as soon as possible . |
| 20 | He intended to get better just as quickly as possible . |
| 21 | The appliance manufacturers , the frozen food kings , the canners and food merchants exploited to the hilt the female desire to get out of the kitchen just as quickly as possible . |
| 22 | For the individualist , the central task is to understand individuals as agents , and thus as far as possible to understand the social world as the outcome of options and choices taken and made by particular actors . |
| 23 | So if you have got your heart set on a big wedding for the kids or a fast car when you retire , it is worth putting some money away as soon as possible to make sure the clouds of inflation do n't darken your horizon , adds Mr. Pinnell . |
| 24 | Carrington had already arranged to have it carted away as soon as possible by a salvage unit , and dumped at the old railway sidings at Carluke . |
| 25 | Surely , if the train were in a station when the emergency occurred , you would get out and run away as fast as possible . |
| 26 | They were sheep who had decided that this was no time to waste energy panicking when it could be used for galloping away as fast as possible . |
| 27 | With every nerve straining to turn tail and run , she 'd backed away as quietly as possible and once she was out of earshot raced back down to the beach to find the tide had turned . |
| 28 | I book the late meals at 1430 hours for everyone , and organise the loading of fifty pallets for the exercise — working through lunch to get the vessel away as quickly as possible . |
| 29 | They would have to avoid the Warden 's forces , in these circumstances , so would require to plan their approaches carefully , keeping away as far as possible from Teviotdale and Tweeddale . |
| 30 | The best defence here is to go underground as quickly as possible . |