Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next to him on his left , keeping as far as possible from the coals as though to emphasize his lack of pretensions to warmth , was Percy Makepeace ( ‘ We 're distantly welated to the Thackeways ' ) , the pale shred of a mathematics teacher . |
| 2 | The present aim of shaft design is to specify a particular bending flexibility in the shaft while reducing twisting as far as possible . |
| 3 | The landlord will nevertheless wish to ensure that the premises are occupied and trading as soon as possible , particularly if they are located in a parade or shopping centre where the landlord 's adjoining premises could benefit from customers to the premises . |
| 4 | In order to ensure that the Society is operating as efficiently as possible , Council asked the secretary general to arrange for a management review of the efficient working of all areas of the Society . |
| 5 | If you need to cancel your booking , you must advise your accommodation establishment in writing as soon as possible . |
| 6 | After any loss , damage or accident you must give us full details of the incident in writing as soon as possible . |
| 7 | After any loss , damage or accident you must give us full details of the incident in writing as soon as possible . |
| 8 | After any loss , damage or accident you must give us full details of the incident in writing as soon as possible . |
| 9 | After any loss , damage or accident you must give us full details of the incident in writing as soon as possible . |
| 10 | The control of downy mildew is preventative , not curative , therefore the vigneron must commence spraying as early as possible prior to the flowering if the first infection is to be prevented . |
| 11 | But today was Monday , the first and the worst day , getting used to the maverick wind , going as slow as possible up to the corner where she had to say goodbye to Izzy and face it all alone . |
| 12 | Try and get that going as soon as possible . |
| 13 | — as soon as you are drilling basic questions , use them to keep a given conversation item going as long as possible . |
| 14 | Dalgliesh had recognised , with foreboding , a familiar phenomenon : the desire of a witness , aware of the paucity of her evidence , to make the most of it lest the police be disappointed , while remaining as far as possible within the confines of truth . |
| 15 | Since the Carlists were unlikely to accept any kind of power-sharing arrangement , it was less a question of making a political pact with them than of imposing the desired situation on them and limiting as far as possible their capacity to reject it . |
| 16 | for example , an Individual with difficulty in adjusting to a 24-hour day should make every attempt to strengthen the rhythmic influence of social factors and meal times by adhering as rigidly as possible to a regular routine . |
| 17 | From opposite ends of England the academics said that this was a born teacher who ought to be in teaching as soon as possible . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's awfully good of you to have come with me , ’ he said , feeling he should apologize for something , and kicking as powerfully as possible against the fancy that he was Philip . |
| 19 | speaking as much as possible like a native speaker |
| 20 | Keep the board moving as fast as possible . |
| 21 | Get the board moving as fast as possible with the centreboard retracted . |
| 22 | Instead of trying to escape by moving as fast as possible away from the predator , some animals take an erratic zigzag course . |
| 23 | If I 'd been able to guess at the future , the turning point would have been right there — wheeling the ship around and moving as fast as possible away from anything to do with Fraxilly . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm going up to London tomorrow , Letty , ’ she said quickly , it was best she got things moving as soon as possible . |
| 25 | Branch secretary Jack Amos explained : ‘ We are writing to all clubs in the branch to see if there is sufficient interest in such a competition and if there is we will get things moving as soon as possible . ’ |
| 26 | Management and councillors are anxious to get things moving as soon as possible . |
| 27 | Moving as quietly as possible on the gravel , Patrick moved away from the kitchen , and then continued on until he came level with the basement windows . |
| 28 | Moving as quietly as possible he climbed the stairs from the kitchen quarters . |
| 29 | The other five were well aware of the fragility of the Fourth Republic , especially after the 1956 French election , and fearing that the EEC might not happen with a different government in power in Paris , were keen to get things moving as quickly as possible . |
| 30 | This was coupled to a policy of discouraging as far as possible even British imports into the colonies on the grounds that this would divert Britain 's exports from dollar to soft currency areas like the colonies , ’ and hence the accumulation of colonial sterling balances . |