Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] quickly [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 2 | He said : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’ |
| 3 | Pierre Beregovoy , the Finance Minister , told a business meeting : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’ |
| 4 | Apple Computer France SA has cut retail prices of all its products by up to 33% , and says the impact 3 , should show up quickly because of the fiercely competitive nature of the computer industry : ‘ we aim to increase the number of our users and conquer new markets , ’ it said , adding that it intends to establish a new pricing policy for resellers ; ‘ the demand for our products is still strong , with a worldwide volume growth rate of 18% in the second half of our fiscal 1993 , compared to the same period in fiscal 92 , ’ said Giancarlo Zanni , managing director of Apple France . |
| 5 | Opposition from Scottish Liberal Democrat council members was heavily defeated yesterday when the region 's policy and resources committee agreed that the proposed scheme was vital to the economy of Fife and the north of Scotland and should proceed as quickly as possible . |
| 6 | The preparation of documentation — user guides and full manuals for our applications of PANDORA and BG-BASE — must proceed as quickly as possible , particularly if we we wish to exploit their commercial potential . |
| 7 | We must respond as quickly as possible , and at the latest within two months , by either providing the information or by refusing . |
| 8 | Second , he should leave as quickly as is courteously possible . |
| 9 | Marketing manager Nigel Graham explained : ‘ We feel that we are a community chemist so business must continue as quickly as possible . |
| 10 | The results of production should increase more quickly than expenditure upon it . |
| 11 | As we have seen , some genetic change may not take place at random , or events may occur more quickly than Darwin believed . |
| 12 | Otherwise , what we 've built here could disappear as quickly as it came . ’ |
| 13 | AT present the family have no plans for returning to England in 1997 , but I think they could decide pretty quickly if they needed to . |
| 14 | This place looked solid enough from the inside , but it could change as quickly as your mind . |
| 15 | No organisation could expand as quickly as the new organisation that is to be set up is apparently expected to expand to take on all this work . |
| 16 | Let's press on quickly because I 'm sure we 've all got plenty of other things to get on , with apologies for absence . |
| 17 | Stunned by the images of her own mind , all she could do was clench and unclench her fists , praying the numbing effect she had encouraged would disappear as quickly as Rune had implied . |
| 18 | As many as possible would cluster at that end , and the stalls would thin out quickly as one went northwards away from the abbey towards the open country , with all its dangers for the peaceful trader . |
| 19 | Resources : The Ninth Five-Year Plan ( 1971–75 ) stipulated that light industry would grow more quickly than heavy industry ; nonetheless , the opposite took place . |
| 20 | For several months the Hong Kong Sevens waited , hoping that the country 's two rugby bodies would unite as quickly as they had in some other sports — most notably cricket . |
| 21 | The bed is old wood and would burn as quickly as stubble in the driest summer . ’ |
| 22 | Probably most of those surviving were reasonably active , as they would die rather quickly when they succumbed to their first serious illness at this stage of life . |
| 23 | Of course , she would die very quickly if she were not to receive intensive and expensive round-the-clock treatment from the staff of the nursing home where she is now a patient . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend the Member for Bolton , North-East ( Mr. Thurnham ) was concerned about people who reoffend while on bail , and we shall deal as quickly as we can with the reports — and the analysis of them — which deal with that . |
| 25 | After the election I am sure any enthusiasm he shows for this issue will disappear as quickly as he will . |
| 26 | But I will know fairly quickly if erm if their background is a bit iffy they have to really sell themselves to me . |
| 27 | When Japanese demand picks up again , imports will grow more quickly than in past recoveries . |
| 28 | I will run as quickly as I can through the minutes of the last meeting just raising those things which still have to be actioned . |
| 29 | We can only hope that common sense will prevail more quickly than it did in the previous instance . |
| 30 | Whatever the answer , do not fall into the trap of imagining that the impact of a flood in one of this year 's drought-ridden rivers will pass as quickly as the time it takes for the river to ‘ look ’ normal again . |