Example sentences of "[adv] tightly as possible " in BNC.
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| 1 | When alarmed , these animals usually try to make for cover , seeking out their burrows or some other hiding place where they can wedge themselves in as tightly as possible . |
| 2 | Keeping the legs straight , squeeze them together as tightly as possible . |
| 3 | In the wild , an owl would find shelter if it was too windy , closing itself up as tightly as possible . |
| 4 | She squeezed her eyes shut as tightly as possible . |
| 5 | The knight had to swerve at the last moment to avoid a head-on collision with his opponent , but at the same time he had to couch his lance to his side as tightly as possible with his hand and under his arm so that the lance blow was struck with all the weight and momentum of his horse behind it , for if in swerving aside he moved his hand or used his arm to thrust at his opponent then a blow delivered in this manner would have no effect whatever . |
| 6 | There was a willingness to accept most of the new social and economic measures but to administer them as tightly as possible and to cut the cost of government . |
| 7 | The waste is compacted as tightly as possible so the space can be used efficiently and the possibility of liquid and air emissions can be excluded as much as possible . |
| 8 | We must screw the lid on spending as tightly as possible , so that a true and proper comparison can be made between the old rates system , uprated to match current spending , the poll tax charge , and the new council tax . |
| 9 | Furthermore , whatever the unease felt in London when Washington later decided that the bombers should be stationed permanently in Britain , this was accepted as part of the price that had to be paid in order to bind the Americans as tightly as possible to Nato and the defence of Europe . |