Example sentences of "and as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the highway and as fast as we can go . ’ |
| 2 | In many cases the fault and/or recovery from complex equipment failure must be tackled on the spot and as fast as possible ( emergency/panic situation that affects the servicing personnel 's performance as well ) . |
| 3 | For all the rhetoric of a ‘ classless ’ society , of enabling people ‘ to rise as far and as fast as they can ’ , to quote John Major 's first speech to the new parliament , the reality remains of a nation in which inherited wealth and privilege , and institutionalised power or authority , matter far more than what individuals make of themselves . |
| 4 | and as fast as I could |
| 5 | I could see it running in her until it overflowed , and as fast as it ran more grief took its place until the lane and the streams ran with grief and all the valley was the colour of grief . |
| 6 | Signs of this were evident at Christmas and , happily , at Easter , too , Not only did Channel 4 go out in peak time with Granada 's king Lear on Easter Monday but also had the bright idea of showing us on that day , in Are you having any fun ? archive material demonstrating how the British had determinedly convinced themselves they were enjoying themselves as long ago as 1896 and as lately as 1964 . |
| 7 | My right hon. Friend can not write off the WEU as simply and as simplistically as he did . |
| 8 | By December 1888 Wilson , " speaking roughly , and as near as I can judge " , thought the union might have about 7,000 to 8,000 members and , in addition to Cardiff noted branches at Hull , Glasgow and Liverpool . |
| 9 | Employers complained of such traits as often and as vehemently as they complained of " riotous and unlawful combination " . |
| 10 | ‘ The rudiments of newsletter writing and production are presented in a very personal manner , and as simply as possible , to guide you through various levels of journalistic skill . |
| 11 | The men gossiped as much and as scurrilously as ourselves . |
| 12 | As he came into the room , he realised that she was crying quietly , and he went up to her and put his arms around her as tightly and as reassuringly as possible . |
| 13 | The two men picked their way along the line with the aid of a torch , but before they reached the bridge the Sergeant switched it off suggesting that they tread on the wooden sleepers and as softly as possible . |
| 14 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 15 | Madonna is saying , ‘ Do n't you wish you had as much sex as often and as uninhibitedly as me ? ’ to the poor old lights-out , pyjamas-on proletariat . |
| 16 | It should be available in libraries and as widely as possible , because the principles expressed are significant well beyond the field of boron chemistry . |
| 17 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 18 | The critics were quick to recognise the anguish in the writing , but dismissed it as ‘ hopeless pessimism ’ or ‘ a shameful nightmare which one only wishes to forget as quickly and as completely as possible ’ . |
| 19 | The heart of the matter is the provision of a physical and social environment through which the members of society may gradually withdraw from it as securely and as worthily as they enter it through the environment of home and education . |
| 20 | Yet the Han had destroyed all that they had once been — had severed them from their cultural roots as simply and as thoroughly as a gardener might snip the stem of a chrysanthemum . |
| 21 | to maximize commitment to the objectives of the enterprise employees must be told rapidly about all matters that affect them directly , and as soon as possible about matters that affect them less directly . |
| 22 | Also make sure you pass water before , and as soon as possible afterwards , as this helps flush out any bacteria which may have entered the urethra . |
| 23 | The workhouse management committee recommended that ‘ with regard to children still in the workhouse , the older girls should be employed , when not at school , in making/mend or other useful work and as soon as practicable should be sent out as domestic servants ’ . |
| 24 | Athelstan , distracted , vowed to remember to place a cross there and as soon as possible sing a Mass for her soul and that of poor Hob . |
| 25 | And as soon as possible , help everyone else . |
| 26 | ( 1 ) It shall be the task of the all-German legislator ( i ) to recodify in a uniform manner and as soon as possible the law on employment contracts and the provisions on working hours under public law , including the admissibility of work on Sundays and public holidays , and the specific industrial safety regulations for women ; ( ii ) to bring public law on industrial safety into line with present-day requirements in accordance with the law of the European Communities and the concurrent part of the industrial safety law of the GDR . |
| 27 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 28 | Money 's our , we have the committee meeting , we agree changes procedures and as soon as possible we re-issue those procedures , monthly issues that . |
| 29 | After all , even if she could hardly bear to face another row , she was going to have to put a stop to all this nonsense , and as soon as possible . |
| 30 | I will now study that report , and as soon as possible Mr Stevens and I will make statements . |