Example sentences of "to [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyway , the Queen of the Night , always called your mother that , you know , because of her amazing devotion to sleep , which she seemed to prefer to almost any other activity , in particular to that which I believe today 's lovers refer to so elegantly as ‘ boffing ’ or ‘ shafting ’ … . |
| 2 | Knowing ( from expensive experience elsewhere ! ) how important it is to keep the fabric in good order , I propose to get this attended to as soon as possible . |
| 3 | In terms of review of staggered hours erm the review is sort of a constant one which has not really come to head yet , in terms of actually being able to write something down , so I 'm we 'll be able to as soon as we , as soon I 've something which we erm , come to any conclusions in terms of staggered hours . |
| 4 | So we had to as soon as they come we had to open a trench and heel them in do you see . |
| 5 | tutorial programme , we talked last , last term er and I said that I 'd like to as soon as possible put up a complete programme of titles , it would be nice if we could have a little er what am I supposed to call them ? |
| 6 | A few places are available for QTs at Aston Clinton — Names to as soon as possible please . |
| 7 | will be co-ordinating the event and would appreciate all offers of help ( if only for short periods during the day ) Offers of display items to as soon as possible please . |
| 8 | There was considerable substance in the complaints of Labour that national insurance added to as well as diminished the burdens of poorer workers . |
| 9 | We understand that the funds are not being subscribed to as freely as is desired and one can hardly blame the executive for holding back until they feel sure it will be safe to venture on the definite undertaking . |
| 10 | ‘ You can wear whatever you want to as far as I 'm concerned . ’ |
| 11 | By that I mean book-signing sessions — I 've been all over the place , from Darlington and Beverley in the North , to as far as Nottingham in the South , and met some wonderful people — and literary luncheons , plus what I suppose you could call ‘ personal appearances ’ at all kinds of functions . |
| 12 | One should therefore have regard to as far as possible , the eventual size . |
| 13 | A cheese resembling Camembert was the glory of Cottenham in Cambridgeshire , where records for cheese making go back to as early as 1280 ; and production ceased only in the mid-nineteenth century with the enclosure of the common fen . |
| 14 | Once the flies have laid their eggs on a body , there 's nothing we can do , so we get that seen to as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 15 | Net systems can extend from as little as 50 yards ( 45.7 metres ) to as long as is manageable . |
| 16 | Up to as late as 1798 , the district governors lived in the castle . |
| 17 | Offa 's description of Ealdred as ‘ my subregulus , dux , that is , of his own people , the Hwicce ’ ( CS 223 : S 113 ) , which reveals dux becoming an acceptable term for a sub-king , dates to as late as 778 , twenty years after Offa 's accession . |
| 18 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
| 19 | The crusaders had returned to their interstellar castle — which flew onward from nowhere to nowhere just as it had done for many millennia , and must continue to do for many millennia more . |