Example sentences of "as [adj] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer of 1939 Boulestin left as usual to spend his holidays in the house he had built for himself in the Landes . |
| 2 | We therefore invert B and iterate on B-1 as usual to obtain our solution . |
| 3 | He 's stuck it in his shop window because he says it 's so ridiculous he wants as many people as possible to see it . |
| 4 | He 's stuck it in his shop window because he says it 's so ridiculous he wants as many people as possible to see it . |
| 5 | Women in developing countries are generally undereducated because young girls are often taken out of schools as early as possible to allow their mothers to work whilst they take care of younger siblings . |
| 6 | In an attempt to change that , the Census Bureau has launched a vigorous campaign to get as many people as possible to answer its questions . |
| 7 | I can see that I 'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . ’ |
| 8 | It 's our members in these industries who 've been given a hammering since privatization and who need as much support as possible to give them the confidence to face further difficult years ahead . |
| 9 | Encourage as many people as possible to visit you , when you are in hospital . |
| 10 | It 's thought the pilots stayed in the plane as long as possible to steer it away from a row of houses . |
| 11 | So we need as many people as possible to support us . |
| 12 | It was obviously advantageous to record those events and the aftermath as quickly as possible to preserve them for the benefit of those who came after us . |
| 13 | So I had to drive out past him , pull over to the other side of the road as much as possible to let him come through and the other cars come through , then I could come . |
| 14 | Erm and all we ask is that if you if you 've said you 're coming to do a session , that you do actually turn up and if you ca n't then if you can telephone us as early as possible to let us know that you ca n't make it , that 's not a problem . |
| 15 | Wales team manager Rob Norster is determined to give Llanelli 's Lewis as much time as possible to prove his fitness . |
| 16 | In the meantime , a tourism study should be got underway as quickly as possible to ensure we maximise our influence over the WTB 's thinking . |
| 17 | If concurrent investigations are to take place , the purchaser should meet its advisers as early as possible to ensure there is no duplication in the areas to be investigated and , more importantly , that all significant areas are covered in the investigation process . |
| 18 | In the pages that follow , I 'll be trying as frankly as possible to tell you something about myself — my childhood in Devon and Cornwall , my days as a newspaper reporter and those as a lance-corporal in the army ( not to mention the occasional hazardous romance in up-market Port Said ! ) and then , since 1961 , my career in television . |
| 19 | The contract will somewhat quaintly oblige the seller to unfasten as many assets as possible to make them movable . |
| 20 | I asked Jeanne to find as many friends as possible to accompany her on walks with Moby , and to give them control of the lead and take him away to explore without her if they felt confident . |
| 21 | Will representations to other Governments be as strong as possible to encourage them to make the sort of contributions to the know-how fund and to know-how activity that is absolutely crucial for the developing economies in central and eastern Europe , and without which they will never develop democratic politics as well ? |
| 22 | In the three weeks since , Theda had tried as far as possible to keep her so . |
| 23 | Union representatives are particularly concerned to find out as many facts as possible to keep their members fully informed and to negotiate the best deal they can , both for those moving with the firm and those accepting redundancy . |
| 24 | I wanted to get on with the drop — the pilot had been in that freezing water for long enough ! i changed to a right-hand hold , then I talked to my passengers as much as possible to keep them calm and show that everything was under control . |
| 25 | Before embarking on any decoration Laura was determined to research the château 's history as thoroughly as possible to establish what was original and what should be preserved . |
| 26 | So the tactic in a dispute was to persuade as many people as possible to lend their voice , to show concern , and to mediate . |
| 27 | This approach is difficult to reconcile with the principle of supremacy of Community law and would not seem to be the correct way to apply the principle of indirect effect the duty of the national courts to interpret national law as far as possible to bring it into line with Community obligations . |
| 28 | When Muhammad Behbehanian , who was still in Morocco writing to all the Shah 's bankers , told him that he had heard Hassan wanted him out as quickly as possible to understand what had happened and why . |
| 29 | Northern Ireland have now moved into fourth place in the Group Three table , and Bingham said : ‘ I want to finish the series on a high note and obtain as many points as possible to consolidate our FIFA grading position for future tournaments . ’ |
| 30 | Smaller organisations , on the other hand , may well find themselves treading new ground , although the Government is anxious to ensure that there are as few mines as possible to obstruct them . |