Example sentences of "as [adv] [subord] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not give the hon. Gentleman that figure at the moment , but it is essential that we use NHS buildings as effectively as we can . |
| 2 | The Scottish National Party deputy leader , Allan Macartney , said that Highlands and Islands needs had been accentuated by recent job losses , and forecast : ‘ The UK will never press our case for regional funding as effectively as we could . |
| 3 | I think we all feel we would like more central capital funding , but without it , it 's quite proper that we make er the best of use of the , of the assets we 've got , and we were n't using all our estate as effectively as we might , so for the last few years , we 've had a very vigorous programme of identifying land and buildings that are no longer required , and putting them on the market and thereby enabling us to build new facilities . |
| 4 | I think what was in the village news it arose out of those children 's survey down there and what happened was that Mrs did n't think we 'd er put in perhaps as politely as we should . |
| 5 | We must also pursue nuclear non-proliferation as vigorously as we can . |
| 6 | Even in the very early days of the company , we were aware of the importance of recruitment selection and training and we would not have been able to grow as successfully as we have without it ’ , says |
| 7 | After she had been with us a fortnight we told her , as gently as we could , that she was never going back … |
| 8 | ‘ We will continue with the fight for as long as we can , ’ Mother Catherine said . |
| 9 | The Intifada was perhaps the most convincing refutation ever of the time- honoured , complacent dogma that ‘ the status quo can last as long as we want it to . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ All I know is that for as long as we go on winning , the challenge is on and Bath ca n't squeeze past for the title . |
| 11 | The alternative is to try to hang on , for as long as we can , to a form of athletic competition in which the participants at least claim to be just the same as the rest of us , only better-built by nature . |
| 12 | That Madam , Gary used to say , she 's been forty for as long as we 've known her . |
| 13 | The first items unpacked were trout-rods ; and they stayed up , ready and waiting for instant use for as long as we lived there . |
| 14 | We waited in the safety of the cellar for as long as we could , but there was no ‘ All Clear . ’ |
| 15 | Sophisticated dyes and colourings make it possible to hide this sign of age for as long as we wish and those in public life may , unfortunately , believe that only by covering the tell-tale grey will they maintain their credibility as energetic and creative top people . |
| 16 | Perhaps this is why it sleeps twice as long as we do , making up in length of slumber what it lacks in depth . |
| 17 | Wooden dowel has been used for kite spars for as long as we can recall . |
| 18 | ‘ We want to win for as long as we can because it would be a long way to go for just one game . |
| 19 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 20 | I 've found a place where we can sleep safely for as long as we like . " |
| 21 | Whatever we want from our lives now — the Booker Prize , a recording contract , a promotion , a Porsche convertible , the girl at the Virgin Megastore checkout desk — we can not possibly have coveted it for as long as we have cherished dreams of football glory , dreams which have remained fundamentally unchanged since childhood . |
| 22 | He then astonished us by lending us a jeep , with its driver , Abu , for as long as we needed it . |
| 23 | ‘ That was believed important , for with the Enchantment useless , we knew that we had to keep the Wolfline alive for as long as we could . |
| 24 | We want to increase , we want er we want to be at for as long as we can . |
| 25 | Provide employment for as long as we can . |
| 26 | We 'll be coming back for as long as we can . |
| 27 | We do n't have to worry as much as we used to about its being misused by the party state apparatus for corrupt erm , then of course there 's , them , the , the , the problem of longer term aid , how we help the Soviet Union integrate itself into the world economy . |
| 28 | We only brought you and the boy as swiftly as we could to Andernesse . ’ |
| 29 | We sang All things bright and beautiful as loud as we could and tucked into the tea-table contributions of aunts , cousins and friends with rare gusto . |
| 30 | Bob Platt and I pressed for a bowler as fiercely as we could , but to no avail . |