Example sentences of "out as [adv] as possible " in BNC.
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| 31 | These were checked against a lexicon as they were produced so that unacceptable letter strings could be ruled out as early as possible . |
| 32 | Gather up the trimmings and roll out as thinly as possible . |
| 33 | At Garrigues , most of us tried to hold out as long as possible , preferring constipation to the risks of having a crap . |
| 34 | Well erm you kept it out as long as possible but the weather spoilt it and the more you turned it , the bla blacker it came . |
| 35 | The one thing that seems to be doing now is to string it out as long as possible . |
| 36 | Since this is a controversial subject , on which the weight of scholarly opinion probably still supports Böhmer 's thesis that the documents already existed in their contaminated form in 1072 , and were used by Lanfranc in this form , it will perhaps help to clarify a complicated issue if I set out as bluntly as possible the reasons which seem to me to point decisively to 1120 as the date at which the forged additions were inserted into the texts . |
| 37 | But in order to achieve them you need to work out as precisely as possible what knowledge , concepts , skills and attitudes it is you want to develop . |
| 38 | It is necessary to find out as precisely as possible how often it was committed , whether or not there were regional variations in its frequency , and if there were changes over time . |
| 39 | The law relating to family settlements was therefore concerned with the ways in which limited interests could be created in favour of various members of the family , stretching out as far as possible into the future . |
| 40 | In order to get the bait out as far as possible , the lead weight was swung round and round , ever faster , and then released . |
| 41 | These areas of flexibility need to be defined very carefully and the possible options spelled out as far as possible , for in a tightly knit plan a sudden deviation at one point can set off a chain reaction of confusion throughout the plan . |
| 42 | Bett and I also like to ‘ dine ’ out as often as possible and we now know some very good and cheap pub lunches around South Lancs and North Cheshire ( not to mention Greater Manchester and Merseyside ) . |
| 43 | A favourite trick was to breathe out as hard as possible , to make the rubber at the side of the face make a noise rather like that of a whoopee cushion . |
| 44 | He looked carefully for antagonisms and smoothed them out as unobtrusively as possible . |
| 45 | This impression is confirmed by a conversation Eliot had with George Seferis , the Greek poet , in which he explained how uncomfortable he felt when he was forced to take shelter in an underground station during the blitz : " I would feel the need to get out as quickly as possible , to escape all those faces gathered there , to escape all that humanity " . |
| 46 | Get the computer people to clear out as quickly as possible . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | She had a burning need to get this ridiculous misunderstanding sorted out as quickly as possible . |
| 49 | ‘ I think there 's every reason to get them out as quickly as possible , ’ she persisted . |
| 50 | We must get in , do the job and get out as quickly as POSSIBLE — leaving the place as the public have a right to find it . |