Example sentences of "[adv] fast as " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it spread , its uses diversified so fast as to make any introduction to twelfth-century sources on the scale attempted in the earlier parts of the book ( pp. 17–26 , 124–32 ) impossible . |
| 2 | She would n't have believed that he could move so fast as , with a rushing like that of fluid from a punctured sac , the rotten body comes slithering out in a wave of its own juices . |
| 3 | Richard was still not allowed to speak — he was not recovering quite so fast as had been expected — and he could make little reply when Laura told him that this was exactly the kind of thing she had expected all along , and that she would see about disposing of Lord Jim immediately . |
| 4 | ‘ Not so fast as I 'd like , ’ she says . |
| 5 | I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night 's urine smells like cat shit this morning . |
| 6 | I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement . |
| 7 | I can run as fast as Magnus when I try . |
| 8 | You follow as fast as you can . ’ |
| 9 | She always mentions them in her winner 's speech but maybe the players taking part should take a moment to think what makes it possible for them to perform , and maybe say ‘ thank you ’ for all the years of loyalty from these people , instead of getting away from them as fast as they can . |
| 10 | The knees must come up as fast as possible to waist height . |
| 11 | The brewers of these beers want to produce them as fast as possible and use chemical additives to speed up fermentation , cut down on yeast head to get more liquid into the fermenters and to produce a beer with a thick head of foam . |
| 12 | Over-optimism at the Treasury Through the summer , the signs of a slowdown in domestic demand had come reasonably on cue : the inflation figures duly peaked , retail sales tailed off , even labour costs did not accelerate as fast as feared . |
| 13 | We want to grow as fast as we can . ’ |
| 14 | Although police remove the illegally-parked cars almost as fast as they are abandoned , the local body responsible for administering parking is insisting that someone pay the hefty excess charges incurred by the prolonged presence of other cars in legal spaces . |
| 15 | Weiner says that in the Eighties we 've gone past the ‘ grazing ’ stage , in which we picked at this and that all day long , to ‘ refuelling ’ : the pit-stop in which we shovel food in our mouths as fast as we can . |
| 16 | We both got out of the jeep as fast as we could and sprinted in the direction of the slit trenches . |
| 17 | As the son of a school-inspector and a typical representative of the pre-Soviet intelligentsia , Lenin was torn between the conflicting needs of creating a politically and culturally conscious nation as fast as possible , yet at the same time ensuring that vulgarized , superficial agitation did not become a substitute for thoroughgoing education on a broad base . |
| 18 | Of course , if prices generally do rise , the value of money falls with all sorts of unpleasant consequences for the classes who can not raise their money incomes as fast as others , and , in the case of Britain particularly , for the national balance of payments . |
| 19 | I am terrified and run home as fast as I can . |
| 20 | In spite of the recession the PSBR continued to fall , though not as fast as had been forecast . |
| 21 | If initiatives of this kind are sustained , and matched by measures which increase the informals ' security once they are in business , the sector can certainly gather greater strength and has the potential to generate jobs almost as fast as the urban population grows , but at very low levels of income , and in the form of enterprises where investment and technology is minimal . |
| 22 | Subjectively it feels every bit as fast as its maker claims , but what really impresses is the torque . |
| 23 | Below right : Brabham BT55 used lie-flat BMW turbo and was knee-high to a grasshopper , but was never half as fast as it looked |
| 24 | Defensive positions must be prepared as fast as possible . |
| 25 | Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can . |
| 26 | As fast as the Prince could comply , however , the press were trying to marry him off . |
| 27 | Diana had gathered together a small staff who were learning the ropes as fast as she was . |
| 28 | The charity 's national organizer , Vivienne Parry , set about finding some mothers-to-be to meet the Princess ; but as fast as she found them , they went into labour . |
| 29 | Despite its impressive growth it represents only 5 per cent of the total population and is not growing as fast as evangelical sects . |
| 30 | Brutality , as Hill describes and felt it , was a bitter part of his prison life ; you just learnt to get down on the floor as fast as you could and cover up as best you could . |