Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best defence here is to go underground as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | Ions are fine for probing electrically conducting materials because the charge they carry to the specimen is carried away as fast as it builds up . |
| 3 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
| 4 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
| 5 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
| 6 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
| 7 | Fortunately , telecommunication technology is developing almost as fast as silicon chip technology and is expected to be able to meet the demands that will be made on it by computers and microelectronics over the next few years . |
| 8 | Its influence is felt as far away as the London Underground , which is having its new , networked , interactive time-tabling system , Cart , programmed by a Delhi firm , CMC . |
| 9 | ‘ You have been sacrificed , martyred and cut off in mid-satisfaction , but see it as a noble act for the good of a world-renowned radio station that is admired as far away as Irkutsk , Tristan da Cunha and ( after the recent never-ending Arctic festival ) Greenland . |
| 10 | When the body is bent forward as far as it will go , the leg muscles are held tense and the position maintained for a count of ten . |
| 11 | In the field of New Testament studies , it is as if each new discovery , each new assertion , is swallowed up as quickly as it can be made . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you might say , sir , that the patient is coming along as well as could be expected . |
| 13 | Within minutes that now over-brimming confidence is shining through as brightly as her dazzling stage outfit . |
| 14 | ‘ I mean , what if she really is making out as well as she says ? |
| 15 | IF ANYTHING is falling apart as fast as Britain 's Victorian infrastructure it is Britain 's post-war infrastructure . |
| 16 | The first thing to do is get up as quickly as possible , so practise falling down in all directions and jumping up again as fast as you can — until the whole movement becomes automatic . |