Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] soon as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Home Office Code under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [ PACE ] requires that as soon as a suspect arrives at a police station , they should be told by the custody officer of their right to independent , free legal advice . |
| 2 | They believed that as soon as a person died their spirit attached itself to the family left behind . |
| 3 | We now are setting into motion a new system , whereby the PAs to the Head of Groups/Sectors keep copies of the Christian Aid self-certificate form and should ensure that as soon as a member of staff returns from their sick leave they fill it in . |
| 4 | The chief executive or clerk of the authority will for the purpose of avoiding disqualification under this provision usually prepare the form in readiness so that as soon as the councillor is elected he may make the declaration as required . |
| 5 | The committee resolved that as soon as the inventory was complete , such articles afterwards considered useless should not be disposed of until the committee itself had dealt with the matter . |
| 6 | The recession that we 've gone through in materials and elsewhere in the economy has taught us , or should have taught us I believe , a very clear lesson and that is that we must end the situation that 's in the building materials industry where our members rely for a reasonable standard of living on bonus earnings the problem being of course that as soon as the recession starts to bite , then the bonus pay becomes very vulnerable to attack and reduction by the employers . |
| 7 | He argued that as soon as the council acknowledged their duty to secure accommodation for the plaintiff which they did by writing their letter of 8 March 1991 , the plaintiff acquired a private law right to the provision of suitable accommodation , which right he could enforce in the county court . |
| 8 | The Chancery Court held that as soon as the Court made the s 24 order , it was treated as a disposition by Mr Flint , and since he was bankrupt , the disposition of his interest was void unless ratified . |
| 9 | Pietro has flown in from London and he 's assured me that as soon as the gang make contact the matter will be resolved without further delay . |
| 10 | ( 1 ) It is a well-known custom that as soon as the siren of a fire-engine is heard , other vehicles should pull up at the side of the road , in order to afford free passage . |
| 11 | The instructions with this recipe which came from an old horseman 's notebook were : Set this mixture by the wind ; that is , the horseman was advised to stand in the wind so that as soon as the colt or horse scented him he would advance towards him . |
| 12 | He wanted a promise that as soon as the baby appeared he should be sent for , ‘ even in the dead of night ’ so that he might be the first to kiss it . |
| 13 | My own need to feel that I am ‘ doing ’ something is happily satisfied by the continued repetition involved in LM 's , safe in the knowledge that as soon as the vitality has had enough it will say so . |
| 14 | But at the same time , it is clear that as soon as the war was over the purely economic contradictions were bound to be excessively aggravated . |
| 15 | With a faint smile , he pushed the door wide and , knowing very well that as soon as the bell was heard all would look towards the door , kissed her . |
| 16 | A farmer friend — I do have some — said to me , ’ You realise that as soon as the quota was introduced dairy farmers put more sheep on land that previously was used for cows . ’ |
| 17 | You are kept constantly informed of progress and as soon as a purchaser has been introduced we will negotiate to obtain the best price . |
| 18 | We adopted the position and as soon as the issue 's resolved the better so I 'm somewhat reluctant in saying that Jack Straw could be less equivocal about C C T rather than concerning himself with what is written on the back of his party card . |
| 19 | They ordered , and as soon as the girl was walking away Alison started in again |
| 20 | And as soon as the parent opens up and or they 're moving , and or they 're moving into the area , there 's the advertising for them . |
| 21 | Do n't go along the road trying to keep yourself a nice separation distance and as soon as the tail end of another lorry has passed you flash him in and then you 're like this . |
| 22 | and as soon as the sun goes in it starts t to freeze again ! |
| 23 | All the necessary investigative and follow-up actions were taken and as soon as the problem was known local general practitioners were informed . |
| 24 | Feeling dejected , she tried to push the questions from her mind , and as soon as the register formalities had been completed she left the office and went to see if she could assist Matt with the loading of the barbecue trailer . |
| 25 | You 'd go through to the back place and as soon as the licensee saw you , there 's two pints . |
| 26 | They 'd been itching to do something to help for all this time , and as soon as the campaign started they rushed into action . |
| 27 | I waltzed across the floor with the scarred Lieutenant and as soon as the song was finished it was put on again . |
| 28 | Meanwhile young George Stevens had run for the policeman and as soon as the man made off he was cornered by a party of men returning to the factory . |
| 29 | A turning point may be reached if income starts to rise at a decreasing rate ; investment will start to fall and as soon as the fall in investment exceeds the rise in consumption , income will start to fall . |
| 30 | It 's kind of stupid but it 's kind of funny if you know what I mean cos the baby do n't talk and as soon as the Mum and Dad 's out of the room it 's let's go and find the chocolate . |