Example sentences of "as [is] possible [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The genealogist who has traced his family tree as far back as is possible through the use of the civil registration records kept at St Catherine 's House , London , and local registry offices then turns naturally to the baptism , marriage and burial registers of the Church of England for the preceding generations . |
| 2 | It is as comprehensive as is possible at the present time . |
| 3 | We lack the information necessary to relate it with confidence to specific plate tectonic events , as is possible for the Cretaceous , but the Cambrian sea-level rise might well have been a consequence of opening of the Iapetus Ocean , with the growth of a spreading ridge ( Anderton , 1980 , 1982 ) . |
| 4 | What I 'm arguing for tonight is that given that we 've relatively recent boundary change , the people have just about got used to it , so by and large er it does n't seem to have huge numbers of demerits as far as the city is concerned and that we are now very , very close , as close as is possible to the norm for the average constituency size that we actually endorse the boundary commissions proposals and leave well alone and the second part of the motion merely says to a neighbouring authority , y'know , please in some senses be punctilious about not to suddenly decide to poke your noses into something way beyond your it 's not just a couple of parishes on the south boundary , a couple of parishes from from the north of their but actually way to our area but what candidly I can only see as a rather partisan er er |
| 5 | If the votes are 50% , 30% and 20% for parties A , B and C respectively , then PR means that Party A must have 50% of the seats , Party B 30% and Party C 20% — or if not exactly those percentages , then percentages as close to them as is possible within the constraints of whatever system is being used . |
| 6 | The result is an instrument that comes as close as is possible in the late 20th century to making the sounds the composers and musicians of the 16th century expected to hear . |
| 7 | ‘ She and Commander Laurence will be living together in as normal a family life as is possible in the circumstances . ’ |
| 8 | On the other hand , he is suspicious of nutshell knowledge and footnote knowledge , and he wants as full an explanation of everything that is relevant as is possible in the time allowed . |
| 9 | A successful strategy will protect the business as far as is possible from the competitive forces which are found in any business sector , such as supplier power , buyer power , threat of new entrants , threat of substitution and competitive rivalry . |