Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [that] " in BNC.

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31 While the bottom-dwelling or burrowing bivalves mostly have a pair of strong muscles to pull the valves together , in the swimming forms the muscles have become modified so that there is one particularly powerful muscle , centrally placed , to produce the powerful clapping movement that propels the animal through the water .
32 The slapping block can also knock the incoming punch sideways , but the blocking hand must be retrieved as quickly as possible so that it can act as a guard .
33 Whether you are moving to another part of the country or going abroad let us know as soon as possible so that we can publicise details of your property to maximum effect .
34 The variety Nottingham has the best fruits , which must be left on the tree as long as possible so that they become ‘ bletted ’ — dark brown and softly squidgy .
35 I am only interested in getting your name back to the Red Cross as soon as possible so that your mother and father will be saved unnecessary worry .
36 Spell out your action plan as precisely as possible so that you are clear what you have to do and that it is realistic .
37 Work will then start as soon as possible so that major conurbations at least are cabled by 1986 .
38 Provided that they have done so , and that the child has been matched with them as carefully as possible so that they can best meet his or her needs , their situation is likely to be no different from that of any other family with teenagers .
39 As you are lying with the books under your head , bring your feet as near to your buttocks as is comfortably possible so that your knees are pointing to the ceiling .
40 I usually do this as little as possible so that the children stay in the game a long time .
41 When entertaining , much depends on the kind of entertainment you like , and what adaptations may be possible so that it is still a pleasure and not a strain .
42 Not something to be removed as quickly as possible so that all is decent again and the proper rituals of mourning can begin .
43 If drilling use a very sharp drill and hold it straight , drilling onto wood if possible so that it does n't crack the jar
44 If an organisation is market leader and has a size and presence which can ensure that manpower planning is possible so that most jobs can be filled from graduate entry , then the need for an executive search firm is probably limited to a few specialist or technical appointments .
45 Joint treatment protocols should be extended to the community pharmacy wherever possible so that local practices know what the pharmacist will sell .
46 But the partisan warfare went on : Walter Long and his PPS , Sir William Bull ( who had been on the Conference himself ) , reacted angrily to complaints from the agents and suggested that the professional organizers wanted to keep the system as complicated as possible so that they could keep their pay and privileges .
47 We feel that all doctors or other qualified individuals seeing a myocardial infarction for the first time should consider thrombolytic therapy as early as possible so that the maximum amount of myocardium can be salvaged .
48 As I said , spring ninety four is gon na be the latest date for the site we want to start that phase as early as possible so that we can then get onto to the other phase as early as possible because we obviously do n't particularly want to wait until nineteen ninety five ninety six to , to finish the whole thing .
49 There have to be , there are particular reasons why er after revolutionary upheavals you very often get authoritarian forms of government and I would say in Russia and i i in a sense it 's linked with Harold 's question as well about erm the Chinese following a Stalinist model of economic reconstruction think what you 've actually got in Russia is not this sort of mass hankering after authoritarianism but you 've got a situation where the bureaucracy that controls a completely devastated , backward economy , which is what they 've actually got in the early nineteen twenties , where the working class democracy has just disappeared really with , with the , with the economic collapse , with the factories shutting down , with all of the old communist party militants going into the Red Army or getting sucked into the state bureaucracy with that sort of complete collapse really , economically and socially and politically , you 've got a situation where the central priority of the leadership is to build up Russian industry as quickly as possible so that Russia has got the armed forces it needs
50 As to the poor , Lord Mamey 's solutions are simple : emigration on a large scale and the destruction of as many cottages as possible so that the population of his parishes is not increased .
51 In 1839 , the year of the Chartist petition to Parliament ( itself precipitated by the Act ) , Disraeli 's delinquent Lord Marney is pulling down as many of his cottages as possible so that the poor do not become a charge upon his parish .
52 In the circumstances , however , the period of remand should clearly be as short as possible so that an early decision may be made on the full evidence .
53 Prey animals , such as rabbits and ducks , need to observe as much of their surroundings as possible so that predators do not catch them unawares .
54 She hoped the departure would be as early as possible so that she and Joshua could go over to Leeds for the birth of their first grandchild .
55 Please arrange for the solicitor to come as soon as possible so that I can sign the necessary papers .
56 It is helpful if trainers have as much information as possible so that they can set the context for trainees at the time of the viewing .
57 If you believe you may be entitled to special relief and have not completed a form please request one as soon as possible so that your entitlement may be assessed .
58 I 'd like the Laboratory building checked first , and as quickly as possible so that the staff can get back to work .
59 Get this as early as possible so that ATC can fit you into their traffic .
60 So then he sank onto the floor , to make himself as small as possible so that he could wait out the agony .
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