Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] as " in BNC.

  Previous page   Next page
No Sentence
31 She had already met this young man , when he had last come to pay his rent , and found him startlingly different from the Welsh boys of her acquaintance — a big , silent boy with disillusioned , almond-shaped eyes sunk above high cheek bones , a boy who had stared unblinkingly at her until she had begun to blush with embarrassment , so that she had felt stripped , not only physically but mentally as well .
32 The counsellor should try to achieve a more equitable balance by enabling the weaker individual to present feelings and needs as coherently and forcefully as possible , perhaps by clarifying and expanding on what is said .
33 Finally , we plan to draft a letter to the churches of North America , communicating the meaning and effect of this Consultation … so that its learnings and imperatives and resulting activities can be brought to bear as powerfully and quickly as possible .
34 There was a a lot of shops on and then as across the road there used to be a Road and there used to be a lot of shops there .
35 If their hours of work can also be limited to less than 16 hours a week , then these workers will also fall outside the employment protection legislation , which means they can be used even more flexibly and cheaply as they then forgo rights to certain occupational benefits ( which now comprise a further 9 per cent of labour costs ) .
36 Her heart seemed to be beating very slowly and loudly as she looked down it .
37 Tate spoke slowly and precisely as though each word was carefully selected , examined and polished before being released .
38 When he took not the slightest notice of her demand Laura closed her eyes , forcing herself to breathe slowly and deeply as she desperately tried to pull herself together .
39 Then , as slowly and deliberately as before , Macmillan drew from an inside pocket of his coat a smallish piece of paper and raised it to within a couple of inches of his right eye .
40 Right and then as we go along what have we got going along ?
41 More or less as soon as the subject has settled into Stage 2 sleep , at the beginning of the night , larger slow waves begin to appear in the EEG , whose frequency is less than 2Hz .
42 From there they rode to Dunvegan , either more or less as the crow flies by a drovers ' trail , or coming down from Greshornish to join what is now the A850 , at a point about half-way between Portree and their destination , Dunvegan Castle .
43 as so , more or less as soon as he 'd said hello he said erm thirty two and two minutes past the hour , they 're your trains .
44 Once or twice as they waited for the ceremonial to begin he saw the eyes of the Annamese sovereign shift anxiously in their direction and he dabbed occasionally at his pale perspiring face with a silken handkerchief that he held concealed in one of his voluminous sleeves .
45 And those breasts Dan ogled her innocently and unashamedly as he approached her , and continued to gawk over his shoulder after passing .
46 And the new life , the Christian life , is described concisely and clearly as being different from the old way .
47 She would concentrate on the job in hand instead , and get it done as quickly and cleanly as possible .
48 Keep going forward ? attacking all the time ; try to overwhelm him as quickly and finally as possible .
49 However , until that stage is reached , all we can do is to ensure that the animals whose flesh we devour are given the best possible lifestyle and are then despatched as quickly and painlessly as possible .
50 The night before , and through the morning into the afternoon , the Wolverines had rampaged from level to level , always moving as quickly and confusingly as they could .
51 But though Catherine was clearly disappointed by its failure to produce a new code of laws as quickly and easily as she had hoped , and perhaps not very reluctant to end its activities , there is no doubt of the sincerity of her motives in calling it .
52 An essential part of the research process is to be able to locate the data required as quickly and easily as possible .
53 Midland Car Loans have been specially developed to put you on the road as quickly and simply as possible .
54 The job of the buyers is to assess the health needs of people in their area and then see that those needs are met as quickly and effectively as possible .
55 In general , DCSLs attempt to complete the proposal and book selection phases in Minor schools as quickly and effectively as possible , in the knowledge that similar processes in their Major schools are likely to be more lengthy , complex and demanding of staff time and resources .
56 The efficiency of biological effluent treatment depends purely on whether or not the bugs do their job properly , digesting as much carbon material as quickly and effectively as possible .
57 The final objective of this molecular information analysis system ( MIAS ) is to help the customer achieve key research objectives as quickly and efficiently as possible .
58 Friendly , helpful service will be with you within 24 hours — and things will be put right a quickly and efficiently as possible .
59 In the final analysis it must be recognised that the ECMs are demand determined , their ability to provide large loans quickly and efficiently as required by banks , multinational corporations and governments being the main justification for their existence .
60 The aim of every cross country rider is to negotiate a variety of obstacles as quickly and safely as possible .
  Previous page   Next page