Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] possible [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | speaking as much as possible like a native speaker |
| 2 | The packages I 've looked at should , in different degrees , allow you to draw or paint as naturally as possible with a mouse . |
| 3 | c Models Experience suggests that the principle of keeping sufferers as long as possible at home is interpreted in different ways by different agencies . |
| 4 | ‘ Would you do a marathon of keeping your feet off the ground for as long as possible with Les Dawson ? ’ |
| 5 | The prime objective was to keep plateau production going for as long as possible through increased recovery and satellites . |
| 6 | But , despite her hunger , she took as long as possible over the simple meal , desperately trying to stave off the moment when they would have nothing to do except talk or sleep . |
| 7 | Finally , by postponing sexual maturity by the same token , neotenous trends in human evolution ensured that young males stayed as long as possible under the protection of the parental group before being ejected and having to begin to fend for themselves . |
| 8 | Leave this on as long as possible for maximum results . |
| 9 | Rachel wants to make sure her DHSS chit is acceptable and her luggage is still there , and I 'm wondering where we can go this evening to find something to eat , and to spend as long as possible outside that cubicle . |
| 10 | The aim of these and other schemes is to provide flexible cost-effective services responsive to the needs of the frail elderly and designed to keep them as long as possible in their own homes rather than an institutional environment . |
| 11 | As Stedman Jones has shown , marriage was often portrayed as a ‘ comic disaster ’ ; marriage was necessary , especially for the woman , but was best to be resisted for as long as possible by the man . |
| 12 | Leave the meat for as long as possible before cooking . |
| 13 | Exporters , on the other hand , will hold back as long as possible before shipping their exports : if the rate does fall , they will earn more sterling per dollar 's worth of exports . |
| 14 | Transfer the fish from one system to the other as gently as possible with the minimum of stress . |
| 15 | Mozart , knowing that his father would be devastated by the news , sought to prepare him as gently as possible for it by writing to him that she was gravely ill and at the same time writing to their close friend , Bullinger , telling him the whole story , in the hope that Bullinger could support and comfort his father and sister when he finally broke the news to them , which he was intending to do in a second letter to his father . |
| 16 | ‘ I pray you , ’ he added , ‘ come over if possible by eleven o'clock that we may have Wordsworths Tragedy read under the Trees . ’ |
| 17 | We choose to use the outer thirds because we want the line to be drawn between two points as far away as possible without being so far out that they risk being unreliable . |
| 18 | She sat in a corner on an antique settle as far away as possible from the blazing open fire . |
| 19 | In the spring of 1940 John Avison and I rounded up a group of like-minded radio people with the object of renting a large house as far away as possible from downtown Vancouver . |
| 20 | So always after that I would make sure I had a job to do as far away as possible from the scene , because it upset me a lot . |
| 21 | The driver sought out the agreed parking space which was as far away as possible from the canteen and shop complex . |
| 22 | All she could do was to give Adam the completed programs , and then keep as far away as possible from Lynx and the man who ran it . |
| 23 | Merrill thought , as she sat in the car as far away as possible from him . |
| 24 | ‘ Aye , as far away as possible from this room , ’ fitzAlan agreed ironically . |
| 25 | He chose to be a marine engineer reckoning to go as far away as possible from the wastes of Leith and hoping to see the world . |
| 26 | THINK TIGHT , think sharp , think as far away as possible from the recent loose flowing , Eastern hippy influences . |
| 27 | Keep a little box of french chalk or talc handy to keep your hands ‘ lubricated ’ so that the skin slides as easily as possible over the handles , and so reduces the likelihood of friction . |
| 28 | This contrasts with unfitted bedroom furniture , such as wardrobes , chests of drawers and dressing tables , which are a set size and have to fit as best as possible into the space available , often leaving awkward gaps . |
| 29 | There was nothing to be gained by worrying further , so he settled himself as comfortably as possible against the trunk of the tree . |
| 30 | The Doctor settled Rosheen as comfortably as possible in a chair . |