Example sentences of "[to-vb] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miranda wants to know as soon as you 're allowed visitors . |
| 2 | Hamilton wanted to know as soon as the door was closed . |
| 3 | He has his own truth , but the role is merely a Jewish fantasy figure : the successful failure , the yearned for anti-self of all dissatisfied successes , a figure to cosset as well as patronise . ’ |
| 4 | Petards were unreliable and apt to detonate as soon as a match came anywhere near the fuse , resulting in the hapless sapper being blown up or ‘ hoist by his own petard ’ . |
| 5 | A couple of days later Maureen whispered to him that she and Chris were going to meet as before and just take every opportunity to be together . |
| 6 | If the family finances have been badly affected by the patient 's stroke , you may have to go to work as well as making provision for caring for the patient . |
| 7 | ‘ After she had Sophie two years ago she continued to work as well as be a great mother . |
| 8 | Spencer said easily , ‘ I think you might have been a little more enthusiastic about such lovely slippers , they are a work of art , you must be very pleased to find someone with the talent to work as well as the best London shoemakers and at a fraction of the price , if I 'm any judge . ’ |
| 9 | Many old people tell their elderly friends , in confidence , that although they worry sometimes about various things in the house that need attention and are beyond their capabilities , they do n't like to keep mentioning ‘ this and that ’ to their children when they visit , as they are only too delighted to see them and feel it is a bit hard to put them to work as soon as they arrive . |
| 10 | And , of course , she 'll want to get back to work as soon as the staff are allowed into the laboratory . |
| 11 | I 'll be back to work as soon as the doctors let me . |
| 12 | The Provo , Utah company says the addition of the software will make networked applications simpler to write as well as easier to update and maintain , without the need for major rewrites , and that applications based on HD-DOMS technology will have the advantages of being interoperable across diverse computing environments and tightly integrated into NetWare 's distributed network services . |
| 13 | And Abeniaf was in great trouble at this which was said openly concerning him , and he sent privily to the Cid , telling him to come as soon as might be . |
| 14 | I want you to come as soon as you can . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We had expected her to come as well but we have now been told it is highly unlikely . ’ |
| 16 | After all this it should not be surprising to find as well that the man in charge of Provincial 's finances is also responsible for strategic planning and overseas operations spanning Kenya , East Asia and Australia . |
| 17 | It is clear that the derivation of the high number of word paths from mid-classes and the problem of filtering them out at the lexical access stage means that syntactic/semantic information must be brought to bear as soon as words are accessed . |
| 18 | It also shaped his own priorities : in 1958 , he returned not just with the aim of saving France 's honour , but with a clear vision of a new regime that he intended to found as well as a hard-won wisdom about how best to realize his vision . |
| 19 | They also indicated that they would surrender their arms to ECOMOG as soon as the NPFL had done so . |
| 20 | You will see that this has been written to inform as well as to influence , in order to widen debate on sustainable development in Wales . |
| 21 | More usually , ads for these types of product can be found with extensive and detailed copy — but copy designed to sell as well as , sometimes , inform . |
| 22 | I was careful to behave as well as possible , to persuade the King to give me my freedom . |
| 23 | Well they 're easy to destroy as well but we wo n't we wo n't go into that . |
| 24 | If attention and eyes are on the washing-up , it is unwise to try to speechread as well and frustrating to stop in the middle to look at the speaker ( possibly expensive in breakages too ! ) |
| 25 | Its unique diffuser attachment features a double-sided cup which simply flips over to smooth as well as curl ! |
| 26 | The religious work centred on evangelism : George Cadbury supported ‘ Free Church parishes ’ in order better to coordinate as well as to encourage evangelistic effort . |
| 27 | It may seem at times that there is little common ground between the two generations , but if a parent is patient and ready to take an interest , and to listen as well as to give advice or pass criticism , there is plenty to talk about and share together . |
| 28 | Parents need to listen as well as to talk and to let it be seen that they recognize the teenager 's viewpoint , even when they take an opposite view . |
| 29 | If he was to rule as well as reign he himself had to overthrow Mortimer and Isabella and to do so in a way which would not enhance the power of the magnates . |
| 30 | In the building accounts of the Queen 's College , Oxford , Townesend is referred to as ‘ architecto ’ whereas his father , who had worked there previously , was described as ‘ lapicidae ’ , a distinction which reflects the fact that , like others of his kind , he was certainly able to design as well as to build ; but the extent to which he did so unaided is not entirely clear , many of the projects in Oxford at this time evidently being the work of more than one mind . |