Example sentences of "quickly as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said nothing , but turned away and walked as quickly as I could towards the stairs and down to the student canteen in the basement . |
| 2 | I was , I must emphasize , determined to find another job — and as quickly as possible . |
| 3 | Then immediately back-pedal as quickly as you can whilst throwing punches . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In particular there is the intriguing finding that some amnesics can learn certain new skills as quickly as normal subjects , even though they are often unable to remember the circumstances in which they learnt them . |
| 6 | PLEASE COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE FORM(s) AND RETURN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND NOT LATER THAN 15 NOVEMBER 1991 . |
| 7 | If so , we want to hear from you as quickly as possible . |
| 8 | He gropes mentally , ‘ straining every nerve in an agonised attempt to divine as quickly as Possible where the trap lay ’ . |
| 9 | This new wave of anonymous buildings , designed to slip as quickly as possible through local authority planning procedures , has ripped the heart out of Hammersmith . |
| 10 | Whatever the answer , do not fall into the trap of imagining that the impact of a flood in one of this year 's drought-ridden rivers will pass as quickly as the time it takes for the river to ‘ look ’ normal again . |
| 11 | However , Lord Marshall 's letter says that because of the Government 's commitment to introduce competition into electricity supply as quickly as possible ‘ alternative arrangements for protecting the security of supply ’ would need to be made , involving a ‘ capacity deficiency scheme ’ . |
| 12 | Medical advice should be sought as quickly as possible . |
| 13 | MacCabe and company had assumed that their location work would prove more than adequate to meet the quota , but then found that they were obliged to do all their processing and post-production work in Hamburg , too -a doubly inconvenient requirement since the local labs are not used to working nearly so quickly as their counterparts in London . |
| 14 | When the explosions eased off a bit , I bade farewell to Pat and got out of the big house as quickly as possible . |
| 15 | Everyone got down very quickly as another shell exploded in the front garden of a cottage across the road . |
| 16 | ‘ Come on , Piper , do n't stand there dozing , let's get away from here as quickly as possible ! ’ |
| 17 | The burden of Russia 's social backwardness could not be thrown off as quickly as the threat of political counterrevolution had been by the end of the Civil War . |
| 18 | She pointed out to him the attraction of publishing so surprising a paper and urged him to do it as quickly as possible . |
| 19 | Since I 'm technically retired I ca n't say that I 'll resign if you disagree with my request — and particularly that we should remove my reconstruction as quickly as is feasible , but I do feel it that strongly and I shall publish whatever you decide . ’ |
| 20 | Moran hardly heard ; all resentment left him as quickly as it had come : McQuaid was here and it was Monaghan Day . |
| 21 | The problem with GPS is that like all new gadgets , the companies are wanting to recover development costs as quickly as possible and they are very expensive . |
| 22 | Tony and I get up as quickly as we can , brushing the snow free from clothes before putting them on so that it will not melt with the heat from our bodies . |
| 23 | This is because enzymes ( proteins that are responsible for carrying out the chemical processes within the body ) act more quickly as the temperature is raised . |
| 24 | A. Simple reaction time When a light is switched on ( or a note is sounded ) a button must be pressed as quickly as possible ; the delay in doing this is measured . |
| 25 | In short , therefore , the best advice for combating jet-lag is to adopt a new routine in accord with your new time zone , to strengthen all possible time-cues , and so to reset the body clock as quickly as possible . |
| 26 | The stern ramp is down almost as quickly as the anchor and the first mexeflote raft is soon manoeuvring into position … . |
| 27 | I book the late meals at 1430 hours for everyone , and organise the loading of fifty pallets for the exercise — working through lunch to get the vessel away as quickly as possible . |
| 28 | He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife . |
| 29 | ‘ Most of us just hope this will be over as quickly as possible and that the Americans go home , ’ a diplomat said . |
| 30 | However , the world 's preponderance of very poor people want to get richer as quickly as they can and are probably not too concerned if they do so at the expense of the environment . |