Example sentences of "fast as " in BNC.

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1 All this applies to open-ground sowings , and of course it is the crops from these that move fastest as they suffer no transplanting adjustments .
2 I ran away as fast as I could along the pavement .
3 I can run as fast as Magnus when I try .
4 You follow as fast as you can . ’
5 She always mentions them in her winner 's speech but maybe the players taking part should take a moment to think what makes it possible for them to perform , and maybe say ‘ thank you ’ for all the years of loyalty from these people , instead of getting away from them as fast as they can .
6 The knees must come up as fast as possible to waist height .
7 The brewers of these beers want to produce them as fast as possible and use chemical additives to speed up fermentation , cut down on yeast head to get more liquid into the fermenters and to produce a beer with a thick head of foam .
8 Over-optimism at the Treasury Through the summer , the signs of a slowdown in domestic demand had come reasonably on cue : the inflation figures duly peaked , retail sales tailed off , even labour costs did not accelerate as fast as feared .
9 We want to grow as fast as we can . ’
10 Although police remove the illegally-parked cars almost as fast as they are abandoned , the local body responsible for administering parking is insisting that someone pay the hefty excess charges incurred by the prolonged presence of other cars in legal spaces .
11 Weiner says that in the Eighties we 've gone past the ‘ grazing ’ stage , in which we picked at this and that all day long , to ‘ refuelling ’ : the pit-stop in which we shovel food in our mouths as fast as we can .
12 Throughout , his banter came as thick and fast as softshelled crab , only halting as he paused to take a slurp from his Dixie Beer or to wipe the steam off the camera lens .
13 This looks like the best return available on income bonds but investors should move fast as these offers tend to be fully subscribed very quickly .
14 We both got out of the jeep as fast as we could and sprinted in the direction of the slit trenches .
15 As the son of a school-inspector and a typical representative of the pre-Soviet intelligentsia , Lenin was torn between the conflicting needs of creating a politically and culturally conscious nation as fast as possible , yet at the same time ensuring that vulgarized , superficial agitation did not become a substitute for thoroughgoing education on a broad base .
16 Prime costs for newspaper production were rising fast as supporting industries and services demanded real payment under khozraschet conditions .
17 Of course , if prices generally do rise , the value of money falls with all sorts of unpleasant consequences for the classes who can not raise their money incomes as fast as others , and , in the case of Britain particularly , for the national balance of payments .
18 I am terrified and run home as fast as I can .
19 In spite of the recession the PSBR continued to fall , though not as fast as had been forecast .
20 If initiatives of this kind are sustained , and matched by measures which increase the informals ' security once they are in business , the sector can certainly gather greater strength and has the potential to generate jobs almost as fast as the urban population grows , but at very low levels of income , and in the form of enterprises where investment and technology is minimal .
21 My heart would suddenly start beating very fast as though my life was beating out of me .
22 Subjectively it feels every bit as fast as its maker claims , but what really impresses is the torque .
23 Below right : Brabham BT55 used lie-flat BMW turbo and was knee-high to a grasshopper , but was never half as fast as it looked
24 I run fast as I can at the window , but it still wo n't break .
25 Defensive positions must be prepared as fast as possible .
26 Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can .
27 As fast as the Prince could comply , however , the press were trying to marry him off .
28 Diana had gathered together a small staff who were learning the ropes as fast as she was .
29 The charity 's national organizer , Vivienne Parry , set about finding some mothers-to-be to meet the Princess ; but as fast as she found them , they went into labour .
30 Despite its impressive growth it represents only 5 per cent of the total population and is not growing as fast as evangelical sects .
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