Example sentences of "quickly as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved as quickly as a squirrel , half-falling from knot to knot . |
| 2 | In my experience most A&R guys are not so much unhelpful as just plain uninterested ; the ones showing interest perform the most agile of U-turns as quickly as a week later . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The stern ramp is down almost as quickly as the anchor and the first mexeflote raft is soon manoeuvring into position … . |
| 7 | A yellow line of electric light shone below the door just as he reached it , and his heart jumped ; he stepped back quickly as the handle turned . |
| 8 | Small stones , sticking to the rim , became dislodged and at one point were tumbling down the curve as quickly as the wheel was rising , giving the appearance of effervescence . |
| 9 | If the board is left unattended in the water it can drift away very quickly as the wind and waves catch it , whereas the rig only drifts very slowly . |
| 10 | The crowd dispersed quickly as the vision floated away . |
| 11 | I followed him down from 2,000 feet — put carb heat on — I was descending as quickly as the helicopter ; we managed to keep him visual . |
| 12 | They know that the ball has to be released quickly as the danger for the opposition of losing the put-in at the scrum , if the hold and drive does not work , is too great . |
| 13 | In the Low Country the number of reported thefts increased very gradually , though not as quickly as the human population . |
| 14 | He got up as quickly as the tight fit of the table in the breakfast nook would allow . |
| 15 | The title holders ' grip on the Vauxhall Trophy started to slip quickly as the experienced Cambridge duo took the doubles rubber 6–4 6–1 . |
| 16 | Tweed turned quickly as the door opened and Paula arrived . |
| 17 | The ones who fail vanish from royal favour as quickly as the Highland mists come and go . |
| 18 | Moreover , since it is said in a context where Adam has just manifestly failed to react to the punch-line as quickly as the set of other students , the speaker ( given this type of speaker to this type of hearer in this type of surroundings ) will be assumed not to be intending to tell an untruth , but to be implicating the opposite of what she has said . |
| 19 | It is appropriate in this case that there should be an interim residence order , and there should be directions attached to that order that A. be returned forthwith to the care of his father and that G. , R. and M. remain in the care of their father and that there be an inter partes hearing with service of the application as quickly as the Portsmouth County Court can make it possible to be heard , which means within a matter of days not a matter of weeks , because it would be quite wrong for this matter to die down once the child is returned . |
| 20 | Except on the odd occasion when the paper tray is empty , the problem only seems to be the inability of the printer to handle data as quickly as the PC can send it . |
| 21 | Buyers will have to move quickly as the discounts apply to anyone who can complete by the end of January . |
| 22 | However , when there were pragmatic constraints on which of two people was likely to be the actor and which the acted-upon , there was no difference in response times to active and passive forms , and a sentence like The bather was rescued by the lifeguard was responded to just as quickly as The lifeguard rescued the bather . |
| 23 | He heard a click and stepped back quickly as the bolt thudded into the wall of the derelict house behind him . |
| 24 | Private investors would only be in an equally good position as institutions if they owned Topic screens and could get through on the phone to their broker as quickly as the big fund manager . |
| 25 | No organisation could expand as quickly as the new organisation that is to be set up is apparently expected to expand to take on all this work . |
| 26 | The meeting broke up quickly as the other men in the room rose from wherever they had found to sit , some on chairs but most cross-legged on the floor , picked up weapons and equipment , and began to file out . |
| 27 | I know these are increasing at a very rapid rate almost as quickly as the new legislations develop and keeping accurate paper records is becoming increasingly more difficult . |
| 28 | Different classes of share will be created and issued by the company to the management and the investors in order : ( a ) to allow a large share capital to be created without unduly diluting the management 's interest ; ( b ) to reduce the investors ' risk by providing a part of the share capital to be in the form of preference shares , which will enable the company to redeem as quickly as the cash flow and profits allow ; ( c ) to set up a " ratchet " mechanism which will allow for the management shareholding to increase with the success of the company . |
| 29 | as quickly as the manufacture of goods |
| 30 | Then as quickly as the conflagration had taken hold it was doused . |