Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] soon [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wood is pruned from a rambler as soon as it has flowered , to divert growth into strong new stems for the next year 's bloom . |
| 2 | The teacher stops the scene as soon as it looks as if any of the " performers " are finding it difficult . |
| 3 | I was telephoned at home as soon as it happened and when I arrived everyone was here , police , fire brigade , the gas board and the bomb squad . |
| 4 | The basic pruning principle , therefore , should be to remove wood as soon as it has flowered in order to dived energy into the production of good strong stems to carry the next year 's bloom . |
| 5 | The Polish government set about a land reform as soon as it felt able . |
| 6 | He considered the Shah an autocrat , not a dictator ; a dictator would have crushed the clerical unrest as soon as it began to appear , and the Shah had not . |
| 7 | As soon as a weakness or shortcoming in the system of regulating safety is positively identified the investigators need to inform the regulators where urgent action is necessary ; indeed , it is important that unhampered liaison channels allow the flow of all relevant factual information about an accident as soon as it becomes available . |
| 8 | The DRS3000 levels 243CX desktop , 343CXe desktop and 543FX deskside all utilise 33MHz 80486 CPU technology , run a shrink-wrapped Unix SVR4 PC operating system and will feature Unix System Labs ' Destiny desktop version of Unix as soon as it appears : ‘ within weeks , ’ the firm claims . |
| 9 | There were a number of aspects of the abuse that bothered Enid , particularly that she ‘ should ’ have played the whole situation differently , telling her mother about her father as soon as it started . |
| 10 | It is clear that the relative positions of Geological Magazine and Proceedings of the Geologists Association have declined in the proportion of thesis-related material published , and that the Scottish Journal of Geology became the primary vehicle for first publication of research results derived from Ph D theses in Scottish geology as soon as it began publishing in 1965 . |
| 11 | It is clear that the relative positions of Geological Magazine and Proceedings of the Geologists Association have declined in the proportion of thesis-related material published , and that the Scottish Journal of Geology became the primary vehicle for first publication of research results derived from Ph D theses in Scottish geology as soon as it began publishing in 1965 . |
| 12 | Even though it was the only route for Polish-German transit between the towns of Graudenz and Dirschau — a distance of 120 kilometres — the Poles closed the bridge as soon as it came under their control . |
| 13 | When Eberhard Bethge produced Bonhoeffer 's volumes of papers , lectures and letters in a series of Collected Works in German , Hartwell saw to it that I reviewed each volume in The Bridge as soon as it arrived . |
| 14 | If I speak out loud my breath hangs in the candle-light , just as though one could snap off a word in a mistily solidified lump as soon as it has been said . |
| 15 | The Thatcher government as soon as it came into office met considerable opposition in Parliament , from public opinion , from local authorities and from various pressure groups , to ‘ cuts ’ . |
| 16 | If he were to defeat a Labour government as soon as it had taken office , the Liberals would be accused of frivolity in precipitating an unnecessary election , especially if Labour contented itself with moderate policies as it intended to do . |
| 17 | Pondering on , I wondered how Ireland could be prevented from copying every harmful change in English life as soon as it occurred . |
| 18 | That helps them then deal with a call as soon as it comes into the switchboard . |
| 19 | Look out for the envelope that will bring your invitation , and be ready to tell us your preference as soon as it arrives . |
| 20 | And I go to bed as soon as it gets dark . |
| 21 | It is recommended that the offline manager introduces new media items when the offline system is not running , since LIFESPAN may attempt to use the media item as soon as it knows about it . |
| 22 | You must show me the book as soon as it comes — and you too , Anne . ’ |
| 23 | One of the typical patterns , when you go back to work or attend a course , is to opt out of this new situation as soon as it gets a little tough , especially if there are domestic problems such as children sick or on holiday . |
| 24 | ‘ We can tell very quickly what 's happening , so we can tackle the problem as soon as it arises rather than using a pesticide until it fails . |
| 25 | In the event M. 's solicitors received a copy of the committal order as soon as it had been sealed and , in addition , a copy was sent to the prison governor . |
| 26 | All six in-patient beds will be available in Darlington 's new leukaemia unit as soon as it opens , hospital officials confirmed this week . |
| 27 | Once installed FAXgrabber can be configured to monitor fax activity automatically and to convert everything to text as soon as it arrives . |
| 28 | Those blacks were hitting the deck as soon as it moved , and in the reverberating seconds when we all look to see who 's been hit , the suede nips down the alley and into the car . |
| 29 | The parties are later sent by post either a summary decision or a full written decision as soon as it has been typed up and signed by the chairman , which is accompanied by information about applying for a review of the decision and of appealing to the Employment Appeal Tribunal . |
| 30 | In the long term it is intended to operate over the Athenry-Tuam section as soon as it has been cleared for service trains . |