Example sentences of "is [verb] as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he also acknowledge the sterling campaign carried out by the sister of Derek Bentley , Iris Bentley , in making sure that that grave injustice and wrong is righted as rapidly as possible ? |
| 2 | If , say , he borrows £5,000 three times , repaying it each time , he is treated as severely as someone who borrows £15,000 outright . |
| 3 | The administration of these services is decentralised as far as possible to conform with these areas in more accessible mini-town halls . |
| 4 | Once a project which meets the predetermined criteria has been found the natural inclination is to proceed as quickly as possible , but ignoring changed circumstances will cause problems . |
| 5 | Important though this literature is , the main purpose of later sections is to isolate as far as is generally possible the impact of the government budget on the Lorenz curve that would otherwise have obtained , and then to consider proposals that are more closely tied to the poverty literature . |
| 6 | They should also press for the training necessary to enable them to carry out their duties of securing provision for individual pupils and working to ensure that special education is esteemed as highly as any other form of education within a system in which schools will have greater control over resources and the setting of priorities for their use . |
| 7 | There is an ancient variant in the Lucan version of the Lord 's Prayer , which is attested as early as Marcion in the second century and reads , ‘ May thy Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us , ’ instead of , ‘ Thy kingdom come . ’ |
| 8 | The posture is organised as carefully as the length of the red tags or the Sta-prest or the hair . |
| 9 | You will be looking for a typesetter , help with layout , so the magazine is designed as eye-catchingly as possible , and a printer . |
| 10 | The tunnel is designed as far as possible to stay within the chalk marl but the alignment is constrained by the geometric requirements of a high speed railway including a minimum horizontal curvature of 4,200m and a maximum gradient of just under 1% . |
| 11 | ‘ It is curious that he is dying as picturesquely as he lived , ’ wrote Mr Gosse . |
| 12 | It is n't easy when you 're in a single room jammed up with a double bed , and the dump is decorated as carelessly as the inside of a rarely used cupboard . |
| 13 | It is imperative that the present divisive situation is resolved as speedily as possible , to allow everyone involved with the school to start working together as a team once more . |
| 14 | It is not of overwhelming proportions and is presented as near as possible to a lived-in family home , rather than a museum . |
| 15 | The Government have introduced the Bill at the earliest possible moment in the Session , and we shall ensure that secondary legislation is made as quickly as possible . |
| 16 | Speechreader X is positioned as advantageously as possible , when two people are talking : |
| 17 | Your letter is moved as fast as possible in the UK and you receive express delivery abroad where this is available ( see the list of countries in the Royal Mail International Guide ) . |
| 18 | In order to ensure that the Society is operating as efficiently as possible , Council asked the secretary general to arrange for a management review of the efficient working of all areas of the Society . |
| 19 | For the trie , the current structure is searched as far as possible following the sequence of letters in the new word to be added . |
| 20 | Needless to say , on recordings which have a substantial musical output below 50Hz — the organ perhaps the prime example — the effect is felt as well as heard since the 103/4 can move a great deal of air . |
| 21 | Will he take urgent steps to ensure that the spread of city technology colleges is accelerated as quickly as possible ? |
| 22 | What is needed as far as language teachers are concerned is some way of making them aware of the problem as it relates to their professional work and of providing the means whereby they might arrive at interpretations appropriate to themselves . |
| 23 | This is to suggest as strongly as possible that the first words written down about anything important are almost never ‘ right ’ — whatever that might mean in this context . |
| 24 | That it should require a lid painting at all suggests that it can not have been an English instrument or a Ruckers , and , if its shape is drawn as carefully as the presence of an accompanying scale would indicate , the rather blunt double curve of the bentside would suggest one of the Hamburg makers . |
| 25 | The new school is drawn as irresistibly as its predecessors to the great central mystery about Mary , her involvement in the murder of Darnley . |
| 26 | If it is to function as well as it possibly can , the body has several basic needs — nutrition , exercise , relaxation , sleep and so on — but , because of the hectic pace of twentieth century life , not enough attention is paid to ensuring that these needs are met . |
| 27 | On the first edition of the 1-inch map ( 1834 ) it is shown as boldly as the lanes linking the villages of Canons Ashby and Moreton Pinkney , and similarly on the map of 1887 . |
| 28 | I do n't think it is going as fast as it can . |
| 29 | It is therefore important to ensure that wording is agreed as far as possible during drafting meetings . |
| 30 | A further announcement is promised as soon as possible . |