But its investment in GM "is as big as it gets," said Michael Ronen, managing partner of SoftBank Investment Advisers.
"This is about as ugly as it gets," said Mr. Hoekstra, who added that the Justice Department had closed its investigation based on a review of "incomplete information".
"Yeah, it was as good as it gets," said Sampras.
"Chase is as close to old school in baseball as it gets," said Ryan Howard, the Phillies' first baseman.
"This is as good as it gets," said Meyer, who won two national championships as the coach at Florida.
"That was about as bad it gets," said Ryan, who coached the Cardinals' defensive line and linebackers.
"This is as hard as it gets," said one member of the British delegation.
"This is as urgent as it gets," said Representative Anna G. Eshoo, Democrat of California.
"There's a danger that this is as good as it gets," said Peter Atwater, president of Financial Insyghts.
"The higher the concentration, the easier it gets," said Houston G. Wood III, a centrifuge expert at the University of Virginia.
"Our knowledge of the city was about as limited as it gets," said Mr. Yanagi, who is from Fresno, Calif.
