Example sentences of "[adv] as take " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank of England acted to keep the cost of overnight money low so as to take pressure off the longer dates , but analysts warned that the authorities would find it difficult to keep this tactic going . |
| 2 | All the advice we have read assumes that the wife will claim a refund of tax on her low income , rather than share a husband 's income so as to take full advantage of allowances . |
| 3 | Also , the cells move so as to take up new positions . |
| 4 | In practice selectors will use both databases and select bibliographies ( assuming the latter are available ) so as to take advantage of the best features of both . |
| 5 | and eased Boardwalk away from the rails so as to take the leader in the final furlong . |
| 6 | If ; when your parents begin to draw a National Insurance retirement pension , they go on working , or their former employer is paying them a pension , their code will need to be changed so as to take into account the National Insurance pension . |
| 7 | Rates developed as a direct tax on an individual 's income levied so as to take into account his or her capacity to pay . |
| 8 | I knew of one farm where they served the suet and gravy first so as to take the edge off their hunger and save the meat . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section : ( a ) " special road " and " special road authority " have the same meanings as in the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 and ( b ) " class I " means class 1 in Schedule 3 to the Act , as varied from time to time by any order under section 8 of that Act , but , if that Schedule is amended by such an order so as to add to it a further class of traffic , the order may adapt the reference in this section to traffic of class 1 so as to take account of the additional class . |
| 10 | This allows borrowers more scope to time issues so as to take advantage of temporarily favourable patterns of interest rates such as would permit profitable swaps . |
| 11 | Others , most notably James Meade , had taken the all important step of opening up the Keynesian model so as to take account of and explain international trade and capital flows . |
| 12 | Automatic accruer is perhaps more commonly used by professional partnerships ( and has the practical advantage of not being dependent upon compliance with a prescribed timetable ) but there is considerable uncertainty as to whether such an arrangement should be regarded as a binding contract for the sale and purchase of the partnership share so as to take its value outside the scope of business property relief for the purposes of Inheritance Tax ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 13 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
| 14 | Harold is a very good prime minister as far as taking the Cabinet goes . |
| 15 | They said they would send it , they got so far as taking her address , but she changed her mind , she wanted to wear it that night . |
| 16 | He also expressed regret that , so far as taking up arms was concerned , he was ‘ no good ’ as a shot . |
| 17 | As well as taking up good growing space , they compete with the other plants for light , moisture and nutrients . |
| 18 | A popular way of seeing the coastline and some of rural California as well as taking in the contrasting cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco is to drive up — or down — Highway 1 , known as the Pacific Coast Highway , or simply PCH . |
| 19 | Also note the wording ‘ one or increasing progressively more teaspoons ’ which , if appropriate to the case , can speed up cure by giving increased stimulus from the larger dose as well as taking the patient through the higher potencies more rapidly . |
| 20 | John Tennant 's father had died while John was still in his twenties and as well as taking over Laigh Corton Farm , he had taken responsibility for his mother and the rest of the family . |
| 21 | As well as taking a careful look at what lies beyond the marketing blurb , prospective purchasers need to be very sure of their requirements — before they even begin to consider whether any of the available systems can meet their needs . |
| 22 | As well as taking kids , eagles also try to flush or knock older goats off ledges . |
| 23 | The American , who was ranked as high as 22 in the world in 1982 , will be responsible for coaching the current Rover Scholarship players in the south east as well as taking international teams to tournaments abroad . |
| 24 | Disregarding Chinese neutrality , Japan forcibly seized all German concessions in the Shandong Peninsula , as well as taking over German-owned islands in the Pacific . |
| 25 | As well as taking , as in the preceding paragraphs , an employer 's perspective of the casual labour force , we can examine it in terms of the labour market situation and interests of the casual workers themselves . |
| 26 | He chose schools because they were usually the centre of the village activities and he hoped that the schoolmaster as well as taking care of the books would be likely to encourage both his pupils and their parents to read them . |
| 27 | We had all gathered for Hamish and Tone 's traditional Ne'erday partyette ; a necessarily quietish affair during which people exchanged tales of drunkenness , broken resolutions and recipes for hangover cures , as well as taking advantage of the opportunity to compare notes regarding blank spots in the memories of any of the assembled penitents . |
| 28 | Alternatively , if you can afford it , you can continue paying the premiums on the first policy as well as taking out your second joint endowment . |
| 29 | As well as taking remedial measures , the Broads Authority will be monitoring the situation together with the National Rivers Authority and the Ministry for Agriculture , Food and Fisheries . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd like to hear you preach , as well as taking a look at the excavations , ’ he said dutifully . |