Example sentences of "as [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in his appraisal of the eighteenth century he uses ‘ scientific ’ and ‘ Newtonian ’ as predicates to create the impression of an hypostasised activity which stood separate from art and other aspects of Western culture , including philosophy . |
| 2 | Her two year old is the youngest of nine children , and as well as struggling to bring up her own family she 's set up a health project in her community . |
| 3 | As well as covenants to alienate income the provisions will also apply to trusts , agreements or arrangements to alienate income ( TA 1988 , s660(3) ) . |
| 4 | Its targets , however , are as calculated to arouse sectarian feelings as the UDA 's or the UVF 's . |
| 5 | I would reject this argument as calculated to undermine the proper administration of a department of state . |
| 6 | Well , as a rule … we ‘ ave to get it out of the food money and go short , but I never let Smith suffer — ‘ e ‘ as to go to work , and must be kept up , yer know ! |
| 7 | ‘ It is a principle of construction of United Kingdom statutes , now too well established to call for citation of authority , that the words of a statute passed after the Treaty has been signed and dealing with the subject matter of the international obligation of the United Kingdom , are to be construed , if they are reasonably capable of bearing such a meaning , as intended to carry out the obligation , and not to be inconsistent with it . |
| 8 | The move was generally seen as intended to draw centrist voters away from the conservative parties in the 1993 elections . |
| 9 | The meeting in Minsk was described as intended to prevent the splitting apart of the Slav republics in the conditions of the Soviet Union 's disintegration . |
| 10 | ‘ Having regard to the terms of the contract , the conduct of the parties and the circumstances of the case , I have no doubt that the property was not intended to pass in this case on contract but only in exchange for a valid building society cheque , but even if it may be regarded as intended to pass in exchange for a false , but believed genuine , building society cheque it will not in my view avail the insurers . ’ |
| 11 | Simple as sneezing to put him on the defensive . |
| 12 | In fact , Ceauşescu was not so macabre as to plan to live in his own tomb . |
| 13 | I would n't be so stupid as to pretend to have any idea what Claudia was going through during the hours leading up to the birth . |
| 14 | The analysis simply took the BCG framework as given to see what results would be obtained . |
| 15 | That I take as a sort of axiom , as given to start with , in this argument . |
| 16 | That I take as a sort of axiom , as , as , as given to start with in this argument . |
| 17 | I looked at her with affection and Tremayne patted my shoulder and told them I would be staying on as arranged to write his book . |
| 18 | This would be good in itself as well as helping to decrease sexism in mathematics classroom materials . |
| 19 | Milic sees this habit as having a role in Swift 's persuasive rhetoric : as helping to create an impression of consummate logical clarity . |
| 20 | The UK , however , is far from happy about the prospect and sees it as helping to create a paradise for criminals , terrorists and drug traffickers . |
| 21 | As well as helping to save the rainforests , you 'll also be helping the environment close to home . |
| 22 | He had taken part in the search that morning for a while , talked to some of the children from the school , as well as helping to organize the house-to-house . |
| 23 | Calcium helps strengthen growing bones and teeth as well as helping to keep them healthy . |
| 24 | In India he developed his work among students , and founded the first Christian hostel for students at the University of Poona , as well as helping to build the ashram at Poona . |
| 25 | When considering the long-term effects of the social debate on evacuation , therefore , we must recognise that , as well as helping to construct an ideological climate favourable to welfare legislation , it also boosted a conservative , behaviouristic analysis of poverty that viewed the root cause of the children 's condition as family failure , poor parenting and general social inadequacy . |
| 26 | the gay male parody of a certain femininity , which , as others have argued , may itself be an elaborate social construct , is both a way of giving vent to the hostility toward women that probably afflicts every male ( and which male heterosexuals have of course expressed in infinitely nastier and more effective ways ) and could paradoxically be thought of as helping to deconstruct that image for women themselves … |
| 27 | Their appeal was that they were conceived in Keynesian terms as helping to reduce the extent to which measures to alleviate unemployment , in a largely fully employed economy , created inflation . |
| 28 | If you are in arrears they can tell you the best way of tackling the problem as well as helping to work out your budget . |
| 29 | Consequently , Lord Haldane was careful to present his Army reforms as designed to create ‘ an Imperial police force which can be sent on small expeditions , on short notice ’ — a rationale which , he calculated , would be acceptable to most pacifists . |
| 30 | He saw the Shah 's reform movement as designed to sell out the country to foreign powers , especially Israel and the Untied States , and he exhorted the mullahs to resist . |