Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MITI 's approach was to favour several large producers in the manner of an elite squad , and then to encourage rivalry between them so as to avoid the dangers of complacency in single firm monopolies . |
| 2 | But if the master has made him a bailee of them so as to vest him with exclusive possession , then , like any other bailee of this sort , he has it ; so , too , if goods are delivered to him to hand to his master , he has possession of them until he has done some act which transfers it to his master , e.g . |
| 3 | " I started to feel a revulsion against this desultory wandering over all the departments of knowledge ; I wished to force some limitation on myself so as to probe individual subjects more deeply and thoroughly . |
| 4 | Trade unions fell into the second of these groups , but , because of their large and fluctuating membership and because of certain provisions in the Trade Union Act 1871 , it was assumed that it was impracticable to bring actions against them so as to make their funds liable . |
| 5 | Mackie distinguishes four types of view on the status of value and obligations , ( 1 ) non-naturalist objectivism , ( 2 ) attitudinism , ( 3 ) modern naturalism , ( 4 ) error theory , and comments on them somewhat as follows . |
| 6 | Had this been any other occasion , he would have lowered his head respectfully and more or less closed his eyes , watching Bill Brice out of the corner of them so as to know when to open them again , and murmuring amen where appropriate . |