Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] as [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion . |
| 2 | The registrar granted the administrators leave to serve the originating application on the bank in Jersey pursuant to rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 Mervyn Davies J. granted the bank 's application to set aside the registrar 's order , holding that section 238 of the Act of 1986 did not have extraterritorial effect so as to include a foreigner resident abroad , and that ‘ any person ’ in the section could not apply to the bank . |
| 3 | They should aim to enable individuals to use their personal emotional and intellectual resources to modify their attitudes and behaviour and to learn new social skills so as to achieve a stable way of life with diminished or no use of alcohol . |
| 4 | The frequency is chosen to make sure that the core reaches saturation at each alteration , but does not spend any more than a short time in this condition so as to maximise the final output signal ; the circuit should produce as many saturation signals as possible . |
| 5 | In The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Marx describes how an authoritarian regime founded on the bureaucracy ( both military and civil ) enabled the state , led by Louis Bonaparte , to gain a measure of autonomy from the warring factions of the French bourgeoisie so as to preserve the bourgeois social order in the face of a mounting threat from the lower classes . |
| 6 | There was nothing precious about the playing — no feeling of careful compromise so as to accommodate the work 's problems , and certainly , to hornist Frank Lloyd 's playing , one can listen , whatever the technical complexities , in the comfortable knowledge that nothing will slip between bell and lip . |
| 7 | In order to secure a " constitutional premiership " that is less powerful and more accountable to the party and parliament , there are those within the Labour Party who would wish to change the British constitution so as to restrict the powers of a Prime Minister . |
| 8 | The schoolfellows had been appointed to the Racer together through the efforts of a family friend of the Rogerses , and they serve together for much of their time at sea , occasionally allotted to different ships so as to give the author freedom to range more widely in space and circumstance . |
| 9 | ( Another example could be my answering the telephone in a high voice so as to make the caller think he is speaking to my sister . ) |
| 10 | But given that they can have their position specified , and can interpret this position so as to form the pattern , then this provides a very powerful means of generating patterns . |
| 11 | May I urge my right hon. Friend to keep as tight as humanly possible control on public expenditure so as to meet the objective of a balanced budget as soon as possible ? |
| 12 | for instance , it might be possible to introduce genes coding for specific receptors so as to alter the stomach or intestinal lining and provide treatment for ulcers . |
| 13 | Rental obligations are to be apportioned between the finance element , which is to be charged to the profit and loss account , and the capital element which is to be applied to reduce the outstanding obligation for future instalments so as to produce a periodic rate of charge which represents a constant proportion of the balance of capital repayments outstanding . |
| 14 | Rental obligations are to be apportioned between the finance element , which is to be charged to the profit and loss account , and the capital element which is to be applied to reduce the outstanding obligation for future instalments so as to produce a periodic rate of charge which represents a constant proportion of the balance of capital repayments outstanding . |
| 15 | If we accept justice as a political virtue we want our legislators and other officials to distribute material resources and protect civil liberties so as to secure a morally defensible outcome . |
| 16 | Even the domestic cat , when it first sees a mouse , does not immediately rush to capture its prey ; instead , it waits until the appropriate moment so as to achieve the highest chance of success . |
| 17 | For the first time in their history the Tuareg — the largest tribe of Nomads in the Sahara Desert — recently delayed their annual migration for 10 days so as to catch the final episode of Dallas |
| 18 | It would be perfectly possible to recast the system of democratic supervision so as to restore a considerable part of the power of the Commons and to provide a devolved system of regional and local elected councils , which would mean that every important administrative body was subject to checks and examination at one or other of the three levels — national , regional or local . |
| 19 | The original purpose of the allies in Japan , following the Japanese surrender in August 1945 , had been to reform Japanese society so as to eliminate the aggressive , militaristic character of Japanese government , which had largely explained the growth of the Japanese empire between 1894 and 1943 . |
| 20 | Protective clothing : the only protective item allowed is a Police ‘ Long Service and Good Conduct Medal ’ which should be worn in a prominent position so as to allow the Local Youth to identify old policemen who they do not like , from young policemen whom they like even less . |
| 21 | As a result , the scrutiny of the estimates in the Committee of Supply became a formal vote to reduce the money for this or that department by a nominal figure so as to permit a general attack on the government 's policy in that field . |
| 22 | If , for example , the Gnat 's Water Brewery , which operates three inns in a small country village , wishes to close and sell off one of these inns so as to improve the profitability of its remaining inns , it may insert a restrictive covenant into the conditions of sale of the inn in question , whereby the purchaser of the inn covenants not to use the premises as licensed premises . |
| 23 | Indeed , to the extent that inflationary expectations have built up a momentum of their own that it regards as excessive , the government may be forced to adopt demand management policies which aim to raise the unemployment rate above the natural rate so as to throw the process outlined above into reverse gear . |
| 24 | Given basic ability , equality of opportunity to borrow at the market rate of interest to invest in your human capital so as to secure a future return makes observed income inequality a matter of individual choice . |
| 25 | For example , in the celebrated Royal Mail Steam Packet case ( R v Kylsant and Morland ( 1931 ) 75 Acct LR 62 ) it was argued in court that if the accounts or the audit reports had shown the enterprise 's true financial position , it would have encouraged competitors to engage in predatory pricing so as to drive the company out of business . |
| 26 | Such a surface therefore consists of a large number of tubes emerging at a fine angle so as to present an array of slanting holes . |
| 27 | I 'm quite sure she did n't believe a word of this , but in Oxford it is considered good manners to take an adversarial position so as to generate an interesting conversation and allow both parties to display their intelligence , knowledge and eloquence . |
| 28 | In Miliutin 's words , " serfdom does not permit us either to reduce the term of service or to increase the number of unlimited leaves so as to diminish the present number of troops " . |
| 29 | On and on they travelled , rattling appallingly fast over the rutted roads so as to outstrip the pilgrims who followed them out of each town and village . |
| 30 | Grudgingly , he would grant all requests so as to cease the torture inflicted on his friends . |