Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] [adv] as [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Reform of the United Nations so as to work towards greater representativeness , accountability and independence . |
| 3 | Very often a sentence contains more than one ambiguous word form ; in such cases , there will occur a kind of mutual negotiation between the various options so as to achieve the most normal combination . |
| 4 | There would be no difficulty in principle both in improving the theory tests and in extending both them and the practical tests so as to include , for example , score-reading and harmonization at the keyboard , aspects of the university courses in music which many students now find very difficult indeed . |
| 5 | This is simply a term for the major reflex which has the power to control all the other reflexes so as to direct the body in a coordinated and balanced way . |
| 6 | The Marshal had seen them as they stood gossiping in the street at an equal distance between the two buildings so as to keep their doors in view , but it would be a waste of time trying to get her to admit it . |
| 7 | At the same time , the English government responded favourably to peace overtures from Pope Gregory XI , who was anxious on the one hand to unite the rulers of western Christendom in a crusade , and on the other to tax the western churches so as to fund both this endeavour and his political and diplomatic schemes in Italy . |
| 8 | Often , it is true , the commissioners drew the new boundaries so as to come to a point in the village where the ancient homestead lay , so that the farmer need not be disturbed from his old home . |
| 9 | We would ask , because it 's not actually clear erm , what that means , that the report from regional delegate conferences could be forwarded to all the G M B representatives at the main workplaces so as to keep all our members fully informed of the proceedings er , say again , the er , Midland and East Coast are supporting the document . |
| 10 | He thought to take Mr gross salary in the present financial year , to reduce it by a third to get from gross to net earnings and to do similar calculations for the rest of the three and a half years so as to arrive at the figure of fifty three thousand nine hundred and six pounds . |