Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] [subord] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The tip of the syringe is then inserted from the side of the mouth , and the plunger gently depressed so as not to cause the medication to run out of the mouth . |
2 | Which means they 're 30% brighter and better directed so as not to blind oncoming drivers , while minimising back glare in fog . |
3 | Wasps soon moved ahead when twice catching their opponents offside , Young landing penalties from bang in front of the posts . |
4 | The given design problem is thus simulated rather than actually solved for the user . |
5 | Most important , since form was now largely suggested rather than clearly defined , and since a strong linear quality was retained in the finished painting , it became much easier to combine the various views of an object or to synthesize in its depiction a greater amount of information . |
6 | ‘ The advantages of a single market without exchange controls or currency fluctuations between members must be quickly regained so as not to throw away our achievements and the attractiveness of our island for investment . ’ |
7 | For memory modellers it is therefore particularly rich in offering the possibility of playing with hebb-type learning rules in synapses whose connections are genuinely understood rather than merely guessed at . |
8 | By insisting on the arbitrariness and narrowness of gender roles , and that they are socially ascribed rather than naturally given , Orton expresses a central motif in the sexual politics of that time . |
9 | So if there 's some evidence of a whacking great crack on his head … and if this had been deliberately inflicted rather than accidentally incurred … about seven hours ago , say … |
10 | However , because they are usually put forward as essentially rules for creating ads , it is probably best to discuss them in this chapter too . |
11 | Parochial clergy are normally covered comprehensively against personal accidents , but other church employees are usually covered only whilst actually working for the Church . |
12 | Modern needs have been carefully installed so as not to spoil the authentic look . |
13 | Carefully structured so as not to antagonize the central Soviet authorities , however , the package also included humanitarian aid to cancer victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster . |
14 | After the talks Kaifu said on March 3 that he would make " maximum efforts " to accelerate the structural reform of the Japanese economy in such a way as to improve market access for foreign traders while also improving the quality of life for Japanese consumers — a phrasing which was regarded as being carefully chosen so as not to imply unconditional concessions to the United States . |
15 | This being said , and allowing for the fact that much which was viewed as sexually deviant a generation ago is now viewed tolerantly if not taken for granted , a few words may be said about some practices or groups of practices which are generally recognised as deviant from either the normal object , the normal aim or the normal focal issues of sexuality . |
16 | Problems are individualized or even suppressed rather than openly explored with all the possible difficulties that this entails . |
17 | It would also be necessary for their dividend entitlements to be fully explained so as not to give a misleading impression of the amount of profits which may be distributed to equity shareholders . |
18 | The coffin stowed away in the loft and discreetly covered so as not to alarm the plumber , we all had a coffee with a small touch of something stronger , and Alan recounted how he and Joy had arrived to collect it . |
19 | All of the time they 're introverted without ever alienating , able to craft an elegiac atmosphere that 's pretty all-enveloping , subtly freaked rather than self-consciously freaked out . |
20 | An India in essentially the same relationship to Britain as the great white dominions which had fought by her side in the world war , voluntarily allied rather than involuntarily subjected , could only be , it was reasoned , an asset to British prestige . |