Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But a member of the cynical tendency jeers that after all this brouhaha , a Prime Minister who 's obsessed with political safety , will only allow minor pain , though back benchers will be encouraged to squeal so as to impress the markets .
2 14.1 If and to the extent that s 6 and/or 7(3A) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies to the Order , no provision of these terms and conditions shall operate or be construed to operate so as to exclude or restrict the liability of the Seller for breach of the express warranties contained in Condition 5 , or for breach of the applicable warranties as to title and quiet possession implied into the terms and conditions of the Order by s 12(3) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 , or s 2(3) of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 , whichever Act applies to the Order .
3 14.2 [ Where the Purchaser is a natural person ] [ and if and to the extent that s 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies to the Order , ] nothing in these terms and conditions shall operate or be construed to operate so as to exclude or restrict the liability of the Seller for death or personal injury caused [ to the Purchaser ] by reason of the negligence of the Seller or of its servants , employees or agents .
4 However forward-thinking the penologists , criminologists and bureaucrats in government departments may be , their views should not be allowed to prevail so as to impose a sentencing regime which is incomprehensible or unacceptable to right-thinking people generally .
5 In May she was asked to take over as acting principal for six months in his absence .
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