Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me not to talk about the matter outside as it might not be to his interests if the facts were made generally known . ’ |
| 2 | It is n't and you do n't have to stab at the keyboard so as to press both keys at exactly the same time . |
| 3 | Intensive NMR studies in collaboration with Kurt Wüthrich have led Walter Gehring ( Biozentrum , Basel ) to conclude that the DNA binding specificity of the homeobox genes he discovered ( which are transcription factors specifying segmental identity in metazoans from insects to humans ) is determined not only by the ‘ recognition helix ’ that sits in the major groove of the DNA , but also by a flexible segment at the amino-terminal end of the homeobox which appears to wrap around the DNA so as to contact the minor groove . |
| 4 | She decided to sleep on the sofa so as not to miss anything . |
| 5 | Arrangements were also made for two firemen to take it in turns to sleep on the premises and instructions were given to these men to go all round the shops after the Works are closed and ‘ inspect every hole and corner to see if there is any sign of fire and afterwards to sleep on the premises so as to be ready in case of accident ’ . |
| 6 | " The Congressional Deputies had to shout over the loud-speaker so as to be heard above the noisy protest of hundreds of women market stallholders who filled the public galleries . " |
| 7 | Is he aware that anyone placed in that predicament today , and who decided to go on the dole so as to look after his sick parents , would not receive a single penny piece ? |
| 8 | After several such pairings , the dogs learned to salivate to the music just as they had previously salivated to the food . |
| 9 | These remnants may be rolled into balls of netting and sink , or may continue to catch fish , sea birds and marine mammals as they drift in the ocean currents , sinking with the weight of entangled wildlife , only to rise towards the surface again as the bodies decompose . |
| 10 | In the meantime , said Thorfinn , since the western portion of Lothian adhering to the lands of Strathclyde and Cumbria and the old see of Glasgow had never , as he understood it , been in dispute , he intended to dispose of the land there as he thought best , with such fortifications as he considered necessary to preserve order . |