Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] as [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Lao National Radio on that day , the conference would " examine thoroughly the performance of each financial agency and locality ; evaluate correctly the achievements made by the financial sector over the past 15 years ; and assess the current economic and financial situation and remaining problems so as to find effective measures to open the way for socio-economic development with new mechanisms " . |
| 2 | Where one such lift is used the dock and load would be balanced by a suspended weight but two such lifts would generally be arranged to work simultaneously in opposite directions so as to balance each other . |
| 3 | To establish a revitalised and more ambitious energy and resource conservation programme , with special emphasis on reducing environmental effects so as to make further substantial progress by 1995 . |
| 4 | The major national breweries themselves began to either acquire or be acquired by non-brewing companies so as to form larger conglomerates such as Allied-Lyons ( formed when Allied Breweries took over the catering group J. Lyons in 1978 ) , Grand Metropolitan ( formed when Grand Met Hotels took over Truman Hanbury and Buxton in 1971 and Watney Mann in 1972 ) and Imperial ( formed when Imperial Tobacco acquired Courage Breweries in 1972 ) . |
| 5 | Downpipes should be clean and placed at frequent intervals so as to avoid long gutter runs and changes of direction . |
| 6 | However , it may be that once privatised , these pressures are tempered by pressures to show increased profits so as to justify higher dividends and enhance market prices . |
| 7 | In addition , the investors will be keen to obtain warranties in respect of the business plan and future financial forecasts along the following lines : ( a ) The Business Plan has been carefully prepared in good faith having regard to the information available and the market conditions prevailing at the time of its preparation and the figures contained therein have been carefully considered and are honestly believed to be reasonable and the Managers have made all reasonable enquiries so as to ascertain all such information and conditions which are relevant to the preparation of the forecasts contained therein . |
| 8 | If changes in conditions disrupt the precise replication of parental characters so as to yield hereditary variation , then , providing only that some of it happens to be adaptive , this will suffice in the long run for selection as a cause of adaptive species formations . |
| 9 | Although counting of applications continues , the issue is 1.75 times oversubscribed so far , forcing financial advisers last night to ‘ claw back ’ shares promised to overseas institutions so as to meet small investor demand . |
| 10 | Although counting of applications continues , the issue is 1.75 times oversubscribed so far , forcing financial advisers last night to ‘ claw back ’ shares promised to overseas institutions so as to meet small investor demand . |
| 11 | It concluded its deliberations with a series of ringing statements on the desirability of a united Europe , with some common institutions , within which ‘ the European states must transfer and merge some portion of their sovereign rights so as to secure common political and economic action for the integration and proper development of their common resources ’ . |
| 12 | Increasing wages so as to give greater net disposable income increases costs on the international market and makes our goods less competitive . |
| 13 | In the patrilineal extended families of the Nambudiri landlord aristocrats only the eldest son was allowed to marry with full Vedic rites so as to produce legitimate children . |
| 14 | The widening or duplication of tunnels to obviate one way working of wide barges so as to avoid long delays . |
| 15 | 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 . |