Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] as [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps cyclists using the service could be asked to clean their bikes as much as possible so as to minimise the risk of oil stains etc .
2 It is difficult to see any reason why in civil proceedings the privilege against self-incrimination should be exercisable so as to enable a litigant to refuse relevant and even vital documents which are in his possession or power and which speak for themselves .
3 ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) .
4 The delay , such as it was , was not unjustifiable ; the chances of prejudice were remote ; the degree of potential prejudice was small ; the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the respondent ; there was no danger of the trial being unfair ; in any event the case was in no sense exceptional so as to justify the ruling .
5 The delay , such as it was , was not unjustifiable ; the chances of prejudice were remote ; the degree of potential prejudice was small ; the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the respondent ; there was no danger of the trial being unfair ; in any event the case was in no sense exceptional so as to justify the ruling .
6 There are cases , including the authorities to which Cooke P. referred , in which an order apparently final has been treated as interlocutory so as to deprive a litigant of a right of appeal or so as to restrict such right .
7 Like his celebrated 1976 Macbeth , which teamed McKellen and Judi Dench , Nunn 's Othello was deliberately small-scale and intimate so as to shift the emphasis away from overripe declamation and directorial grandstanding and back to the fevered pulse of the play .
8 But in other west European countries a different conclusion is being drawn , namely that European political union , perhaps excluding Britain , is all the more important so as to provide a check on American behaviour , to avoid a unipolar world .
9 This was perceived necessary so as to bolster the bargaining position of consumers .
10 ‘ The case of Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 shows , that if a person illegally claims a fee colore officii , the payment is not voluntary so as to preclude the party from recovering it back .
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