Example sentences of "[adv] as [to-vb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The list of sins , venial and otherwise , was long , but not so long as to come as a surprise . |
| 2 | The courts will , however , avoid constraining a statute so as to dispense with a hearing completely . |
| 3 | Write the number in pencil on the outside of the examination book so as to serve as a guide to you later . |
| 4 | We organized at least a dozen ‘ Letters to the Editor ’ each day — these were mainly unsolicited , but we encouraged more — and spread them about so as to appear in a number of newspapers and magazines across the country . |
| 5 | Often , it is true , the commissioners drew the new boundaries so as to come to a point in the village where the ancient homestead lay , so that the farmer need not be disturbed from his old home . |
| 6 | Many large firms of solicitors now print their own explanatory leaflets dealing with the stages in conveyancing , and it is both useful and impressive to be able to hand over a printed leaflet or pamphlet at the time of the first meeting , so as to indicate to a client each of the detailed steps you will be taking on his or her behalf . |
| 7 | He issued the famous Tamworth Manifesto , nominally addressed to his constituents , but actually communicated to the London daily press so as to operate as a programme submitted to the whole electorate . |