Example sentences of "[adv] as not [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The duty to discharge their functions so as not to create a nuisance . |
2 | I carefully examined every photograph in minute detail through a magnifying glass so as not to miss a thing . |
3 | When he came he had to pull away quickly so as not to spill a drop of his bodily fluids , like the instructions on the box of condoms said . |
4 | ( d ) Party not to take advantage of his own wrong A lease will be construed so far as possible so as not to permit a party to it to take advantage of his own wrong . |
5 | It was the same at the funeral , they were all so quiet , the four men who brought in the coffin wore thick soft-soled shoes so as not to make a noise , nothing must interrupt so that it seemed like a silent film unreeling to the sound of psalms . |