Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [subord] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy allowed a beaker to be filled so as not to transgress the etiquette of hospitality , but he did not propose to drink any wine . |
| 2 | Modern needs have been carefully installed so as not to spoil the authentic look . |
| 3 | Throughout the 1340s and 1350s the king played on the commons ' fear of a French invasion of England : the threat that the French might ‘ destroy the English tongue and occupy the realm of England ’ was used more than once to persuade the commons to grant money for the war , and the discovery at the sack of Caen of a French plan for the invasion of England in 1339 was a gift to royal propaganda . |
| 4 | The tip of the syringe is then inserted from the side of the mouth , and the plunger gently depressed so as not to cause the medication to run out of the mouth . |
| 5 | Carefully structured so as not to antagonize the central Soviet authorities , however , the package also included humanitarian aid to cancer victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster . |
| 6 | All this in the most magnificent scenery , a national park where the natural forest has n't been logged for years and grazing sheep is prohibited so as not to upset the natural balance . |
| 7 | The coffin stowed away in the loft and discreetly covered so as not to alarm the plumber , we all had a coffee with a small touch of something stronger , and Alan recounted how he and Joy had arrived to collect it . |