Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An architect working in local government may insist upon designing buildings that conform to a professional standard rather than to fit the needs of the authority . |
| 2 | ( Another example could be my answering the telephone in a high voice so as to make the caller think he is speaking to my sister . ) |
| 3 | Recruitment clearly has to continue at a high level so as to maintain C&P 's scientific excellence [ and relevance ! ] . |
| 4 | Protective clothing : the only protective item allowed is a Police ‘ Long Service and Good Conduct Medal ’ which should be worn in a prominent position so as to allow the Local Youth to identify old policemen who they do not like , from young policemen whom they like even less . |
| 5 | So Deborah had to be content to ride on a tree branch every Saturday morning on her way to Pack Meeting but she did long to be on the back of a real pony again and to help in the stables as she used to do , and learn how a pony should be shoed , cared for and fed , and to know and do the other things required to pass the Pony Rider test . |
| 6 | Such a surface therefore consists of a large number of tubes emerging at a fine angle so as to present an array of slanting holes . |
| 7 | As a result , the scrutiny of the estimates in the Committee of Supply became a formal vote to reduce the money for this or that department by a nominal figure so as to permit a general attack on the government 's policy in that field . |
| 8 | Attention must be paid to the age of persons with a mental handicap so as to house them in a group which respects this . |
| 9 | He was deternined to use the dramatic location and its views to make a powerful memorial rather than to build a lofty edifice that would dominate the skyline . |
| 10 | Better to give them a good life here than to let them suffer in the vague hope of some better afterlife . ’ |
| 11 | Basically , a general program , supplied with the data layout and validation requirements of the study , guides the keypuncher page by page through the questionnaire form ( or similar document ) in a helpful way so as to facilitate error-free transfer of the information and to give immediate warning of any data anomalies that can be detected as well as providing a mechanism for correcting mistakes . |
| 12 | This cerebral dominance hypothesis is able to explain the results of an experiment by Barton , Goodglass and Shai ( 1965 ) who presented three-letter words in a vertical orientation so as to minimise putative scanning mechanisms . |
| 13 | Equally , the customers of the odour bar might be adopting a glassy-eyed demeanour so as to avoid seeming to scrutinize Meh'Lindi in what might be construed as an impertinent fashion . |
| 14 | The concerns of Scott J were echoed by Harman J in Systems Reliability Holdings Plc v Smith [ 1990 ] IRLR 377 where the judge concluded ( in a case where he was concerned with an express restriction on the use and disclosure of , in particular the knowledge acquired by the defendant during his employment of the ability to modify an old computer by a small addition so as to make a new product of significant commercial value ) that the controversial part of Neill LJ 's judgment did not bind him to hold that there can not be in an express restrictive of covenant any restriction on information held by an ex-employee which is not a trade secret or something similar . |
| 15 | It is better to learn a small section thoroughly than to surface-read it and then have to go back to do the whole thing again . |
| 16 | But you should descend at a higher rate so as to reach 2500ft before you turn . |
| 17 | In other words , the aim is to neutralize a troublesome feeling rather than to replace it with a positive feeling . |
| 18 | Held , ( 1 ) that the order for disclosure was not an order made in a proprietary claim so as to defeat the defendants ' claim to privilege against self-incrimination , nor was it a claim relating to infringement of rights pertaining to commercial information within section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ( post , pp. 351A–B , 352A , 355B , B–C , 360A , G–H , 361D–F ) . |
| 19 | But they will be designed to encourage you to be a long-term holder rather than to enable you to take a quick profit . |
| 20 | Would it be more sensible in the long run to buy a second-hand television rather than to keep renting one ? |
| 21 | The dynamic process generating endogenous economies of scale leads exchanges to compete by being first off the mark in a particular contract so as to achieve a sufficiently high level of trading , and consequently liquidity , and thereby low transactions costs for the traders in that contract . |
| 22 | Similarly , the motorist who discovers that he should pull out the choke button a particular amount so as to get the car to start on a cold morning is also an empiricist . |
| 23 | On the software side , SunSoft Inc has been secretly working on writing a Microsoft Corp Windows application programming interface in a clean room so as to avoid the possibility of copyright infringement lawsuits , so that Solaris will be able to run a copy of Excel , let's say , bought from high street software shop . |
| 24 | The general procedure , however , is to work with the dog over a period of time , ensuring a non-conflict situation so as to overcome its fears . |
| 25 | Market forces would over the next five years be given a greater role so as to boost production and secure an average growth rate of 5 per cent ( against 3.2 per cent during the 1980s ) . |
| 26 | The accounts will be prepared on a consolidated basis so as to incorporate the results and assets and liabilities of the company and each of its subsidiary undertakings , all of which are to be made up to [ Transfer date ] . |
| 27 | The accounts will be prepared on a consolidated basis so as to incorporate the results and assets and liabilities of the company and each of its subsidiary undertakings , all of which are to be made up to [ Transfer date ] . |
| 28 | To this there is made the qualification , or condition , that the statutory powers are exercised without ‘ negligence ’ — that word here being used in a special sense so as to require the undertaker , as a condition of obtaining immunity from action , to carry out the work and conduct of the operation with all reasonable regard and care for the interests of other persons ; … ’ |
| 29 | It 's important to achieve a non-confrontation setting — with refreshments available , seating arranged in a circular pattern so as to avoid grouping staff and governors in a defensive posture behind a line of tables , or even worse , sheltering on the school stage . |
| 30 | Thus where the issue is the width of the use covenant , the application of the contra proferentem rule points towards greater freedom of use on the part of the tenant rather than narrower , even if the tenant is arguing for a narrower use so as to secure a benefit on rent review ( Skillion v Keltec Industrial Research [ 1992 ] 1 EGLR 123 ) . |