Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] as [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Congress alone has the power to decide whether the present laws can or can not be amended so as to carry out more effectively the objects of law . |
| 2 | A few borings indicating greater thicknesses might be explained away as going diagonally through detritus on the outer flank of the reef , but there are now too many for one to conclude that the results can be explained in this way . |
| 3 | After all , how else can alignments of physical objects be calculated so as to lie along propitious meridians , save by reference to more fixed and less mutable properties of the earth ? |
| 4 | Testing will be revised so as to add less to teachers ' workloads . |
| 5 | This can be done electrically as described above . |
| 6 | The module can then be scanned again as described above . |
| 7 | As the clients relaxation skills develop the exercises may be combined so as to speed up the process of relaxation . |
| 8 | Passive participles provide a rich vein of relevant instances ; it is a commonplace that these can be construed either as related directly to a verb , and hence in many cases referring to some assumed event , or as being adjectives expressing a state that have lost their verbal connexion . |
| 9 | After Mrs Wordingham 's death later in 1989 , Mr Wordingham applied to the High Court for rectification of the will under s 20(1) ( a ) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 , which states that ‘ if the court is satisfied that a will is so expressed that it fails to carry out the testator 's intentions , in consequence — ( a ) of a clerical error … it may order that the will shall be rectified so as to carry out his intentions … ‘ . |