Example sentences of "[adv] as [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | His routines were organized so as to facilitate this intellectual process : weekends were reserved for Colombey , where he could take long walks and mull over problems ; workday schedules at the Elysée were strictly adhered to ; he insisted on absolute punctuality and an atmosphere of unruffled calm . |
| 2 | It is suggested that in the context of a monogamous union , adultery was elevated to the status of a sin ( or indeed a crime ) and grounds for divorce so as to reinforce this concept of marriage and , in the absence of birth control , to prevent the social ‘ untidiness ’ caused by the production of children not the product of a couple married to each other , with all the inheritance and support complications which could follow . |
| 3 | The literary context in our culture creates a situation where relevance may be achieved in alternative ways , so as to constitute this " openness ' for criticism . |
| 4 | I varied the days and the times of my visits so as to catch this resourceful woman at her different occupations , for example making the wild boar and hind sausages , for which she was renowned in the neighbourhood , and the tarts filled with medlars that grew against the wall of her stable . |
| 5 | Butler sees deviant sexualities more generally as involving this same process of denaturalizing , as parodic subversive repetitions which displace rather than consolidate heterosexual norms . |
| 6 | Since we see no reason to treat the other modals or the other uses of could , would or will any differently as regards this aspect of their meaning , we propose therefore that both the modals and the infinitive which follows them express potentialities . |
| 7 | All the trees , so large now as to enclose this garden , excluding the sight of other houses , so that but for the complex of railway lines it might have been in the country , were in late summer leaf . |
| 8 | So I think it 's easy to see that religion fulfils this civilizing socially controlling role , but of course , this has been a popular theme in sociological writing in the course of the twentieth century , indeed , you could go so far as to say this , it is has become a cliche , in twentieth century social science . |
| 9 | It 's , it 's a very simple organism , but basically what it 's there for is to ensure the future of T four genes , and this is what i it 's doing , and presumably natural selection has er selected it in such a way that it is an optimum design as far as , as far as doing this er is concerned , because it would be in competition with mutant T fours who did it in different ways , and presumably this is the kind of T four that seems to succeed . |
| 10 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 11 | As well as outlining this structure in the body of his text , Cornford supplied summary outlines of the plays in a ‘ Synopsis of the Extant Plays ’ . |
| 12 | As well as implying this criticism of classical economy , Marx 's attitude suggests a new approach to the construction of a social theory . |
| 13 | As well as using this guide and learning from practical experience , an important way of improving our service is for us to continue to be knowledgeable about the broader theory and practice of our work . |
| 14 | And sometimes as well as going this way we actually need to go in this way too , to actually get it out . |
| 15 | As well as imposing this Presbyterian liturgy on the country , parliament also attempted to reorganize ecclesiastical government in the localities by bringing parishes together into new administrative groupings presided over by ‘ classes ’ ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 16 | As well as strengthening this connection , it is hoped that other links can be made with US buyers during the trade show . |
| 17 | But as well as having this comparatively obvious advantage , Althusser 's awareness of the radical implications of his claims makes them all the more interesting . |