Example sentences of "[adj] as [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the concept was a formula for expressing the fact that , in our system , ‘ the principles of private law have … been by the action of the Courts and Parliament so extended as to determine the position of the Crown and of its servants ’ . |
| 2 | Naturally , the new dwellings had to be so arranged as to satisfy the requirements of building regulations and a significant stipulation of the old Constructional By-laws for Inner London under which this design was produced , related to the amount of daylight which must be admitted to habitable rooms . |
| 3 | Deep deep in a limestone cave where the stalagmites grow less than an inch a century , but still tower so high as to humble the cathedrals of the surface , the shaking fear of the ground woke a dreaming dragon . |
| 4 | When you are making these settings , go for levels which give good , solid recordings but are not so high as to overload the tape on signal peaks . |
| 5 | Inflation remained high as did the budget deficit , overdue debts had " become prolonged " , and unemployment was increasing . |
| 6 | Let us discuss what his ransom should be , since you are so generous as to entertain the possibility , and I will get for you full assurance that he shall be restrained from ever infringing your territory or your person again . |
| 7 | He went to the village school in Crawcrook , where his abilities were so marked as to attract the attention of his father 's landlord , Sir Thomas Liddell ( later first Baron Ravensworth ) , to whose collieries in Killingworth , Northumberland , he was sent in April 1811 to learn the business of a viewer or colliery manager . |
| 8 | Many people describe the impact of ageing as representing the onset of a ‘ second disability ’ . |
| 9 | A more violent end meets an earlier pretender to verse , suitably violent as befits the rebel Jack Cade . |
| 10 | In considering whether at this stage it is possible to say that the answer to this question must be ‘ nothing ’ I must assume that the third defendant will be found guilty of conspiracy or fraud as alleged by the plaintiffs and also that the third party will be found to be negligent as regards the plaintiffs in the respects mentioned in the third party notice . |
| 11 | The software installation is as straightforward as installing the card . |
| 12 | Rather than once again review the authorities in chronological order , therefore , I propose to encapsulate their effect in a number of propositions which can , I believe , be so stated as to reflect the law as it is presently understood with a reasonable degree of accuracy . |
| 13 | Some larger churches can be so impersonal that to think in terms of ‘ joining ’ is as meaningless as joining the cinema ! |
| 14 | Even in the rich world , childbirth is between one and a half to three times as dangerous as taking the pill and nearly 11 times as dangerous as being sterilised or using the IUD , whereas early , legal abortion carries a mortality rate similar to the pill . |
| 15 | Unless the seller commits a breach of condition or commits a breach of warranty which is so serious as to deprive the buyer of substantially the whole benefit of the contract , the buyer has no right to reject the goods or recover the price ( see paragraph 7–04 above ) . |
| 16 | Ripping off her Englishness and casting it aside was as easy as unfastening the collar of her dress . |
| 17 | I think there 's a lot of the co , er , the smaller companies feel that way , but the bigger companies have tried the smaller ones , and I think we , we 're not likely to lose the bigger ones as easy as lose the small ones . |
| 18 | This is by no means as quick and easy as using the colour changer , but at least the designs are a possibility . |
| 19 | Paul Coggins , a Dallas criminal lawyer who represents Mr McBirney , complains that the trials can be compared to drug-dealing trials in the 1960s when winning a conviction was as easy as dropping the dope on the courtroom table , . |
| 20 | He and his advisers were so dismayed as to misread the letter , for the reply makes it clear that they understood the meeting of the princes to have taken place already . |
| 21 | This could be as simple as entering the drama as a messenger and passing on information . |
| 22 | Installing Taos then , is as simple as copying the files to your hard disk , typing TAOS and you 're in . |
| 23 | Installing Taos then , is as simple as copying the files to your hard disk , typing TAOS and you 're in . |
| 24 | The result of this is that different writers produce different analyses of the phonemic system of English ; it is clear that phonemic analysis is not as clear and simple as studying the letters of the alphabet . |
| 25 | This need not follow the pattern laid down by Zacchaeus but can be something as simple as turning the back on the past and seeking reconciliation with God and other people . |
| 26 | If the issue of bias in psychological research were as simple as turning the methods and instruments prized by psychology into the service of defeating bias , many battles would have been won long ago . |
| 27 | It is not always as simple as following the chain back until we come to a name or a noun . |
| 28 | Colour-blind casting would be as pointless as translating the libretto into Home Counties English . |
| 29 | ( 9 ) A licensing board shall make such arrangements as it thinks fit as respects the consideration of applications under this section or any objection made thereto . |
| 30 | In other words , whilst the power to decide to serve an intervention notice without first hearing representations from persons affected was not in itself so unfair as to invalidate the notice , a lack of any means by which the person could immediately thereafter challenge the notice was in my opinion a breach of the requirements of fairness which the law should imply . |