Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , we have delayed publication so as to incorporate a large part of the ASH detailed brief on the subject in the paper . |
| 2 | First , the subjective formulation of section 68 is made objective so as to read , ‘ if the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe . ’ |
| 3 | She sat and ate it with them now , and oh , it was torture that in deference to propriety and Matey they had not made love again as they had done that golden afternoon , always to be remembered . |
| 4 | So I have treated quantification here as methodological : it is part of the analytic phase of social dialectology , and it is parallel in this way to the use of quantification and statistics in certain other sciences . |
| 5 | It is natural to look for causative factors , and we have treated causality much as it is treated in experimental research generally ( see Plutchik , 1974 : 174–87 ) . |
| 6 | Lenin 's confidence that the soviets would provide the country with a revolutionary form of government that could function without bureaucracy was proved ill-founded almost as soon as they began their work . |
| 7 | It must really be business that had brought Bunny here as it was n't his sort of pub . |
| 8 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 9 | Just as many third-world deals have involved oil so as to escape the OPEC output quotas , so Brazil exchanged $630 million worth of locally-made Volkswagens for Iraqi oil in 1984 . |
| 10 | Springfield 's faded blue eyes had gone flint hard as he spoke . |
| 11 | If there is only one adult resident , a discount of 25 per cent can be claimed ( s79 ) ; it is important therefore that if husband and wife cease to live together each of them should notify the local authority that separation has taken place so as to end joint liability and for the remaining resident spouse to claim the discount ( if applicable ) . |
| 12 | ‘ This refers specifically to the assumed facility of a wholesaler to order in bulk , and to be able to recycle and place previously purchased stock so as to minimise returns . |