Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last and incomplete letter from Miller in the Darlington collection , dated 10 November 1769 , carried a wish for plants from Bartram 's garden , because he believed there to be new genera amongst them , but specimens had been ‘ so much compressed as to render the distinguishing characters very doubtful ’ . |
| 2 | The problem is that our managerial hierarchies are so badly designed as to defeat the best efforts even of psychologically insightful individuals . |
| 3 | It is only if the existing and permitted uses of the land are so seriously affected as to render the land incapable of reasonably beneficial use that the owner can take advantage of the purchase notice procedure . |
| 4 | The CITES regulations state that ‘ Management Authorities of the Parties shall be satisfied that any living specimen will be so prepared and shipped as to minimise the risk of injury , damage to health or cruel treatment ’ . |
| 5 | On the other hand , pressure of whatever character , whether acting on the fears or the hopes , if so exerted as to overpower the volition without convincing the judgment , is a species of restraint under which no valid will can be made . |
| 6 | The funding , was a matter of assessing priorities , and each time , when that assessment came , the police were prioritised as to receive the funding that was thought correct to undertake the duties that they do in this county . |
| 7 | And sadly the first time he flew without me he perished , leaving Bob Pointer and myself wondering why events in our puny lives are so ordained and arranged as to inflict the maximum hurt at a time like that . |
| 8 | Below the front windows was a box extension of about two feet in length , so placed as to increase the space of the interior . |