Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1792 wages in Sheffield were said to be so high generally as to allow the leisure-preferring cutlers to live comfortably from working only three days a week . |
| 2 | On the other hand , this goal , that is , a sample sufficiently large so as to make it representative , had to be weighed against time , staffing and other factors which imposed a practical limit on the size of the sample . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I trust that my proposals as to where I believe library and information science professionals should direct their efforts are sufficiently clear-cut so as to draw responses from the professionals involved . |
| 5 | Be so good now as to march these miscreants to Mutton House . |
| 6 | Although the relevance of recordable bill of lading data depends upon the type of transaction involved , the following data are sufficiently generic so as to become prime candidates for public registry recording : 1 ) storage of goods in carriers ' warehouse or independent warehouses awaiting carriage ; 2 ) issuance of port to port and combined transport bills ; 3 ) on board loading ; 4 ) carriers ' ( actual or contractual ) names , and electronic signatures or authenticating devices ; 5 ) certificates of carrier , freight forwarder , and other issuer solvency or sufficiency of insurance ; 6 ) inspectors ' and other examiners ' names , electronic signatures or authenticating devices , and certifications of solvency or of sufficiency of insurance ; 7 ) negotiation , transfer , pledge , and presentation ( including cancellation ) of port to port and combined transport bills ; and 8 ) storage of goods upon termination of carriage , and issuance of warehouse and trust receipts . |
| 7 | How , she wondered bemusedly , could she have been so trivial recently as to wish to upset these unexceptionable people . |
| 8 | At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) . |
| 10 | It was decided that the information was no longer confidential so as to prevent other parties making use of it . |
| 11 | It was held that the payment was not voluntary so as to preclude recovery . |
| 12 | ‘ The case of Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 shows , that if a person illegally claims a fee colore officii , the payment is not voluntary so as to preclude the party from recovering it back . |
| 13 | But in other west European countries a different conclusion is being drawn , namely that European political union , perhaps excluding Britain , is all the more important so as to provide a check on American behaviour , to avoid a unipolar world . |
| 14 | ‘ Eldorado is substantially different now but to get people to admit that is an uphill struggle . |
| 15 | There are cases , including the authorities to which Cooke P. referred , in which an order apparently final has been treated as interlocutory so as to deprive a litigant of a right of appeal or so as to restrict such right . |
| 16 | These programmes are aimed at managers who are operating at Board level , allowing those with the greatest responsibility for strategy and policy the opportunity to refresh their skills , to bring themselves fully up-to-date professionally and to focus on the implications of changes in the commercial and public sector environment for the benefit of their own organisation |
| 17 | Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter . |
| 18 | Like many Sicilian buildings the windows are very small so as to exclude the hot sunshine ( 215 ) . |
| 19 | It is an indication that your weight is too far forward and to avoid it the feet should be positioned further back and more weight should be placed on the back foot . |