Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was why he had voiced this craven option ; so as to witness it vanishing . |
| 2 | Since the 1950s laboratory and field research has also focused on the genetic manipulation of insects ( genetic control ) so as to render them sterile , partially sterile , more susceptible to conventional methods of control , or harmless to man . |
| 3 | And they have worked out how to channel the eggs out of the nests so as to keep them clean . |
| 4 | His duties were defined as being : ‘ to attend to the opening and closing , lighting and heating , dusting , washing out and general care of the premises ; the trimming of the ivy so as to keep it clear of the spouting and the roof ; the keeping of the borders tidy ; and the cleanliness of the WCs . |
| 5 | Make a note of the values at maximum and minimum and if they are not of equal magnitude adjust the zero-offset trimpot so as to make them equal . |
| 6 | Pre-prepared units of work should be labelled and stored so as to make them accessible to pupils and teachers alike . |
| 7 | Other circumstances which may amount to frustration of a booking contract are the flooding of the hotel so as to make it uninhabitable or its destruction by fire . |
| 8 | The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above shall not apply so as to make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to be fitted with an instrument or apparatus other than a two-tone horn designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that goods are on the vehicle for sale . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Very simply , the theory behind this is that any product has some characteristic which can be developed so as to make it unique in its class . |
| 11 | These included a change in the constitutional status of the province so as to make it subordinate to Serbia , the imposition of Serbocroatian as the official language , the dismissal from the Kosovo government of ‘ Albanian chauvinists ’ and of Serbian ‘ opportunists and careerists ’ , and the return to Kosovo of Serbian emigrants ( NIN , 9 November 1986 ) . |
| 12 | The user creates the pages by manipulating this information so as to make it pleasing to the eye , informative , amusing , or whatever effect is required . |
| 13 | The Society 's view is that a more positive solution is needed : to amend the Financial Services Act 1986 so as to make it clear precisely how far rules made under the Act displace the general law . |
| 14 | Can there be , Berkeley asks , ‘ a nicer strain of abstraction than to distinguish the existence of sensible objects from their being perceived , so as to conceive them existing unperceived ’ ? |
| 15 | The teachers ' union even submitted the draft constitution to the bishops so as to get it right . |
| 16 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
| 17 | ‘ So , rather than drag her all the way back here for just five minutes or so , I thought we 'd go there . |
| 18 | Thus we have the permitting conditions : the lack of parental control which might have brought the youth into more conventional alignments rather than setting him free to explore the more extravagant possibilities of a sporting career . |
| 19 | This means that you are seen by several people , individually , in succession , rather than facing them all as a group . |
| 20 | As Montag begins to realise how wrong his community is , he starts to steal a few books rather than burn them all . |
| 21 | They tend to throw the ball rather than kicking it 60 yards up the park . ’ |
| 22 | We appreciate your concern in allowing ‘ strangers ’ to live in your home but it is better to have your home cared for rather than leaving it empty . |
| 23 | By the time you 've you 've moved them all rather than drawing them all in again then you run the con activity and swop back . |
| 24 | As Fred said with a grin , ‘ We 'll save money by putting you back on the staff rather than pay you free-lance rates ’ . |
| 25 | This will create incentives to improve property , rather than leave it undeveloped . |
| 26 | So , rather than give it all up and find another movie , they bought the licence to the film 's soundtrack ( a rather haunting piece by Vangelis ) which , surprise surprise , was called ‘ Blade Runner ’ ! |
| 27 | Could you give the offices some details , rather than having it all out in public , thanks . |
| 28 | The company claims that customers say that they want to do their development at the workgroup level in an open systems environment , on a range of hardware and under different operating systems , and to share data in a decentralised development environment , rather than have it all tied to the Repository on the mainframe server . |
| 29 | He was in a strange mood and , rather than provoke him further , she decided to forget about it , determined not to mention it again . |
| 30 | rather than doing it direct , erm conscription of the painting |