Example sentences of "[adv] as [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
| 2 | The items were selected so as to give a quick overview of performance in relation to a range of topics including number concepts , measures , spatial concepts , algebra , graphs and number patterns . |
| 3 | persuading a supplier 's lorry driver not to deliver so as to disrupt a commercial contract ) is protected if the attendance is lawful under the 1974 Act , but there is no protection for ‘ secondary picketing , ’ i. e . |
| 4 | He concluded , in the language of the time , that the early sea-urchin was a ‘ harmonious equipotential system ’ in the sense that the parts all functioned so as to generate a normal organism . |
| 5 | The internalized dialogue that it brings acts on the mind so as to generate a continuing cycle of reflection and intellectual advance . |
| 6 | I 'm quite sure she did n't believe a word of this , but in Oxford it is considered good manners to take an adversarial position so as to generate an interesting conversation and allow both parties to display their intelligence , knowledge and eloquence . |
| 7 | It therefore becomes imperative that the scriptures be interpreted so as to form a consistent whole . |
| 8 | The edges of adjacent planks were not fastened together mechanically but stood open so as to form a V-shaped groove . |
| 9 | We hope that you will build upon these so as to form a continuing association with your University . |
| 10 | Then great standing stones brought to mark the way at intervals , and on a bank leading up to a mountain ridge or down to a ford the track cut deep so as to form a guiding notch on the skyline as you come up . |
| 11 | Immediately underneath the stone lay a cist containing several rude cinerary urns , and alongside of it were found a gold fibula and an armilla of a peculiar type made from a broad band of gold beaten out so as to form a convex centre , on each side of which was a fluted ornamental border , and a raised rim returned at the edge . " |
| 12 | They considered that a building or product can not be regarded as a complex structure if it has been wholly constructed or manufactured by one person , so as to form a single indivisible unit . |
| 13 | The best argument for the statue being a fixture was its careful siting in the West Lawn so as to form an integral part of the architectural design of the west elevation of the house . |
| 14 | Indeed , we have delayed publication so as to incorporate a large part of the ASH detailed brief on the subject in the paper . |
| 15 | ‘ if it is demonstrated by reference to authority binding on this court , or by reference to clearly established principles of the common law , that the appellants were rightly held to have committed the actus reus of contempt of court , this court can not apply directly the terms of the Convention so as to reach a different conclusion . |
| 16 | Emperor Hirohito must be supported and the forces of moderate conservatism strengthened within Japan so as to resist a future challenge either from the left or from a regalvanised extreme right wing . |
| 17 | But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty . |
| 18 | The second approach is to consider whether an objectionable part of a covenant can be severed so as to leave an enforceable obligation . |
| 19 | It would be perfectly possible to recast the system of democratic supervision so as to restore a considerable part of the power of the Commons and to provide a devolved system of regional and local elected councils , which would mean that every important administrative body was subject to checks and examination at one or other of the three levels — national , regional or local . |
| 20 | so as to cause an unnecessary obstruction thereof . |
| 21 | ‘ so as to cause an unnecessary obstruction thereof ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ so as to cause an unnecessary obstruction thereof ’ . |
| 23 | Even if an officer is working on a pollution problem requiring repeated visits , he continues to do the unpredictable wherever possible to provide the polluter with few opportunities to organize his activities so as to create a spurious impression that things are under control . |
| 24 | Mr George Gardiner ( C. Reigate ) asked how was Mr Hurd going to explain to ethnic minorities already in this country the strict entry controls on their relatives ‘ while at the same time amending the law so as to create a preferential class of treatment for the Hong Kong Chinese ’ ? |
| 25 | In the longer term they should go so as to create a real ‘ Europe without frontiers ’ . |
| 26 | In our system , we upset the pattern of tension in the epidermis by cutting so as to create a free epidermal edge . |
| 27 | Central was the requirement that internal tariff ( customs duty ) , quota and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods should be abolished so as to create an enlarged European economic space . |
| 28 | At one time he was a sheep-farmer himself and , upon his deification , placed his flock in the heavens so as to keep a close eye on them . |
| 29 | We too would like to see some pensioner and pensioner trustees on that trustee board , but we do also recognise because it is er a large scheme heavily weighted er with er pensioners and deferred pensioners in the very fact that it has been transferred from the public centre of public er sector into the private sector , that we would like to see an independent trustee er er appointed on to the er Committee of Management it would er er sort of act as a balance and be able to provide er specialist advice to particularly the Trade Union Trustees and for that matter the Employer Trustees so as to keep a broad balance of what 's happening within the that time . |
| 30 | So as to keep a fair balance , invitations were also given to all other parties contesting the by-election , only one of which was finally taken up by the Scottish National Party , about a week later . |