Example sentences of "[adv] as [to-vb] 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 ‘ Maybe we should breed men an inch high so as to live a million years . ’
3 More significantly , the organisation was now free to manage itself so as to give a better service to patients .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 The internalized dialogue that it brings acts on the mind so as to generate a continuing cycle of reflection and intellectual advance .
8 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 .
9 It therefore becomes imperative that the scriptures be interpreted so as to form a consistent whole .
10 The edges of adjacent planks were not fastened together mechanically but stood open so as to form a V-shaped groove .
11 Narrowly dyadic relationships of this kind show no tendency to proliferate outwards so as to form a wider network , and , since they are usually short-lived , anthropologists have not often given them much attention .
12 We hope that you will build upon these so as to form a continuing association with your University .
13 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 .
14 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 . "
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Indeed , we have delayed publication so as to incorporate a large part of the ASH detailed brief on the subject in the paper .
18 ‘ 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 The second approach is to consider whether an objectionable part of a covenant can be severed so as to leave an enforceable obligation .
22 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 .
23 so as to cause an unnecessary obstruction thereof .
24 so as to cause an unnecessary obstruction thereof ’ .
25 so as to cause an unnecessary obstruction thereof ’ .
26 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 .
27 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 ’ ?
28 In the longer term they should go so as to create a real ‘ Europe without frontiers ’ .
29 In our system , we upset the pattern of tension in the epidermis by cutting so as to create a free epidermal edge .
30 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 .
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