Example sentences of "[adv] as [to-vb] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And wherever there was a suggestion of a space there would be a craftsman bent over his work : a weaver over his loom , a metal-worker crouched over a dish of grey ash fanning a lump of live charcoal in its midst with a blowpipe , a basket-worker holding what he was making with his toes so as to leave his hands free , a turner doing his turning with a little bow which might have been used to shoot arrows , the man making pegs for the ornate wooden windows . |
| 2 | What an ordinary individual needs is to have a slice of his savings invested in the company he works for , and the rest spread widely so as to spread his risk , through unit trusts ( mutual funds ) , life-insurance policies or pension funds . |
| 3 | Elsewhere , though , Eliot deliberately pruned away details so as to universalize his imagery . |
| 4 | The farmer with fertile land in a favourable situation and with a good business sense may be able to adjust his product ‘ mix ’ so as to hedge his income from market fluctuations , and to ensure a cash-flow which is as even as possible throughout the year . |
| 5 | The Prelude was meant to illustrate the growth of his own mind , so as to show his fitness for such a project . |
| 6 | And so it had gone on , generation after generation , Dowd changing his face on occasion ( a simple trick , or feit ) so as to conceal his longevity from the withering human world . |
| 7 | Senator Ricardo may enact such a bill so as to increase his chance of re-election , or he may oppose it because he favours public spending on ideological grounds . |
| 8 | Murdoch had long planned to move part of his operation to Wapping so as to increase his printing capacity . |
| 9 | He stood up and walked to the window of the cold , cold room , putting aside with contempt his lifelong habit of arranging to be seated so as to hide his size when he was about to say anything that interested him . |
| 10 | The fuse would destroy itself , the gunpowder explode , poor Cosmas 's legs would be shattered , and even if he wanted to , the fire spread so quickly as to prevent his escape . |
| 11 | Indeed , Stein went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 12 | But with Barnet owing £1.3million and the players and staff unpaid for three weeks , Stein believes it is unlikely the crisis can be averted and went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 13 | He even goes so far as to fabricate his signature in a way similar to Pound 's , so that it forms a kind of hieroglyph . |
| 14 | Farr-Jones went so far as to telephone his wife Angela in Sydney saying she should expect him home within days . |
| 15 | Toby went so far as to straighten his back . |
| 16 | For another , Gombrich was unfailingly courteous and informative , without , however , going so far as to make his interviewer sound good . |