Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were less involved in thinly rationing existing services than is often necessary in social work and more able to concentrate help so as to provide a relatively complete service capable of achieving significant change for some people . |
| 2 | Greenbaum and Quirk posit a principle of end-focus to account for the tendency to process information' so as to achieve a linear presentation from low to high information value' . |
| 3 | Indeed , we have delayed publication so as to incorporate a large part of the ASH detailed brief on the subject in the paper . |
| 4 | Certain types of agreement will seldom if ever qualify for exemption , for example those which restrict competition so as to affect inter-state trade and contain export bans , maintain retail prices or lead to absolute territorial protection of national markets . |
| 5 | First , the subjective formulation of section 68 is made objective so as to read , ‘ if the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe . ’ |
| 6 | Jaq wondered how much effort of will it had cost her to resist ultimate , engulfing pleasure so as to gasp out a question or two to her tormenter and enchanter . |
| 7 | In 1672 Haines obtained a patent for a new method of cleaning trefoil so as to improve the seed , and this led to public controversy with Caffyn , who was himself a local farmer , jealous of Haines 's influence with local notables , and convinced that patents were unchristian and patentees covetous . |
| 8 | Even in Cramlington , the activities of the developer builders were seen largely in terms of providing a population to serve as the basis of demand for services , rather than , as was clearly the case for the public sector , in terms of providing housing so as to assemble a labour force for new industries . |
| 9 | Plainly article 9 can not have effect so as to stifle the freedom of all to comment on what is said in Parliament , even though such comment may influence Members in what they say . |
| 10 | As respects England and Wales or Northern Ireland , any provision in an Act passed before 1st August 1958 that any order or determination shall not be called into question in any court , or any provision in such an Act which by similar words excludes any of the powers of the High Court , shall not have effect so as to prevent the removal of the proceedings into the High Court by order of certiorari or to prejudice the powers of the High Court to make orders of mandamus . |
| 11 | Elections for the 14 Assam seats in the Lok Sabha did not take place in as scheduled in November 1989 because electoral rolls were incomplete [ see p. 36977 ] . |
| 12 | In typical elitist manner Schumpeter describes these notions as both unrealistic and dangerous ; but a major difference from classical elite theorists is that Schumpeter wants to redefine democracy so as to preserve some recognition of the fact of popular participation and to take account of the inevitably limited nature of this participation . |
| 13 | Find way of treating glass so as to respond to viewer 's gaze ? |
| 14 | He shifts world weirdly as sunspots |
| 15 | The justice would not , in my view , be inquiring into the offence as examining justice so as to bring the matter within section 5(1) nor would she be ‘ adjourning the trial of an information ’ to bring the matter within section 10(1) of the Act of 1980 . |
| 16 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 17 | Just as many third-world deals have involved oil so as to escape the OPEC output quotas , so Brazil exchanged $630 million worth of locally-made Volkswagens for Iraqi oil in 1984 . |
| 18 | There is statutory warrant for extending privilege so as to embrace reports , papers , etc. , published by order of a House ( Parliamentary Papers Act 1840 ) . |
| 19 | If there is only one adult resident , a discount of 25 per cent can be claimed ( s79 ) ; it is important therefore that if husband and wife cease to live together each of them should notify the local authority that separation has taken place so as to end joint liability and for the remaining resident spouse to claim the discount ( if applicable ) . |
| 20 | Upon weight gain or loss ( in this case during dieting ) , the setpoint device pressures the conscious mind to change behaviour so as to reattain the set body weight . |
| 21 | This will eventually make it possible to manipulate ecology so as to test the dependence of social structure upon it . |
| 22 | This showed that 1 million East Anglian and Midlands consumers regularly drank water above the 50 mg/litre standard , and another 3.8 million drank water almost as polluted during 1984/5 . |
| 23 | Distinguished people make a practice of visiting the opera , and pull rank so as to meet the artistes , especially attractive females . ’ |
| 24 | Planners are also being instructed to site housing so as to minimize car use for journeys to work and school , and to encourage public transport and improved energy conservation measures . |
| 25 | For instance , a limitation or exclusion of liability could be justified by a preamble or postscript to the clause explaining that its purpose is to limit liability so as to enable the person protected by it to obtain insurance cover , and thus keep its costs down : In order to enable the Seller to insure against its liability under this contract , the Seller 's liability in respect of any defect in the goods or any loss caused by such defect is limited to £n ; the Buyer must bear the risk of any loss in excess of £n and should insure against such loss . |
| 26 | A measure actually intended to achieve the unpopular objective of raising revenue so as to remedy a funding deficit may , for example , be linked to and presented as instituting a new and desirable benefit . |
| 27 | ‘ This refers specifically to the assumed facility of a wholesaler to order in bulk , and to be able to recycle and place previously purchased stock so as to minimise returns . |
| 28 | Calculating any extra resource using an index based on doctors ' own perceptions of what creates work seems the more valid approach as these will presumably be factors deterring doctors from working in underprivileged areas or causing them to limit access so as to avoid overwork . |
| 29 | I even considered swooning so as to get out of the room when suddenly a secret door just behind the throne was thrown open and the most incredible sight emerged : a man , black as night , well over two yards high . |
| 30 | I stretched the paper onto a full size Peter Welton Frame , which makes life easier as regards stretching paper , but also gives you a firm support to work against . |