Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adv] as [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm so My Lords I am left in the slight dilemma that erm I 'm not er none of the amendments we 're discussing are absolutely ideal from my point of view and meet the three difficulties er which I have touched on and indeed the amendment to which I have put my name erm number eleven , would I think be better erm to have a minority of er er a minimum number of eighteen rather than sixteen so as to simplify the arithmetical processes of contemplated er a two-thirds majority , but of the er amendments that we are discussing er if the opinion of the House is to be sort , I myself would go along with Amendment five and the two other associated amendments with which the Noble Lord , Lord has submitted for consideration of the Committee . |
| 2 | Pre-prepared units of work should be labelled and stored so as to make them accessible to pupils and teachers alike . |
| 3 | Like his celebrated 1976 Macbeth , which teamed McKellen and Judi Dench , Nunn 's Othello was deliberately small-scale and intimate so as to shift the emphasis away from overripe declamation and directorial grandstanding and back to the fevered pulse of the play . |
| 4 | The Americans were anxious to see the Russians engaged in the Far East as soon as possible so as to minimise American losses . |
| 5 | Perhaps cyclists using the service could be asked to clean their bikes as much as possible so as to minimise the risk of oil stains etc . |
| 6 | Get actual local conditions as early as possible so as to have time to make any amendments to your plan . |
| 7 | Governments should aim to make their policy instruments as predictable as possible so as to minimize confusion and hence undesirable fluctuations in output . |
| 8 | ‘ From the case cited [ Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 ] in the course of the argument it is shown that the principle has been laid down that , where one exacts money from another and it turns out that although acquiesced in for years such exaction is illegal , the money may be recovered as money had and received , since such payment could not be considered as voluntary so as to preclude its recovery . |