Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … The problem is whether in the present case , which arises out of the use by the defendant of a motor car on a public highway , the circumstances produced such a relationship between the defendant and the infant plaintiff as to impose a duty on the defendant in relation to the plaintiff . |
| 2 | Nevertheless some form of discretionary adjustment may still be required , especially for deficit countries , since there is no guarantee that the exchange rate will adjust smoothly in such a manner as to ensure an equilibrium in the balance of payments . |
| 3 | If the company has more than 50 members then , unless the register is kept in such form as to constitute an index of names of the members , such an index must also be kept in the same place as the register . |
| 4 | Would you expect him , the prince of Wales , to so far flout convention as to seek a liaison with his brother 's lady ? ’ |
| 5 | With a little imagination the soft conventionalist could draft some even more abstract proposition everyone does accept , which he might then elaborate in such a way as to validate a proposition of law about snail darters . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) In view of different legal and institutional starting positions with regard to the employment of mothers and fathers , its shall be the task of the all-German legislator to shape the legal situation in such as way as to allow a reconciliation of family and occupational life . |
| 7 | On one level , it sought to frame the public debate ( why only three options ? why not four or five ? ) in such a way as to create a consensus around his policy . |
| 8 | The sexual behaviour of blacks has hardly been controlled in such a way as to create a gene pool in which specific physical traits related to power , speed and agility became dominant . |
| 9 | Indeed , montage plays a crucial role in enriching the reader 's view of reality , for narrative units are arranged in such a way as to create an interplay , so that they bring fresh perspectives to bear on one another and are mutually illuminating . |
| 10 | But once the Parliamentary material was brought to our attention , it seemed to me , as , I believe , to others of your Lordships who had heard the appeal first argued , to raise an acute question as to whether it could possibly be right to give effect to taxing legislation in such a way as to impose a tax which the Financial Secretary to the Treasury , during the passage of the Bill containing the relevant provision , had , in effect , assured the House of Commons it was not intended to impose . |
| 11 | On the basis of her understanding , it appears that any artist in the USA who uses the conventions of the mass media in such a way as to produce a critique of the media ( and I can think of a good many ) is veritably a ‘ quasi-situationist ’ . |
| 12 | He singled out for special criticism two specific objectives which had figured so prominently in the application of Keynesian ideas : ( a ) the notion that the proper focus of attention for monetary policy was the attainment of targets for the rate of interest as opposed to targets for the supply of money ; ( b ) that demand management policies could be adjusted in such a way as to achieve a target combination of inflation and unemployment which was sustainable indefinitely . |
| 13 | The really important task facing all religions is whether these particular categorical assertions can be unpacked in such a way as to reveal a piece of the jigsaw which fits with others . |
| 14 | It was agreed that it would be impossible to draft the title of the Bill in such a way as to exclude an amendment to abolish capital punishment , and that it would be unconvincing to argue that the inclusion in the Bill of a provision for the abolition of capital punishment would be inappropriate . |
| 15 | Each input or interaction upsets homeostasis , but the parts which make up the system are programmed to respond in such a way as to ensure a return to normality . |
| 16 | 3.9.2 publications by others , visual advertising and statements which portray its Trade Marks and all products or product groups in such a way as to have a likelihood or depreciating the good will in the Trade Marks and |
| 17 | This look into the relatively near future highlights the importance of writing media releases in such a way as to catch an editor 's attention at once . |
| 18 | The Panel will not regard an adviser as independent if he is in the same group as the financial adviser to an offeror , or if he has a significant interest in or financial connection with either an offeror or the target company of such a kind as to create a conflict of interest ( Rule 3.3 ) . |
| 19 | One deals with ‘ lack of care ’ in that a failure to fence a pond resulted in a verdict of such negligence as to justify a verdict of manslaughter . |
| 20 | In the age of AIDS and other incurable forms of venereal disease , new moral attitudes are gaining ground , and juries might well be led towards the view that explicit sexual depictions are degrading to such an extent as to exercise a depraving and corrupt influence on future conduct . |