Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , how else can alignments of physical objects be calculated so as to lie along propitious meridians , save by reference to more fixed and less mutable properties of the earth ? |
| 2 | Congress alone has the power to decide whether the present laws can or can not be amended so as to carry out more effectively the objects of law . |
| 3 | Testing will be revised so as to add less to teachers ' workloads . |
| 4 | With the help of an infrared converter , the measuring beam ( 2μm square cross-section ) was aligned so as to pass axially through a given cell while the reference beam passed either outside the retinal fragment or in a space between photoreceptors . |
| 5 | We were intending to reach Hveravellir , now about thirty kilometres away , to be dropped there and to get out . |
| 6 | Similarly the text is written so as to bring out comic connotations of the word fut , the passé simple of the verb " to be " by writing it with a characteristically Anglo-Norman spelling as " " fout " " , recalling foutre . |
| 7 | utterly unnecessarily imposed so as to fatten up the privatisation turkey — and the Government have the cheek to tell us how much better things are now . |
| 8 | That was not a proper construction of section 78 , which was drawn so as to embrace precisely the situation of this case amongst many others that might arise in individual cases . |
| 9 | If you touch the rope even , the bell is angled so as to sound continuously . ’ |
| 10 | In view of the terms of those dicta , the paucity of cases in which the discretion has been exercised so as to exclude legally admissible evidence is not surprising . |
| 11 | These incorporated over four thousand pieces of garnet individually cut so as to fit precisely into the cloisons for which they were designed . |
| 12 | As the clients relaxation skills develop the exercises may be combined so as to speed up the process of relaxation . |
| 13 | After Mrs Wordingham 's death later in 1989 , Mr Wordingham applied to the High Court for rectification of the will under s 20(1) ( a ) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 , which states that ‘ if the court is satisfied that a will is so expressed that it fails to carry out the testator 's intentions , in consequence — ( a ) of a clerical error … it may order that the will shall be rectified so as to carry out his intentions … ‘ . |
| 14 | This liability would only be avoided if careful records of the sources of drugs were kept so as to pass on liability to the manufacturer responsible for any defect . |
| 15 | Where he is addressing the converted , so to speak , he can say that his intention may have been to reinforce or confirm views already held rather than to stir up hatred . |
| 16 | Initially , it was decided to conduct short unstructured interviews in order to collect basic data concerning the issues outlined above and to follow up with in-depth interviews at a later date . |