Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] as [verb] [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 | A few borings indicating greater thicknesses might be explained away as going diagonally through detritus on the outer flank of the reef , but there are now too many for one to conclude that the results can be explained in this way . |
| 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 | This can be done electrically as described above . |
| 9 | The module can then be scanned again as described above . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Th IN cleavage reaction was performed basically as described previously ( 22 ) . |
| 12 | If you touch the rope even , the bell is angled so as to sound continuously . ’ |
| 13 | IgG anti-bovine lactoferrin antibodies were measured essentially as described above , except that no negative or positive serum references were used . |
| 14 | This file should contain the responses the user would have given to the prompts for the relevant options had the system been used interactively as described below . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | These incorporated over four thousand pieces of garnet individually cut so as to fit precisely into the cloisons for which they were designed . |
| 17 | As the clients relaxation skills develop the exercises may be combined so as to speed up the process of relaxation . |
| 18 | Advanced manufacturing technology is widely put forward as holding out the opportunity to change the competitiveness of businesses . |
| 19 | Passive participles provide a rich vein of relevant instances ; it is a commonplace that these can be construed either as related directly to a verb , and hence in many cases referring to some assumed event , or as being adjectives expressing a state that have lost their verbal connexion . |
| 20 | 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 … ‘ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A MAN was killed yesterday as winds up to 90mph and torrential rain left a trail of devastation across Britain . |
| 23 | Release of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 into the incubation media was determined radioimmunologically as described previously . |