Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wrongful act of the son in intercepting those letters , which could not have been anticipated by the creditor , was held not to affect the creditor so as to prevent it from enforcing the charge . |
| 2 | ‘ Exclusive ’ fostering , where the foster-parents tend to treat the child rather as though he [ or she ] were their own or they had adopted him [ or her ] , is thought to be damaging to the child 's identity , as well as hindering restoration to the natural parents . |
| 3 | Dramatic results are obtained when you go forwards to meet the opponent just as he attacks . |
| 4 | Remember that if you return home at the end of the session with the work you planned to do uncompleted you can not expect to return the next day or the next week to find the situation exactly as you left it . |
| 5 | Other automated items such as baskets and shake alarms ( signalling the moment during cooking when it is necessary to shake the basket so as to ensure even cooking throughout ) are already available as an option on many machines , while some units will even tell you when to change the oil ! |
| 6 | Do n't choose aggressive , adrenaline-inducing activities but use exercise to activate the body fully as our nervous system and chemistry have primed our bodies for this purpose . |
| 7 | Unix Labs did manage to walk away from Judge Debevoise 's courtroom with a minor victory : it got him to set the record straight as to how many copies of 32V were actually distributed . |
| 8 | Rose , now 66 , explained that she used to visit the doctor regularly as her thighs would continually rub against each other and actually bleed because they were so big . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , in many cases , especially where the employer is part of a corporate group , it may be necessary to widen the inquiry so as to consider the employer 's overall financial resources , the overall size of the business , the type of operation , and the overall composition , structure and functions of the work-force . |
| 10 | One is that players will tend to chip the ball more as the tackler moves in . |
| 11 | Yet throughout its recent history WACC has tried to broaden the perspective so as to include life as a whole and those issues of society which are crucial from the perspective of God 's reign . |
| 12 | Her first step was to leave the kitchen exactly as he left it ; if he thought she had any intention of clearing his mess up behind him , then Luther was very much mistaken . |
| 13 | The disqualification stands on the proposition that , where there is no market so that the user can not by taking his custom elsewhere , discipline the provider , it is wrong to adopt any form which creates a right and duty to use the monopoly so as to satisfy the interests of an exclusive group of owners , as against those of the users . |
| 14 | As owner of the golf course at Ringdufferrin Road , Killyleagh , I would like to put the record straight as regards the article in the News Letter , October 29th , Golf Bad for Beauty . |
| 15 | Charles decided that the accused had the bank 's authority to draw the cheque so as to create a contract between the bank and the payee . |
| 16 | There was the man demobbed from his regiment who came to do the garden just as he had before he was called to war . |
| 17 | ’ Some of the older staff have reacted by attempting to do the job much as they have always done it , which means , in effect , engaging in various minor acts of deviance from new bureaucratic demands in order to minimize the trouble caused . |
| 18 | The report advises the Bank to reassess the project completely as the number of people facing resettlement and the damage to downstream fisheries have been grossly underestimated , while the irrigation potential has been overestimated . |
| 19 | Erm the questions you were asking just now were testing a possible implication that this policy is so weak in general , no no not weak , so general in its application that it really does n't get in the way , it 's testing that kind of hypothesis , and erm all I can say is from experience in North Yorkshire that , even without this policy since nineteen eighty , the county has been using its assertion of its need to protect the countryside generally as its policy position to stop things happening outside towns and villages and that with this policy in place we could see that a general position of the county maintained and then reinforced . |
| 20 | One of the best editing techniques is to read the piece aloud as you check it . |
| 21 | What is more difficult to see is whether Katsikas requires the UK government to amend the law so as to protect the employee 's freedom to refuse to transfer . |
| 22 | Another attempt can then be made to re-enter the module again as described above . |
| 23 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |
| 24 | In trying to keep the wheelbarrow upright as I walked , I moved along a wavy line . |
| 25 | If 1100 cc models are selling well but 1300 cc models are not , it may be in the seller 's interests to reduce the differential so as to attract more buyers to the 1300 cc models . |
| 26 | Not surprisingly , the Department of Transport , and in consequence the British Railways Board , maintained a policy of aiming to reduce the PSO so as to reduce the demands on the taxpayer . |
| 27 | Two men held out their sheepskin coats to shield the camera from the slanting snow , another lay full length in the drift to hold the tripod steady as Hannah led her white cow out of the storm and into the byre . |
| 28 | The members of the audience were asked to watch the film closely as they would be asked questions about it afterwards . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) That the judge 's failure to direct the jury adequately as to the defendant 's previous good character was a material misdirection which could have caused injustice to him ; that at any stage of the trial the jury were entitled to the judge 's assistance on the facts as well as on the law , the withholding of which constituted an irregularity which might , depending on the circumstances , be material ; and that the judge had erred in failing to ascertain what the jury 's problem was and to give the requisite help ( post , pp. 166C , F–G , 167G , H ) . |
| 30 | The appropriate response , however , is not to alter the law so as to allow euthanasia , and thereby arguably undermine the respect for life enshrined both in the law and medical training . |