Example sentences of "as [verb] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its approach will be to guarantee participating companies ' anonymity so as to obtain as much information as possible , to analyse companies ' experience in implementing the code , and to investigate other methods employed in furthering corporate governance . |
| 2 | It can not be said that the result was entirely logical , and one is tempted to agree with a famous last-century astronomer , Sir John Herschel , that the constellations seem to have been drawn up so as to cause as much inconvenience as possible , but the system has become so well established that it is unlikely to be altered now . |
| 3 | I find comparisons at the moment impossible to contemplate as this reading is so shattering as to rule out any other . |
| 4 | The Constitution , defining Romania as a " democratic and social state " and criticized by opposition parties as according too much power to the President , came into effect immediately . |
| 5 | They are seen as paying too much attention to narrow financial criteria , but insufficient attention to other important and vital factors like management skills and technical knowledge . |
| 6 | Various other costs such as administration , legal accountancy fees , as well as paying off any debts of the individual band members , could all amount to a further £20,000 . |
| 7 | At the same time , the English government responded favourably to peace overtures from Pope Gregory XI , who was anxious on the one hand to unite the rulers of western Christendom in a crusade , and on the other to tax the western churches so as to fund both this endeavour and his political and diplomatic schemes in Italy . |
| 8 | The Council itself came under criticism in the late 1960s as containing too few members from the colleges and polytechnics , especially members other than principals and directors . |
| 9 | However , several constraints were identified as holding back this development . |
| 10 | Fitting in plugs and turning taps on and off may all be new experiences , as well as estimating how much water is needed . |
| 11 | His next effort , Desperate Remedies described in Early Life as the ‘ unfortunate consequence ’ of recommendations to ‘ write a story with a plot ’ , is a melodramatic tale in the Wilkie Collins tradition which Macmillan was quick to reject as having too much action , chiefly of an undesirable nature . |
| 12 | Informalisation or permissiveness is seen as involving increasingly less regulation and less formality over rules of conduct , a relaxation in standards that seems at odds with the civilising movement identified by Elias . |
| 13 | In the initial review about 70 per cent of the LEAs responded with information , as did nearly all GCE and CSE Boards , the City and Guilds and the RSA . |
| 14 | Charles remembered from working on The Strutters with him that George had always had an approximate approach to the text , relying , as did so many television actors , on a sort of paraphrase of the speeches which homed in on the right cue . |
| 15 | At the same time as carrying out this exercise we will prepare an Information memorandum which will form the principal marketing document and which will be used to provide interested parties with the company 's history and details on its activities , assets , and its past current financial performance . |
| 16 | Labov apparently sees this interview format as extending over several sessions in meetings with individuals and pairs , the interview structure finally dissolving as greater familiarity with neighbourhood residents allows the fieldworker to conduct group sessions . |
| 17 | As stated earlier these strategies are defined as ‘ activating forces within the system to alter the system ’ , and they involve either improving the problem-solving capabilities of the system , or releasing and fostering growth in the persons who make up the system to be changed . |
| 18 | As mentioned above this system requires the classification of hospital activity by case complexity and difficulty . |
| 19 | As mentioned earlier many people can in fact ‘ remember ’ an odour all their life . |
| 20 | In 1739 ( and , later , in 1763 ) Acts were passed empowering the justices ‘ to raise and levy such able-bodied men as have not any lawfyl calling or employment … or do not make use of any lawful means for their support and maintenance , to serve as soldiers ’ . |
| 21 | The optimal reproductive strategy for a male would appear to be mature as quickly as possible , so as to achieve as many matings as possible . |
| 22 | The reason for this is that the silicon connected to various pins is as near to being an insulator as makes very little difference . |