Example sentences of "so [adv] as [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the most promising ‘ global language ’ candidate , or at least the most likely to permeate other languages so thoroughly as to amount to the same thing . |
| 2 | On the application of both defendants Wright J. set aside the order in so far as related to such disclosure on the ground that it infringed their privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 3 | In practice the risk of default of non repayment is nil so far as lending to the government is concerned . |
| 4 | North once told Secord that he had gone so far as to mention to the President that the Ayatollah was helping the contras . |
| 5 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 6 | The procedure at the hearing is determined by the tribunal within the framework of the statutory rules which provide that the tribunal shall ‘ so far as appears to it appropriate seek to avoid formality ’ . |
| 7 | Following announcement of the settlement , the government admitted that it had blundered in its handling of the affair , and on Oct. 30 Antall went so far as to suggest to parliament that he should resign ( no formal resignation offer was made , however ) . |
| 8 | The Lewisham Council went so far as to apply to the High Court for an Order of Mandamus requiring the Commissioner of Police to seek to have the march banned . |
| 9 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |
| 10 | It was pretence , Cecilia knew , for no one could help feeling an embarrassment so deep as to amount to actual dumb fear in the face of such a performance . |