Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme for 1988/89 is organised so as to maintain the flexibility necessary to allow for the covering of new research results and to enable distinguished overseas visitors to present papers to the Group . |
| 2 | Having obtained the poles of , the relevant physical transfer function is deduced by rejecting poles in the positive half of the s-plane and a network is synthesised so as to generate that transfer function . |
| 3 | In a radically different approach to filter design , a filter is synthesised so as to provide some preconceived functional form of frequency response that exhibits certain desirable features . |
| 4 | It will involve reviewing the appropriate governmental legislation and identifying the extent to which this legislation is embraced so as to enhance the teaching of reading for both low achieving and underachieving readers . |
| 5 | Our annual intake is selected so as to reflect the national average and range of ability . |
| 6 | The poem is written so as to give the impression of fleeting thoughts , which take him even as he is in conversation with these men , Brad and John , in a bar . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Act is drafted so as to apply to any foreign State , a practice followed in the criminal context by the Criminal Justice ( International Co-operation ) Act 1990 . |
| 9 | If you touch the rope even , the bell is angled so as to sound continuously . ’ |
| 10 | The constructed index is transformed so as to move from 0 in 1970 Q4 to a peak of unity assumed to be reached in 1989 Q4 . |
| 11 | FPG is recognised internationally as having research and consultancy experience in geological aspects of waste disposal and contaminant migration . |
| 12 | The load is set so as to maintain a pH of at least 5.3 , the minimum for a bicarbonate rather than an aluminium buffering system , with aluminium levels of 30 ug/litre or less . |
| 13 | ( This assumes the behaviourist position that what is experienced subjectively as thought and emotion is identical with the behaviour , incipient as neural process as well as overt as bodily movement , which objectively is perceived by the senses . ) |
| 14 | ‘ This is known technically as creating brand equity ahead of sales . |
| 15 | In The Middlemen ( 1961 ) this mediatory role is magnified so as to become the primary focus of the novel . |
| 16 | One major problem is that if the offence is defined so as to include all touchings to which the victim does not consent , it seems difficult to exclude everyday physical contact with others . |
| 17 | Higher Education is defined so as to include Universities , Central Institutions , Colleges of Education and advanced Further Education . |
| 18 | To convert it to a fluxgate transducer , the excitation is increased so as to force the core into saturation on alternate peaks . |
| 19 | Sit-ups , crunches , leg raises and knee tucks are all possible on this simple piece of equipment , and as the stomach muscles become stronger the angle of incline is increased so as to bring gravity into play . |
| 20 | A salient characteristic of the internal structure of' the elite is that it is rational , in the sense that it is structured so as to achieve in a purposeful and conscious manner the objectives of the elite as a whole . |
| 21 | The presence of oxygen , not usually cited as the cause of a fire , is put forward as having caused a fire in a laboratory or a space satellite for the reason that oxygen is usually and by intention excluded from some apparatus or chamber . |
| 22 | Again , a minimum data value of zero is specified so as to eliminate those countries for which no data are available . |
| 23 | Yet his system , like others on the contemporary scene , is constructed so as to repel argument or contrary evidence . |
| 24 | If the pin is extended so as to enter another spatial domain yet another unwanted association would be detected and flagged to the designer . |
| 25 | To maintain the same characteristic impedance as the prototype , the series impedance Z 1 of the m-derived section is chosen so as to satisfy or Thus and the series arm of the m-derived section must be formed from the series impedance Z 1 of the prototype multiplied by m in parallel with extra impedance as illustrated in figure 9.9(c) . |
| 26 | When Nietzsche is quoted directly as arguing that " tropes are not something that can be added or subtracted from language at will ; they are its truest nature " , de Man 's paraphrase seems innocuous : The mode of paraphrase frees de Man from the obligation of theoretical presence in his discourse while still allowing him to translate Nietzsche 's text into the terms of his own problematic . |