Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With effect from the general election of 1965 West German electoral law was amended so as to impose stricter limits on variations in constituency magnitudes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Yet he was to say that the entire enterprise of The Cantos was undertaken so as to uncover the reasons why war happens , so as to preclude its happening again . |
| 4 | This preoccupation with assessment was regarded both as demoralizing and excessively demanding on teachers ' time in 1989 , 1990 and 1991 . |
| 5 | The plan form of his Panopticon was designed so as to combine " … the apparent omnipresence of the inspector … with the extreme facility of his real presence " ( Bentham , Works , IV p 45 ) . |
| 6 | Among these benefits were : 1 ) Bill of lading provisions that granted the carrier the benefit of the shipper 's insurance were outlawed ; and 2 ) The right of the carrier to limit liability to a fixed sum per package or shipping unit was modified so as to specify a mandatory minimum of 100 Pounds Sterling ( or English Gold Sovereigns ) or the the national currency equivalent per package or unit . |
| 7 | The seat , provided with a division of about 6in. in height , was positioned so as to afford a clear forward view of the horses and the surrounding countryside . |
| 8 | On that principle , it seems correct that an amendment to extend controls to the contents of magazines should be added to the Indecent Displays ( Control ) Act , section 1(5) of which was drafted so as to exclude from ‘ displayed matter ’ caught by the test ‘ any part of that matter which is not exposed to view ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Tissue type plasminogen activator antigen was measured essentially as described by Rijken et al . |
| 11 | The transfection was performed exactly as described for stationary cells except all procedures were carried out with medium containing 10% serum . |
| 12 | Th IN cleavage reaction was performed basically as described previously ( 22 ) . |
| 13 | Thus it seems that although the speed rating task was performed roughly as expected , subjects on the normality rating task in fact performed a very different task to the one used in Groeger and Chapman study . |
| 14 | The amount in quadruplicate of 3 H-thymidine incorporated was assessed biochemically as described by Selden and Hodgson . |
| 15 | Such mistranslations occasionally had their amusing side , as when ‘ State Ball ’ was translated so as to give listeners the delightful picture of the president playing football with a visiting group of dignitaries at State House . |
| 16 | Asquith 's 1915 government was only halfway to coalition ; it was in fact a coalition of parties rather than a coalition of men , and it was run so as to maximize continuity . |
| 17 | Yet in both cases in Parliament the section was put forward as providing that only the marginal cost would be treated as taxable . |
| 18 | Northern Tyneside was identified so as to incorporate all types of residential locale . |
| 19 | I have enjoyed the co-operation of Biblical Fundamentalists ( who do not accept the theory of evolution , but believe that the world was created exactly as described in Genesis I ) . |
| 20 | A MAN was killed yesterday as winds up to 90mph and torrential rain left a trail of devastation across Britain . |
| 21 | Flow cytometric analysis of expression of integrins on inhibitor treated and untreated HT-29 cells was conducted essentially as described . |
| 22 | Release of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 into the incubation media was determined radioimmunologically as described previously . |
| 23 | Kenya 's new director of wildlife , Richard Leakey , was quoted recently as saying that government neglect had ‘ permitted the poachers to have our parks to themselves as private hunting blocks with their vehicles , modern weapons and chain saws ’ . |
| 24 | On July 4 the government drew up a budget for 1991 which was described officially as designed to curb inflation , reduce the budget deficit and maintain economic growth . |
| 25 | As a result , by about the year 400 Christmas Day had become a significant date in the Christian Year : 25 December was chosen so as to exorcize the great pagan festival of the solar solstice . |