Example sentences of "as not [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sensitivity of the test is such that a diluted specimen may still give a positive result , but the contaminants will be so dilute as not to cause a problem . |
| 2 | The duty to discharge their functions so as not to create a nuisance . |
| 3 | I carefully examined every photograph in minute detail through a magnifying glass so as not to miss a thing . |
| 4 | ‘ You are now a minister 's wife ’ , he enjoined her , ‘ and must now so far forget your father 's house as not to claim a precedence of any of your parishioners . ’ |
| 5 | It was decided that , in the circumstances of that case , the discretion should be so exercised as not to require an undertaking in damages from the Crown . |
| 6 | It was the same at the funeral , they were all so quiet , the four men who brought in the coffin wore thick soft-soled shoes so as not to make a noise , nothing must interrupt so that it seemed like a silent film unreeling to the sound of psalms . |
| 7 | ( d ) Party not to take advantage of his own wrong A lease will be construed so far as possible so as not to permit a party to it to take advantage of his own wrong . |
| 8 | When he came he had to pull away quickly so as not to spill a drop of his bodily fluids , like the instructions on the box of condoms said . |