Example sentences of "[adv] as [to-vb] the whole " in BNC.
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1 | But in addition to the church 's calling to be the invisible yeast leavening the whole dough and the salt savouring the whole meal , it is also called to be a light placed prominently and strategically upon a lamp-stand so as to light the whole house . |
2 | There will be similar trouble over the gender difference if indeed as I am suggesting — it is true that ideas about the meaning of maleness have distorted moral thinking in our culture quite deeply , so as to affect the whole concept of individuality , and thereby condition the way in which some central metaphysical issues are seen . |
3 | The court will be disclined to construe a clause as excluding liability for deliberate breaches of contract or so as to defeat the whole object of the contract . |
4 | At the school the examinations were spread out over three separate sessions for each girl , so as to make the whole procedure as painless as possible , academic standards among pupils being generally low . |
5 | For the full effect of neighbours , go on Saturday or Sunday so as to find the whole array of cars , vans , lorries ‘ motorbikes and children , although if it is a fine weekend some of the boats and caravans may be missing . |
6 | In such cases the court should not apply the strict construction so far as to make the whole clause void or invalid or unenforceable . |
7 | While all this talk of constitutional change is in the air — Kinnock proposes to abolish the House of Lords and dismember the United Kingdom , as well as to forbid the whole country from hunting — I wonder if I may make a proposal . |