Example sentences of "as [to-vb] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upon taking office as Prime Minister in October 1948 , Yoshida summarised the priorities of his administration as fostering democracy in Japanese society , encouraging the Japanese economy so as to secure greater self-sufficiency , and restoring Japan 's status in the world . |
| 2 | Product names therefore should not be so specific as to exclude wider use where appropriate . |
| 3 | Against this background the Commission has proposed specific measures to make road transport more expensive , primarily by increasing excise duty on fuel , so as to encourage wider use of rail and shipping . |
| 4 | Will my hon. Friend speak to our right hon. Friend the Chancellor about introducing financial incentives similar to those for unleaded fuel so as to encourage speedier acceptance of a lower-sulphur fuel ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I lay with my limbs stretched out as stiff as though rigor mortis had set in , and imitated a corpse so as to give greater reality to the enquiry . |
| 7 | The major national breweries themselves began to either acquire or be acquired by non-brewing companies so as to form larger conglomerates such as Allied-Lyons ( formed when Allied Breweries took over the catering group J. Lyons in 1978 ) , Grand Metropolitan ( formed when Grand Met Hotels took over Truman Hanbury and Buxton in 1971 and Watney Mann in 1972 ) and Imperial ( formed when Imperial Tobacco acquired Courage Breweries in 1972 ) . |
| 8 | However , it may be that once privatised , these pressures are tempered by pressures to show increased profits so as to justify higher dividends and enhance market prices . |
| 9 | Although no specific timescale was announced for the duration of the suspension of co-operation , the Mexican government suggested that it would begin an immediate review of the 1978 extradition treaty with a view to modifying it in such a way as to prohibit further abductions . |
| 10 | The purpose of this is to gain market power so as to charge higher margins . |
| 11 | Firstly Chen [ 18 ] has shown that binding to GGCC in CATGGCCATG is slower than to TATGGCCATA and suggested that this might be because actinomycin molecules , stacking at the ends of the former duplex , can alter the DNA structure so as to facilitate further drug binding . |