Example sentences of "as [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the trees , so large now as to enclose this garden , excluding the sight of other houses , so that but for the complex of railway lines it might have been in the country , were in late summer leaf . |
| 2 | ‘ Then , if you would also remain here for a few moments , Madame Ash , perhaps Madame Craig would be so kind as to come this way ? ’ |
| 3 | It often works , though once in London when I so far forgot myself as to try this ploy , I was rewarded by a grimace of fascinating sarcasm ! |
| 4 | It is suggested that in the context of a monogamous union , adultery was elevated to the status of a sin ( or indeed a crime ) and grounds for divorce so as to reinforce this concept of marriage and , in the absence of birth control , to prevent the social ‘ untidiness ’ caused by the production of children not the product of a couple married to each other , with all the inheritance and support complications which could follow . |
| 5 | The rail unions should be putting their own demands in such a way as to reinforce this campaign ; but they have not done so . |
| 6 | What this pseudo policy rule amounts to is a presumption by agents that the demand management authorities consider an unemployment rate U , to be , in some sense , optimal and that they will adjust monetary and fiscal policies in such a way as to maintain this unemployment rate . |
| 7 | The manor house at Cosmeston has traditionally been called a castle , but it may not have been so extensively fortified as to warrant this name . |
| 8 | It will also challenge clubs like Nottingham — and perhaps even Cardiff — to become as effective as Saracens have been , not only in finding and developing new young talent , but in building such good relations with the junior clubs in their area as to make this process acceptable to both sides . |