Example sentences of "as not [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of industries around Baden , all sited with typical Swiss discretion so as not to bruise the town 's charm . |
| 2 | As has already been seen , it was the style of both church and politicians to avoid their mutual consultations being known , which tells us that the secularity of the state at that time was partially a façade , but one which it was felt by both interested parties had to be maintained , probably so as not to confuse the faithful . |
| 3 | She hurried forward with her head down so as not to see the diesel-and-hemp-smelling boathouse where she and Francis had once kissed and kissed ; or the two canvas shoes pushed on dock posts to dry and which she was certain had belonged to Francis . |
| 4 | He clenched shut his eyes so as not to see the pale oval of her face through the shadows . |
| 5 | Stephen tied it up but the string broke and he had to drive the car into Hilderbridge very slowly and carefully so as not to overheat the engine . |
| 6 | On a full-stop landing the nose-wheel is carefully held off ( so as not to touch the dolly-wheel in the ventral strake ) down to forty-ish knots when the stick hits the back stop and the nose gently subsides . |
| 7 | A marriage contracted by a person so insane at the time as not to appreciate the nature of the obligations of the married state may be set aside at the suit of either party . |
| 8 | All this in the most magnificent scenery , a national park where the natural forest has n't been logged for years and grazing sheep is prohibited so as not to upset the natural balance . |
| 9 | Some local parents were complaining that teachers correct some wrong spellings , while leaving the majority untouched , so as not to upset the child . |
| 10 | The tip of the syringe is then inserted from the side of the mouth , and the plunger gently depressed so as not to cause the medication to run out of the mouth . |
| 11 | We have this church , where Bee preach the sermons quiet , without spirit so as not to move the congregation to sing too loud or ring the bell or catch the Spirit and speak in tongues , so when Corporal Prince break into the Church one evening , he and the whole Bonasse Police Force , he finds us singing soft and low as children in a Sunday School : ‘ God moves in mysterious way His wonders to perform . ’ |
| 12 | Lay it to a depth of at least 25mm ( 1in ) ; rake smooth , then lay each slab in place , lowering it so as not to disturb the mortar bed . |
| 13 | There are now four such problems which can be assembled into a solution in any order , provided we can solve a subproblem in such a way as not to disturb the solution of the previous subproblems . |
| 14 | One went on tiptoe so as not to disturb the hush . |
| 15 | The boy placed the bowl on the ground ever so gently , so as not to disturb the wild animals — then slipped back into the house . |
| 16 | In 1799 he wrote , ‘ With a pair of tweezers I placed an ant upon the middle of the leaf of Drosera rotundifolia but so as not to disturb the plant . |
| 17 | We were to go on foot so as not to disturb the tranquillity . |
| 18 | The set is heard to best effect played from start to finish , so leave yourself a spare five hours , play it real loud ( on headphones so as not to disturb the neighbours , of course ) and it 'll form crop circles in your hair . |
| 19 | Walking gingerly , so as not to disturb the maps , she trod across the City , as her make-believe monster had done earlier . |
| 20 | Then she said to me , quietly so as not to disturb the talk , ‘ We shall eat mutton tonight — or Lord Byron and Polidori will , for Percy and I avoid meat . |
| 21 | The set is heard to best effect played from start to finish , so leave yourself a spare five hours , play it real loud ( on headphones so as not to disturb the neighbours , of course ) and it 'll form crop circles in your hair . |
| 22 | It could have been Jamie , padding softly around his flat so as not to disturb the neighbours . |
| 23 | Her mother had taken her downstairs so as not to disturb the rest of the family . |
| 24 | Erm as desirable as that objective is , the fact of the matter is that inward investors , given the choice of the derelict industrial site in a town centre in North Yorkshire or an out of town motorway junction site to exaggerate the difference , in another part of the country is as likely as not to choose the other place . |
| 25 | Carefully structured so as not to antagonize the central Soviet authorities , however , the package also included humanitarian aid to cancer victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster . |
| 26 | I went into hospital with a blank jumbo pad , a pencil so as not to mark the NHS sheets , and the hero 's manuscript . |
| 27 | This exercise must be done slowly and carefully so as not to let the barbell drop from your fingertips . |
| 28 | According to Theodore Vriezen , Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Utrecht , the Babylonians deported mainly the upper classes and left perhaps 20,000 of the lower classes behind , so as not to let the country fall into total decay . |
| 29 | As the IPG has a commitment to maintain a comprehensive information system at all times for bureaux , it was decided that work on other sections of the files should continue alongside the social security work so as not to let the changes dominate the work of the group . |
| 30 | In Kilronan churchyard lies the blind harper who , it is said , wrote the music for the tune that became ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner ’ — Turlough O'Carolan , led across Ireland on a white horse by his servant , and sleeping with his harp in the bed so as not to let the instrument 's wood warp in damp rooms . |