Example sentences of "[adv] as obtain " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the more commonly understood sense they have been strengthened , because they have been changed so as to obtain more convictions relating to well-publicised and hard-lobbied issues . |
| 2 | By self-discipline we mean the judicious guidance of our desires and impulses through the elaborate filter of convention so as to obtain the maximum amount of self-satisfaction and social approval . |
| 3 | try reaching a compromise or give way on one ( lesser ) risk so as to obtain your teenager 's agreement to forego another one . |
| 4 | Its approach will be to guarantee participating companies ' anonymity so as to obtain as much information as possible , to analyse companies ' experience in implementing the code , and to investigate other methods employed in furthering corporate governance . |
| 5 | The interest earned net of costs is used to purchase futures and options contracts so as to obtain maximum exposure in each quarter to any upward movement in the FT-SE Index . |
| 6 | In the case of the sentence above , the completing word was " cat " , but on other trials a poor completion such as " chair " was presented , so as to obtain an estimate of the effectiveness of the preceding context . |
| 7 | The general idea of selecting communities which were interrelated in this way on the dimensions of status and ethnicity was to ‘ match-up ’ linguistic data from the four areas , so as to obtain some fairly detailed information on the linguistic strategies which Belfast people employed as they moved from urban vernacular to slightly higher-status speech patterns . |
| 8 | The latter will include the fact that the report complies with auditing standards and , where it departs from these , the reasons ; the steps taken in the audit process ; and that it was planned and performed ‘ so as to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement , whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error ’ . |
| 9 | As has been said , a decision was made to abandon high-order averaging by the instrument so as to obtain a full record of the variations in measurement . |
| 10 | We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the accounts are free from material misstatement , whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error . |
| 11 | Other duties of the maître are defined in the article ‘ Ensemble ’ : ‘ It is for maîtres de musique , conducteurs and chefs d'orchestre above all to guide , or hold back , or hurry along the musicians so as to obtain ensemble everywhere . ’ |
| 12 | This should be sufficient to put a purchaser on notice so that he insists on paying the purchase monies to two trustees or a trust corporation so as to obtain a good receipt ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s27 ) . |
| 13 | When his first wife died in 1751 , he went so far as to obtain a licence to marry a certain Hannah Laskey . |
| 14 | Elderly people and their families who wish to ‘ go it alone , so far as obtaining outside help is concerned are , of course , quite at liberty to do so , and four of the large organisations who can give advice on a great variety of problems are : |
| 15 | Morgan , as well as obtaining third prize for the block plan he submitted in conjunction with Phipson , gained two prizes in the other competition . |
| 16 | If you are selling as well as buying , then the whole business is doubled up — you have to answer pre-contract enquiries from your purchaser , as well as obtaining them from your vendor , your purchaser will have a survey done and institute a local search on your property . |
| 17 | In each case the team 's community psychiatric nurse or social worker was designated as key worker and would continue to monitor every patient , as well as to obtain or increase other services when they thought necessary . |