Example sentences of "[noun sg] as to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the presence of the very famous actor indeed who had undertaken the part of Macbeth was hardly noticed ; after all he was so much a part of the English scene as to be , very nearly , taken for granted , though his performance was , as always , brilliant . |
| 2 | To your numerous enquiries , I must answer rather briefly , for I have so bad a cold as to be half blind : add to which so bad a cough & sore throat , that if they do nt go I shall be in town much sooner than I expected … my eyes are so sadly worse , that no bird under an Ostrich shall I soon be able to do . |
| 3 | On occasions the courts have gone further and disqualified a member of a tribunal or board " if there are circumstances so affecting a person acting in a judicial capacity as to be calculated to create in the mind of a reasonable man a suspicion of that person 's impartiality , those circumstances are sufficient to disqualify although in fact no bias exists " ; see Law v. Chartered Institute of Patent Agents [ 1919 ] 2 Chapter 276 ; Metropolitan Properties Co . |
| 4 | He wanted nothing so much at the moment as to be out of this man 's piercing sight and withering scrutiny . |
| 5 | Alexander seemed not so much to be moving in the direction of reform as to be making the achievement of emancipation more difficult . |
| 6 | It may be added , moreover , that this suspicion is deepened by the fact that the historians of Bursa , Baldirzade and Ismail Belig , locate Molla Yegan 's burial place quite precisely in Bursa , not Iznik ; and their evidence , if not , perhaps , of such a nature as to be decisive , is yet very telling . |
| 7 | We have now examined into Master Hussey 's means , and we are satisfied , ’ said the prince , very gravely and courteously , ‘ that even though no exact inventory has yet been made of all the property passing to you , Master Hussey , by your uncle 's will , yet you have certainly acquired assets which must be disposable , and of such a nature as to be very readily disposable . |
| 8 | 7.1 Warranty re-convictions The Tenant warrants that prior to the execution of this Lease [ it ] has disclosed to the Landlord in writing any conviction judgment or finding of any court or tribunal relating to the Tenant ( or any director or other officer or major shareholder of the Tenant ) of such a nature as to be likely to affect the decision of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to continue insurance of any of the Insured Risks The landlord may wish to include this in order to protect its position resulting from insurance contracts being uberrimae fidei , with the resultant obligation to disclose to the insurers material facts within its actual or presumed knowledge . |
| 9 | 7.7.6 to give notice to the Landlord immediately upon the happening of any event which might affect any insurance policy on or relating to the Premises or upon the happening of any event against which the Landlord may have insured under this Lease The following amendment should be considered : … immediately upon becoming aware of the happening of any event … 7.7.7 immediately to inform the Landlord in writing of any conviction judgment or finding of any court or tribunal relating to the Tenant ( or any director other officer or major shareholder of the Tenant ) of such a nature as to be likely to affect the decision of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to continue any such insurance The requirement to notify the landlord in respect of convictions should be deleted for the reason stated above . |
| 10 | Section 742 states that an individual shall be deemed to have power to enjoy the income for the purposes of s739 if he comes within one or more of the following heads : ( a ) To enure for benefit The income is in fact so dealt with by any person as to be calculated , at some point of time and whether in the form of income or not , to enure for the benefit of the individual . |
| 11 | Industry , strictly defined , can be regarded as having established itself only where production so exceeded local demand as to be aimed at a wider market , for a trade might flourish and yet remain no more than a subsidiary activity , like the leather trades of the Weald of Sussex . |
| 12 | They traversed sooty halls so crammed with long-dead machinery as to be mazes in themselves . |
| 13 | ‘ any animal kept in such a place or manner as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ . |
| 14 | without there being displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible to other persons using the road from within a reasonable distance from the front and back of the vehicle 8 . |
| 15 | ‘ without being displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible to other persons using the road from within a reasonable distance from the front and back of the vehicle ’ This element means that the ‘ L ’ plate must be unobscured , straight , as near to vehicle as possible and not wrapped around the forks of the motor bike or the bumper bar of a car etc . |
| 16 | ‘ without there being displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible to other persons using the road from within a reasonable distance from the front and back of the vehicle ’ The police officer 's evidence is required to the effect that both ‘ L ’ plates were missing , one of the two was missing , that the white surround had been cut off , that the ‘ L ’ plates were torn , dirty or otherwise illegible . |
| 17 | These processes are viewed as essentially positive , but as possessing intrinsic dangers , in as much as either specificity or abstraction may develop in such a manner as to be no longer assimilable by the subject through sublation , in which case they become both alien and oppressive . |
| 18 | Third generation copies of standard-format originals are generally of so poor a quality as to be unacceptable . |
| 19 | Where perishable goods are to be despatched to the buyer by carrier , it is reasonable to expect the goods to be of such a quality as to be able to withstand a normal journey — Mash & murrell v. Joseph Emmanuel ( 1961 Q.B. ) . |
| 20 | They are so restrictive to true Christian programming as to be contrary to the spirit and the letter of the new Act , therefore a direct violation of the will of Parliament . |
| 21 | Lord Scarman said : ‘ The principle is that parental right or power of control of the person and property of his child exists primarily to enable the parent to discharge his duty of maintenance , protection and education until he [ that is , the child ] reaches such an age as to be able to look after himself and make his own decisions . ’ |
| 22 | Section 92(1) of the 1936 Act defines ‘ statutory nuisances ’ as ‘ any premises in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ any premises ( in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance , , . |
| 24 | Political prosecutions and political imprisonment may be deemed so far in the past as to be without modern day relevance . |
| 25 | Treaty on the free movement of persons cover only the pursuit of effective and genuine activities , to the exclusion of activities on such a small scale as to be regarded as purely marginal and ancillary . |
| 26 | But Welsh and English alike took care to put their valuables and their armour , if they had any , safely under lock and key , for if the returning troops were to be billeted in the town , even for a few nights , there would certainly be some looting , and no sane burgess was so loyal a king 's man as to be complacent about losing goods and gear without a struggle to preserve them . |
| 27 | The sculptural work is vastly inferior and is so high in relief as to be almost in the round ( 88 ) . |
| 28 | Experience at the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( see Appendix III ) shows that — at least for the generally poor people who go to the Centre with money problems — mail order , check traders and other weekly callers such as tallymen are woven so closely into the fabric of daily ( or rather weekly ) life as to be more than just a possible buying choice . |
| 29 | Would it be worthwhile for each discipline to set up think tanks — if one does not already exist — of their most imaginative scientists , engineers etc , with , perhaps , three remits : ( i ) to identify major problems for which current and foreseeable knowledge offers no solution ; ( ii ) to pinpoint what basic knowledge is needed , what would be the characteristics of the ideal chemical or other material , together with the relevant techniques for using them ; ( iii ) recognising that what is being considered may be so far out of sight as to be beyond worthwhile research based on existing knowledge and know-how , to organise a system that will recognise the first appearance of the new knowledge and then steer research in the right direction without delay . |
| 30 | ‘ Nothing is more remarkable ’ , wrote Wellesley , ‘ than the apathy of the people who have taken neither side of the question but look on the quarrel as to be one between the army and the king . ’ |