Example sentences of "[adv] as give [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is ICI 's policy to manage all of its activities so as to give benefit to society , ensuring that they meet relevant laws and regulations ; that they are acceptable to the community at large ; and that their environmental impact is reduced to a practicable minimum . |
| 2 | The Council asked " the conference to consider the extent to which the following rights [ as proposed by the Spanish government ] could be enshrined in the treaty so as to give substance to the concept of citizenship : |
| 3 | Given that the purpose of the video is to provide a resource for language learning and teaching , any decisions concerning presentation , acting , editing , etc will be taken so as to give precedence to this educative purpose . |
| 4 | Given that the purpose of the video is to provide a resource for language learning and teaching , any decisions concerning presentation , acting , editing , etc will be taken so as to give precedence to this educative purpose . |
| 5 | Given that the purpose of the video is to provide a resource for language learning and teaching , any decisions concerning presentation , acting , editing , etc will be taken so as to give precedence to this educative purpose . |
| 6 | He points out that the courts have departed from the old literal approach of statutory construction and now adopt a purposive approach , seeking to discover the Parliamentary intention lying behind the words used and construing the legislation so as to give effect to , rather than thwart , the intentions of Parliament . |
| 7 | It is for the courts to interpret those words so as to give effect to that purpose . |
| 8 | The focus of attention is upon whether the national law could be interpreted so as to give effect to Community law obligations . |
| 9 | Although a court will generally strive to resolve uncertainties and ambiguities so as to give effect to a commercial contract wherever possible ( especially where the agreement is already partly executed ) , uncertainty or ambiguity may lead a court to conclude that the term is too uncertain to be enforceable , and in extreme cases the whole contract may be held to be void . |
| 10 | It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested . |
| 11 | The economic experience of the 1970s had exacerbated existing regional problems as well as giving rise to new ones . |
| 12 | A course in communication skills which covers authentic writing and oral business tasks , using integrated skills approach , as well as giving practice in individual skills . |
| 13 | are not susceptible of any … precise definition as would be necessary to give them utility as practical tests , but amount to the features of different specific situations which , on a detailed examination of all the circumstances , the law recognises pragmatically as giving rise to a duty of care of a given scope . |