Example sentences of "as [not/n't] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought aspects of the Anglo-Catholic movement had danger ; and that though Ramsey was not a danger , he would have such sympathy with them as not to be vigilant . |
| 2 | In 1921 , for example , we find the police warning against setting up a ‘ continental system of domestic espionage ’ in Britain ( p. 6 ) Even SIS , which had designs on MI5 in 1945 , shied away from the latter 's counter-subversive functions , so as not to be ‘ associated with the idea of an internal Gestapo , ( p. 177 ) No wonder governments are nervous of too much openness in this area . |
| 3 | Each time we went for another animal all those left howled and fought their chains to get close to us so as not to be left behind . |
| 4 | So we made these tests more complex in order to increase their relevance , but in so doing we produced tests which were so sophisticated as not to be widely available due to cost and personnel requirements , and which began to show some of the problems found when we measured performance ‘ on-site ’ . |
| 5 | When a jury is satisfied that the act was committed , but that at the time the accused was so insane as not to be legally responsible , it brings in a special verdict of ‘ not guilty by reason of insanity ’ , though the accused is then ordered to be detained during the ‘ Queen 's pleasure ’ . |
| 6 | All the emphasis , she felt , must be on this coming as an order which could not be disobeyed and yet put in such a way as not to be offensive . |
| 7 | He promised to forward a specimen when it was dry but went on to say ‘ the flowers are so small as not to be discerned , by my eyes , without a glass ’ . |
| 8 | The Wine Committee ( three to six members strong ) was to be elected by all categories of membership , so as not to be in contravention of the law . |
| 9 | One has the impression that the politicians have half-heartedly picked it up so as not to be left behind in the citizenship fashion-parade , or maybe because they have been prodded into rendering some kind of lip-service by their convinced academics . |
| 10 | As a conciliatory gesture , the restaurant was built like a large shack , so as not to be too obtrusive . |
| 11 | In regard to smells resulting from the transportation of manure it seems to me that , irrespective of the methods employed , the necessary journeys would occur so infrequently as not to be unduly detrimental to the residential amenities which nearby residents in this rural community could reasonably be expected to enjoy . ’ |
| 12 | So as not to be full of wind and fury alone , the report closes with alternative budget proposals , suggesting for example that proposed spending on nuclear energy be halved and spending on energy conservation be increased from 2 to 34 per cent of the energy budget . |
| 13 | Love , which indeed hid itself , but not shyly and fearfully , rather secretly and thoughtfully , so as not to be touched by a stranger 's hand — his first love , not his strongest and certainly not his deepest , but surely his most blessed . |
| 14 | Bambi , it seemed to me , had taught herself not to care for Sheridan so as not to be hurt by him . |
| 15 | For the wealthy , the Act for Burying in Woollen imposed but another expense , as £5 was but a small price to pay so as not to be buried in a material proscribed for even the lowliest rustic . |
| 16 | We had , ‘ shaved our heads so as not to be sex objects , and boarded up our windows so that men in the street could n't see in ’ . |
| 17 | Margaret 's mini was passed soaring up hills , so I changed into low gear and closed the windows so as not to be suffocated by diesel fumes . |
| 18 | When I think of me days of pain and sufferin' here , and how I 've kept cheerful and 'elpful so as not to be a burden , as well as givin' you the benefit of me company so that you could 'ave someone to talk to , well , it 's a shock to me to find you lazin' about with a gypsy woman on your lap . |
| 19 | And it must be acquired by the whole of the race faced with those conditions , so as not to be lost in crossing . |
| 20 | And women are as likely as not to be left to fend for themselves , living crowded into one room with all the children and having to work all night sewing or cleaning to make ends meet . |
| 21 | ( The context here makes the other possible reading , that the speaker is characteristically nervous all of the time , so unlikely as not to be considered apparently by the addressee , or indeed by the analyst until the process of analysis was brought to conscious attention . ) |
| 22 | In the pub , quietly , so as not to be overheard , they would complain about the lack of compassion and the ingrained racism of the Party . |
| 23 | He paused — a marked pause — turned away , took a couple of paces laterally — so as not to be too ridiculously far beneath her — and managed a reasonably sincere sigh — given the short notice . |
| 24 | The farm worker is as likely as not to be found standing shoulder to shoulder with his employer defending the farm and its game — a literal case of poacher turned gamekeeper . |
| 25 | But I am not that man , Thomas thought , shivering in a heap on the flower bed where he had dropped onto all fours so as not to be seen . |
| 26 | Carefully turning the mirror aside so as not to be trapped again , Mait examined the intricate network of rods . |
| 27 | Radji thinks he ought to go back to Teheran so as not to be lumped with the more infamous of the Shahs associates " in peoples minds . |
| 28 | She had not been able to drink the tea , although she had tried , so as not to be ungrateful . |
| 29 | In other words , all bedding is likely to be cross.bedding , though often on so gentle a scale as not to be recognisable in the field . |
| 30 | Now it could be argued that this likelihood is so remote as not to be worthy of consideration . |