Sentence examples for as to please from inspiring English sources

Reflecting Dr. Sargent's deep skepticism, Ms. Hooper suggests Dr. Kettlewell may have fudged his peppered moth counts so as to please his overbearing mentor.

The boy knew, in the way he sometimes knew what was in wrapped packages, that the old aunt who had let them in the house visited the cemetery regularly, bringing flowers, arranging them in such a way as to please the eye of the living and the closed eyes of the dead.

A good thing to say, and many a president of the Elks, the Odd Fellows, the Moose, the Knights of Pythias, and the Ancient and Mystic Order of Hoot Owls has said something similar: We will not bend our principles so as to please people we didn't like in the first place.

But ballet companies have a duty to experiment, as well as to please the box office, and it was good to see Wayne McGregor in his latest work for the Covent Garden stage, Live Fire Exercise, exploring new musical and expressive terrain.

Details such as these, to have any interest with posterity, must concern great personages, with whom fame has made us acquainted, and regarding whom we wish to know every particular, however trifling; or they must relate to persons whom we ourselves know; or, lastly, they may be written with such a charm of style as to please on that account, without reference to their subject matter.

"There's a risk that [the hostages] will fill in gaps in their own direct knowledge so as to please the person who is paying for their account," Mr Cowdery told Fairfax Media.

Not as moody as Roy Keane, not as eager to please as Gareth Southgate.

Succulent shrimp and grits are as sure to please you as much as they entice busy homeowners from the block.

"No one is as demanding as Howard, and no one is as eager to please him as we are," says Alexander Solodukho, one of his artisans.

"No More Shall We Part," like so much of Nick Cave's work, is sometimes as unwilling to please and as demanding of your attention as a small child.

Learn your partner's preferences and make an effort to please as much and as well as you are pleased.