Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] so as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | for instance , it might be possible to introduce genes coding for specific receptors so as to alter the stomach or intestinal lining and provide treatment for ulcers . |
| 2 | The commonly-held view that good teachers are ones who can pass on their expertise through clear explanations so as to avoid confusing their pupils has some interesting implications . |
| 3 | Rental obligations are to be apportioned between the finance element , which is to be charged to the profit and loss account , and the capital element which is to be applied to reduce the outstanding obligation for future instalments so as to produce a periodic rate of charge which represents a constant proportion of the balance of capital repayments outstanding . |
| 4 | Rental obligations are to be apportioned between the finance element , which is to be charged to the profit and loss account , and the capital element which is to be applied to reduce the outstanding obligation for future instalments so as to produce a periodic rate of charge which represents a constant proportion of the balance of capital repayments outstanding . |
| 5 | For the first time in their history the Tuareg — the largest tribe of Nomads in the Sahara Desert — recently delayed their annual migration for 10 days so as to catch the final episode of Dallas |
| 6 | ‘ … the main idea is that social phenomena are seen as existing in relation to each other , and continually developing in and through such relations so as to form at various phases contradictory forces that generate qualitatively new formations . |
| 7 | If changes in conditions disrupt the precise replication of parental characters so as to yield hereditary variation , then , providing only that some of it happens to be adaptive , this will suffice in the long run for selection as a cause of adaptive species formations . |
| 8 | He aligned himself with the traditional view that the Scriptures describe unseen things by the form of visible things so as to stimulate reason in cognitive understanding , itself a spiritual reality which is an image of full contemplative knowledge . |
| 9 | In Miliutin 's words , " serfdom does not permit us either to reduce the term of service or to increase the number of unlimited leaves so as to diminish the present number of troops " . |
| 10 | If , for example , the Gnat 's Water Brewery , which operates three inns in a small country village , wishes to close and sell off one of these inns so as to improve the profitability of its remaining inns , it may insert a restrictive covenant into the conditions of sale of the inn in question , whereby the purchaser of the inn covenants not to use the premises as licensed premises . |
| 11 | This refers to the shock treatment applied by Western-dominated financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) to the economies of developing countries so as to make them more efficient . |
| 12 | The widening or duplication of tunnels to obviate one way working of wide barges so as to avoid long delays . |
| 13 | Suppose now that we cut a number of adjacent bonds so as to constitute a crack , then of course we have interrupted the flow of stress in the broken chains and the load in these broken chains has got to go somewhere ( 1c ) . |
| 14 | Following the outcome of the inquiry ( if successful ) it is of some importance that the parliamentary agent follows the order through its-final stages so as to report that amendments , etc , have indeed been implemented . |
| 15 | These are conceptualized as unified , non-contradictory , omniscient ‘ actors ’ , united by the common objective of dividing the working class along racial lines so as to facilitate the economic exploitation of both sections of the class . |
| 16 | I let go of the beam and dropped with bent legs so as to splash down softly and felt the breath rush out of my lungs from the iciness of the river . |
| 17 | In view of the recent ’ Dispatches ’ television programme , has the Minister conducted an inquiry into how the police , Customs and Excise and the security services work together and how they share information with other countries so as to reduce the hard drugs problem that each and every hon. Member sees weekly in his or her constituency ? |
| 18 | Contributions are charged to the profit and loss account in accordance with actuarial recommendations so as to spread the cost of pensions over the employees ' remaining working lives with the Group . |
| 19 | It is possible that juries would prefer to convict of murder in such cases so as to register their abhorrence of the defendant 's activities in general . |
| 20 | However , they have consistently opted to eke out a living by temporary migration and wage labour rather than leaving in such numbers so as to exceed natural population growth , and thereby ease the pressure . |
| 21 | Where one such lift is used the dock and load would be balanced by a suspended weight but two such lifts would generally be arranged to work simultaneously in opposite directions so as to balance each other . |
| 22 | The main purpose of the costings for the latter years is to identify probable peaks and troughs in the overall programme , which can be smoothed out by phasing in major projects so as to avoid clashes . |
| 23 | Pynchon , like Joyce , delights in repeating details in new contexts so as to tantalize the reader into thinking he/she has missed crucial meanings . |
| 24 | The schoolfellows had been appointed to the Racer together through the efforts of a family friend of the Rogerses , and they serve together for much of their time at sea , occasionally allotted to different ships so as to give the author freedom to range more widely in space and circumstance . |
| 25 | Because at the moment we have different costing forms on different colours so as to know , to differentiate between post or telephone , face-to-face and so on . |
| 26 | There is no evidence that the law of the place of incorporation of I.B.C. , Liberia , impinges on these points so as to incapacitate I.B.C. in any relevant way . |
| 27 | Although counting of applications continues , the issue is 1.75 times oversubscribed so far , forcing financial advisers last night to ‘ claw back ’ shares promised to overseas institutions so as to meet small investor demand . |
| 28 | Although counting of applications continues , the issue is 1.75 times oversubscribed so far , forcing financial advisers last night to ‘ claw back ’ shares promised to overseas institutions so as to meet small investor demand . |
| 29 | that some concessions regarding ( a ) should be afforded to small companies so as to relieve them of burdens and expense that they might find intolerable . |
| 30 | Accordingly , he formulates a hypothetical set of computational constraints which he claims will both assess the degree of match between two views so as to choose the better one , and typically force a 3-D interpretation which is both unique and veridical . |