Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun] so [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case Radio Telefis Eireann ( the Irish broadcasting monopoly , ‘ RTE ’ ) refused to license the copyright in its weekly programme listings so as to allow the publication in Ireland of a comprehensive weekly television guide . |
| 2 | The product is a file manager and full-screen text editor that emulates IBM Corp 's ISPF/PDF on the mainframe , and the new release includes complete ISPF/PDF emulation , integration with Micro Focus Plc 's Cobol Workbench , and compatibility with all micro Cobol compilers so as to bring the ISPF mainframe programming environment to personal computers running MS-DOS or OS/2 . |
| 3 | The 1992 programme seeks to tighten up the public purchasing process so as to provide businesses with the prospect that in practice , rather than theory , the whole of the EC market is truly open to their competitive offers . |
| 4 | The government has also drafted a set of measures to restrain the growth of individual cash incomes so as to reduce demand for goods . |
| 5 | The legal model 's attempt to equate corporate managers with ordinary entrepreneurs acting so as to maximize the profits of the company should be recognized for what it is — a failure . |
| 6 | Let us assume that insiders are now willing to accept a real wage reduction so as to protect their jobs . |
| 7 | But more significantly , it would mean a reduction in investment performance as more funds were switched into gilts and fixed interest stocks so as to meet the statutory solvency requirements . |
| 8 | This micro-colony , set at 16,700ft , was supplied by air-drop , constructed entirely from discarded jerry-cans and covered with white parachute cotton so as to stand out like a sore thumb ! |
| 9 | It seemed that the men were welshing on the Equal Opportunities policy so as to make the paper more attractive to investors . |
| 10 | The modus vivendi was not signed , but it was promulgated in January 1948 in the minutes of the Combined Policy Committee so as to avoid reference to Congress or to the United Nations , which would have been necessary for a formal international agreement . |
| 11 | In pluralist theory bureaucratic agencies not only orchestrate group pressures so as to influence the development of public policy indirectly . |
| 12 | The Bank of England acted to keep the cost of overnight money low so as to take pressure off the longer dates , but analysts warned that the authorities would find it difficult to keep this tactic going . |
| 13 | Some of the owl species are covered by more than one pellet collection so as to provide an estimate of within species variation , but in some cases the sample is restricted to single pellet collections . |
| 14 | On 1 June 1992 , Clerkenwell Ltd allotted 200,000 £1 10% preference shares at par to the Friendly Bank plc so as to raise finance for expansion . |
| 15 | The inclusion of SENIOR LECTURER requires such an intermediate node on the right hand side so as to keep SUBJECT at the level of LECTURER who , along with SENIOR LECTURER , will be responsible for the teaching of the SUBJECT . |
| 16 | That theory 's notion of a world economy is , in its simplest form , based on the view that , since the inception of capitalism in Europe , every part of the globe is linked together through a world market and , thereafter , all that happens obeys the logic of that world market so as to generate profits for enterprises in the advanced capitalist countries . |
| 17 | Even though the winds were not as strong lower down , Duncan maintained his 41,000 feet altitude so as to save fuel . |
| 18 | Each had their separate sources of funding and , as a result , would not necessarily have to chase the largest audience nor produce lowest common denominator programmes so as to please as many as possible . |
| 19 | They will sometimes also provide a member of their management team as a co-opted member for the governing body , allowing the manager time to visit during the normal school day so as to develop the strongest possible links . |
| 20 | Neither can it make a specific issue or prohibited steps order so as to require a child to be accommodated by a local authority as this would in effect allow the authority to take the child into care without necessarily satisfying the s31 criteria ( s9(5) ( b ) ) . |
| 21 | It also criticises the occasional approach of police and magistrates in ‘ stretching the interpretation of different criminal law provisions so as to attempt to criminalise what are essentially lawful and peaceful acts . ’ |
| 22 | They included a sweeping revision of the Internal Security Act so as to end detention without trial , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " agreement between the government and the ANC in August 1990 [ see p. 37642 ] ; a proposal to offer Cabinet seats to blacks during a transitional period while a new constitution was being negotiated ; the appointment of a neutral chairman of the constitutional conference ; and the appointment of an independent judge or jurist to investigate incidents of violence . |
| 23 | The resulting material is then mixed with other waste plastics so as to produce a range of products , including chairs and tables , marine wood , toothbrush handles and weatherproof flooring . |
| 24 | The version of the National Institute model used has been modified , with earlier ESRC support so as to provide an extended modelling of the major financial linkages in the economy . |