Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] [verb] so [subord] " in BNC.

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1 The monomers then redistribute so as to restore balance in what is termed the first relaxation .
2 He concluded , in the language of the time , that the early sea-urchin was a ‘ harmonious equipotential system ’ in the sense that the parts all functioned so as to generate a normal organism .
3 The ministers who like the House either do so because , in their opposition days , they enjoyed its fellowship and had few other contacts in London , or they feel so confident of their capacity to score off the Opposition that they like revealing their talents .
4 A policeman 's job is made more difficult if a person physically obtrudes so as to prevent the policeman from arresting a third person , and it has been held that such conduct constitutes obstruction .
5 A trade union was now to become , in the Webbs ' first definition ‘ a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment ’ , a definition later altered so as to refer to ‘ working lives ’ rather than ‘ employment ’ .
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