Example sentences of "so as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making difficulties just so as to be a person . |
| 2 | If the latter option is taken , it is better to spread the intake throughout the day so as to continually top up the body 's supply . |
| 3 | Its aim is to establish R&D projects so as to : ‘ Make the European Industries competitive in the design , manufacture and use of future integrated circuit microsystems , ’ according to the EC 's documents inviting companies to take part . |
| 4 | With no traffic , both stations would put their send/receive switches to receive , so as to be on ‘ stand-by ’ to receive any incoming signals . |
| 5 | The marketer must therefore turn his attention to how to identify these factors so as to be able to construct an effective strategy . |
| 6 | Firstly they could be painted in camouflage to lessen the visual impact or alternatively , they could be dispersed among trees and in copses , so as to be out of sight from the very well used coast paths . |
| 7 | Here for the first time he found something of what the pilgrim on his bicycle had sought : ‘ the sense of mystery , and awe , and of another world at once far and near … a sense that we were vividly in the presence of the passion of Jesus and also vividly near to heaven , to which the passion mysteriously belonged , so as to be brought from the past to the present ’ . |
| 8 | Let us suppose that a Government , a party , observing that the rate of increase of the national income has been as high as 3 per cent in real terms over the last few years , were to decide to make plans which involve the growth of public expenditure at the rate of 2and1/2 ; per cent , so as to be a little within the recent happy experience . |
| 9 | In this second case , identity consists in matter being continuously arranged in a similar way so as to ‘ partake of the same life ’ . |
| 10 | You 'll need to take a bath tonight , wo n't you , my dear , so as to be clean as a new pin for tomorrow . ’ |
| 11 | This was all happening while I was walking through the bus station and taking my place in the queue ; and when I gained my seat I began looking in my bag for a piece of paper and a biro , and then , on the inside of a chocolate-bar wrapping I wrote what I must memorize and recite if I were to get the message over to the doctor — I , who even made heavy weather of describing a sore throat ; I , who after a period in the waiting-room could dry up so as to be virtually dumb . |
| 12 | Christian preachers could declare how wrong it was for an individual to be dominated by another so as to be his legal property , and to be bought for much less than the rich would give for a racehorse . |
| 13 | Pulled the blanket up over his ears so as to be sure he was mistaken . |
| 14 | In the Chiswick works of London Transport , during 1947 , the very popular Regent Three ( R.T. ) double-decker bus was redesigned so as to be ‘ jig built ’ in a like manner to that which the mass-produced Halifax bombers had been during the war . |
| 15 | So here we have as example of reducing the dose further by using drops rather than tablespoons so as to not over stimulate the sensitive or ‘ careful ’ patient . |
| 16 | ( ii ) Through the programme of study pupils should be guided so as to : |
| 17 | Solomon wisely asked God : ‘ Give your servant a listening heart so as to be able to discern . ’ |
| 18 | Poole remembers the finished ballet as being very classical , and also that John took lessons in some of the historical dances on which the music was based , so as to be able to incorporate elements from them in his choreography . |
| 19 | These words ‘ extraordinary medical measures ’ were replaced by the words ‘ life-sustaining procedures ’ which , in turn , were defined so as to be limited to respirators . |
| 20 | Or put another way , the economic growth objectives are planned so as to be practicable without recourse to that part of oil and gas production which has been designated a foreign currency earner . |
| 21 | Librarians should also keep an eye on book prices , so as to be able to judge what is a fair price for a book — though if a particular title is really wanted there is no option but to pay up . |
| 22 | The parent should listen quietly to this opinion , preferably with an open mind , trying to see things from the youngster 's point of view and should restate what she or he understands to be the youngster 's argument , so as to be sure of there being no misunderstanding . |
| 23 | All lines on maps , depicting features such as roads , contours and boundaries , are drawn so as to be easily visible to the user . |
| 24 | Detailed documents may be produced and these will need summarising so as to be usable in the later stages of planning and prioritising . |
| 25 | It is sometimes referred to as ‘ non-interventionist ’ observation , though I find that a rather jargonish term and I think bird-watching is a good simple way of referring to observation which is very similar to that of the ornithologist who constructs a ‘ hide ’ so as to be able to observe birds in their natural habitat without disturbing them in any way . |
| 26 | These five possible areas of leisure activities are only illustrative for the particular methodological problem here being discussed ; they are not in fact derived from any research , but they will suffice to show that the researcher should now be thinking in what order they might be placed so as to g*e a sensible progression in an interview . |
| 27 | I came to the Putney Young Women 's Christian Association Hostel to be near the hospital , and went to Fulham Congregational Church , so as to be near when IT happened . |
| 28 | These were hung in two tiers on either side , but occasionally serious cases were suspended centrally , so as to be almost entirely unaffected by the vibration of the train . |
| 29 | The carriage doors were all made so as to be interchangeable , the doors being first of all pressed together in a compressed-air jig , and then panelled up . |
| 30 | The day saloon was upholstered in royal blue watered silk , the roof lined with white silk , the floor covered with Turkey carpet , laid on felt and cork so as to be quite noiseless . |