Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] so as [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence J stated at p601 , " I am unable to see how the word " indirectly " " can be limited so as to exclude the settlements which are made through the inter-position of a company . " |
| 2 | Resistance does not operate outside power , nor is it necessarily produced oppositionally : it is imbricated within it , the irregular term that consistently disturbs it , rebounds upon it , and which on occasions can be manipulated so as to rupture it altogether : |
| 3 | " A money award can be calculated so as to make good a financial loss " : per Lord Morris in West v Shephard [ 1964 ] AC at p345 . |
| 4 | Some spectrometers can be operated so as to produce a spectrum of absorbance A , where peak height is a direct measure of intensity . |
| 5 | The second hypothesis of this paper is that patterns of regularity in the semantic net can be exploited so as to generate meaningful , linear documents . |
| 6 | Very simply , the theory behind this is that any product has some characteristic which can be developed so as to make it unique in its class . |
| 7 | The mode of operation can be adjusted so as to produce a high content of aromatic ( benzene-like ) molecules which give the product its characteristically high octane number . |
| 8 | The second approach is to consider whether an objectionable part of a covenant can be severed so as to leave an enforceable obligation . |
| 9 | The data in Table 7 can be rearranged so as to rank universities in order of the proportion of Scottish theses to theses as a whole , and develop what might be called a ‘ Parochiality Index ’ . |
| 10 | The words used will be interpreted according to the so-called " golden rule " : they will be given their ordinary grammatical and literal meaning unless that produces absurdity , inconsistency or repugnancy , when the literal meaning can be modified so as to avoid that absurdity , inconsistency or repugnancy . |
| 11 | Organizations are seen as rational instruments for realizing explicit goals , with different parts that can be modified so as to increase efficiency ( Gouldner 1959 ) . |
| 12 | But leaving that aside , as I have already explained , the court will not be ‘ hearing and determining the swap cases together ’ and I do not think those words can be stretched so as to include the present procedural arrangements . |
| 13 | However , not all plants do this and a number of trees which normally produce straight , stress-carrying boughs can be grafted so as to behave like weeping willows . |
| 14 | Even a sentence like I finished mine tomorrow morning can be contextualised so as to present itself in the guise of a jocular paradox : |
| 15 | Management can plan projects such as hotel maintenance and redecorating ; advertising campaigns can be directed so as to improve low occupancy percentages . |
| 16 | The terms can be drafted so as to provide that all contracts between the parties are to be governed by those terms , and a copy of the terms can be signed by trading partners at the commencement of a trading relationship . |