Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] so as " in BNC.
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1 | Truman was not prepared to do so as yet , despite the fact that in general he fully supported Acheson . |
2 | Out of nerves and hero worship , he had three double Scotches before setting out and two more on the way , and then made himself self-destructively late by going into a greengrocer 's to buy some mint to chew so as to disperse the Scotch . |
3 | However , while it is possible to discount the efficiency consequences at low rates of tax , it becomes less and less easy to do so as the rates of tax get higher . |
4 | Mr Newman added that ‘ you do n't need an accountant to prepare your cash flow statements every month ; indeed I would suggest that it is dangerous to do so as it is your business , your livelihood . ’ |
5 | Young single women with children are overwhelmingly likely to be living in local authority housing , and those who married early and/or had a pre-marital conception are more likely to do so as well . |
6 | I was criticised for this at times , but still think I was right to do so as it was in line with association policy . |
7 | You think the whole blooming world 's all arranged so as everything ought to be your way . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | It was important to concentrate so as to be able to discuss the film intelligently with Mark . |
10 | Unless the inviting church can show that it has the capacity within itself to attract and retain the outsider , it is unlikely to do so as the result of a brief visit from an itinerant evangelist , no matter how gifted . |