Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] so as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should they be compulsorily edited so as to be accurate and balanced , that is censored ? |
| 2 | In all cases , however , the broken ends of the DNA on either side of the initial cut are apparently sealed so as to form hairpins , as Martin Gellert ( NIH ) showed , before they are nicked to form the final joint ( a process reminiscent of the reaction mechanism employed by topisomerases ) . |
| 3 | The tip of the syringe is then inserted from the side of the mouth , and the plunger gently depressed so as not to cause the medication to run out of the mouth . |
| 4 | Which means they 're 30% brighter and better directed so as not to blind oncoming drivers , while minimising back glare in fog . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | These incorporated over four thousand pieces of garnet individually cut so as to fit precisely into the cloisons for which they were designed . |
| 7 | It was also true that the renewed Triple Alliance of the same year was soon buttressed so as to isolate France and Russia still more . |
| 8 | Questions should be open ended so as to get the candidate talking . |
| 9 | ‘ The advantages of a single market without exchange controls or currency fluctuations between members must be quickly regained so as not to throw away our achievements and the attractiveness of our island for investment . ’ |
| 10 | Now it is sometimes argued that the Reform Bill was deliberately framed so as to preclude the threat of a revolution founded on such an alignment , one in which a middle-class bourgeoisie would have provided the leadership and the lower classes the sheer mass , the numbers needed to carry it out ; and shrewdly calculated to concede just so much as was needed to reduce to a manageable scale the gathering political unrest which might have led to just such a convulsion . |
| 11 | The Gregorian calendar ; European officers to train her armed forces ; steam power for her industry ; central banking ; a new peerage specially created so as to make orthodox bicameral government possible by providing the material for an Upper House ; the codification of her law ; a representative system : these were all pieces of the structure of a new Japan which was at last crowned by alliance with one European power and victory in war over another ( see below , Ch. 8 ) . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | Thus its surface may only occasionally be punctuated by groups of waterlilies and its margins graced with a restrained selection of marginal plants carefully placed so as to balance the visual aspect of the pool and yet not spoil it reflective qualities . |
| 14 | We are , therefore , anxious that he should not be thrown away in some other role and I hope that any plan he has made will be carefully examined so as to ensure that as far as possible he does not do something foolhardy . |
| 15 | Modern needs have been carefully installed so as not to spoil the authentic look . |
| 16 | Carefully structured so as not to antagonize the central Soviet authorities , however , the package also included humanitarian aid to cancer victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster . |
| 17 | Newsletters were circulated giving details of campaigns , and some of these , such as those sent by Bartholomew Burghersh to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1346 , were carefully phrased so as to generate public support for the invasion of Normandy . |
| 18 | In confirming the terms of appointment requiring us to act an expert , the engagement letter should be carefully worded so as to be protective of our position . |
| 19 | The exclusionary rule was later extended so as to prohibit the court from looking even at reports made by commissioners on which legislation was based : Salkeld v. Johnson ( 1848 ) 2 Exch. 256 , 273 . |
| 20 | The words had to be carefully chosen so as to be at once simple and evocative . |
| 21 | After the talks Kaifu said on March 3 that he would make " maximum efforts " to accelerate the structural reform of the Japanese economy in such a way as to improve market access for foreign traders while also improving the quality of life for Japanese consumers — a phrasing which was regarded as being carefully chosen so as not to imply unconditional concessions to the United States . |
| 22 | The former s39 ( now repealed so as to open the way for MDPssee below ) prohibited solicitors from acting as agents for unqualified persons . |
| 23 | The UK agreements are not concerned with principle or with the ‘ spirit ’ of the agreement : they are trickily worded and legalistically interpreted so as to maintain the maximum freedom to advertise . |
| 24 | The disk is round to pentagonal , delicate and frequently damaged so as to obscure the shape ; covered with skin without any plates ; disk diameter up to 25 mm . |
| 25 | The questions are concise and well worded so as to avoid endless lists of fact gathering queries . |
| 26 | Gilding , normally done by taking powered gold mixed with mercury to form an amalgam , was painted onto the surface and then heated so as to drive off the mercury . |
| 27 | It would also be necessary for their dividend entitlements to be fully explained so as not to give a misleading impression of the amount of profits which may be distributed to equity shareholders . |
| 28 | Fords won their appeal , the court holding that a new car which is damaged but then repaired so as to be ‘ as good as new ’ can still be regarded as new . |
| 29 | The court held that a new car which is damaged and then repaired so as to be " as good as new " can still be regarded as " new " . |
| 30 | To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood . |