Example sentences of "[to-vb] so [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , an alternative approach is to invest so as to increase production . |
| 2 | Once a surface is disinfected it tends to remain so until used . |
| 3 | In either case the human intervention must be a very high level one based on complex diagnosis and innovative design-type thinking about how best to cope so as to avoid a catastrophe . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However forward-thinking the penologists , criminologists and bureaucrats in government departments may be , their views should not be allowed to prevail so as to impose a sentencing regime which is incomprehensible or unacceptable to right-thinking people generally . |
| 6 | She did n't think that it was her place to do so nor did she want to appear to be a burden to the man she loved . |
| 7 | The wearing of breathing apparatus , although necessary , was known to be risky ; the trapped men were not accustomed to the equipment and anyone who has used it knows how alarming and claustrophobic the experience can be ; the effect can be a compelling desire to rip off the apparatus and if one of the trapped miners was to do so while passing through the gas in Bank mine , death would be almost instantaneous . |
| 8 | which the House of Lords would have exercised if it had been asked to do so but had not in fact been so asked , Berry ( No. 2 ) would have been a very easy case for the Court of Appeal to deal with , but there is no indication that it found Berry ( No. 2 ) to be so simple . |
| 9 | She said he had agreed to do so but had driven off when she shouted for her father . |
| 10 | Also offering advice if we felt qualified to do so but referring to the relevant health services or back to her if not . |
| 11 | They agreed that he had a discretion under the statute whether or not to do so but said that he was not justified in refusing if the result was to frustrate the policy of the Act of Parliament . |
| 12 | The war did not prove particularly popular with the English nobility , who served when called upon to do so but gained little from it . |
| 13 | She had lived so long within its walls that , when the great-grandfather of Miss Douglas found it necessary to abandon the castle from its ruinous state , she refused to do so and continued to find shelter there till her death , towards the beginning of the last century . |
| 14 | We can not create reasons just by intending to do so and expressing that intention in action . |
| 15 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , where a creditor knew that security was being taken for the benefit of a debtor from a surety who was likely to be influenced by and to have some degree of reliance on the debtor , the creditor should seek to ensure that unfair advantage was not taken of the surety ; that , if the creditor failed to do so and the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by the debtor 's undue influence or material misrepresentation or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction , the security would be unenforceable ; that the bank knew that the defendants were husband and wife and that the wife was being asked to provide security for the husband 's business and was likely to rely on his judgment , and they should have ensured that she understood the nature and effect of the document which she was asked to sign ; and that , since the bank had failed to do so and had left it to the husband to explain the transaction , so that as a result of the husband 's misrepresentation the wife entered into the charge on the misunderstanding that her liability was limited to £60,000 , they could not enforce the charge against the wife save to the extent of £60,000 ( post , pp. 620C–G , 622F — 623C , D–F , 635G — 636F ) . |
| 16 | She signed it because her husband pressed her to do so and told her he was being pressed by Campbell , and because she believed that if she would sign it … it would enable her husband to settle the beer contract . … |
| 17 | Furthermore , a requested authority , whose law obliges the parties themselves to secure the evidence , and which is not able itself to execute the Letter may , with the consent of the requesting authority , appoint a suitable person to do so and recover the appropriate costs . |
| 18 | Most came to terms with the constraints of the existing order but a radical wing refused to do so and dreamed of a society run on rational lines laid down by acknowledged experts ( themselves ) — a society they dubbed ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 19 | If the innocent party is the buyer and he has not paid then he may simply refuse to do so and return the goods if he has already received them . |
| 20 | If the returns fell it increased labour output ; if they rose it felt no need to do so and opted instead for increased leisure . |
| 21 | Gregory was unable to do so and counselled us to abandon the lesion method altogether . |
| 22 | He failed conspicuously to do so and continues to side-step any commitment to taking the effective steps which many senior military experts believe could at least limit the damage , by calling from time to time for a mere tightening of sanctions against Serbia . |
| 23 | He clearly regards the management of the mound as his own particular responsibility and expertise , for if the female comes to the mound to lay at a time when opening it might cause a dangerous fluctuation in its temperature , he will refuse to do so and drives her away . |
| 24 | Ukraine has failed to do so and seems to be stalling , despite a carrot of £120 million in US economic aid . |
| 25 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 26 | ( FCA ) of , having been found guilty of misconduct contrary to Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in Cardiff between 26 March 1991 and 4 February 1992 purported to exercise a lien over the papers of his former client when he was not entitled to do so and having been guilty of a breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( ii ) in that he in Cardiff between 22 May 1991 and 4 February 1992 failed to deal properly and promptly with professional enquiries from Chartered Accountants in respect of the affairs of his former client and having been found guilty of a breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in Cardiff between 17 December 1991 and 4 February 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee on 17 December 1991 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning the affairs of his former client was reprimanded , fined £750 and ordered to pay £l , 000 by way of costs . |
| 27 | If , in the case of a child attending a county school , convenient arrangements for the RE to take place elsewhere can not be made , the LEA is to allow it to be given on school premises provided that it does not consider that it would be unreasonable in the circumstances to do so and provided the authority does not have to meet the cost . |
| 28 | It is always dangerous to prophesy , but I am prepared to do so and say that it will not be possible to hold the pound at DM2.95 . |
| 29 | Again this is a common and ‘ normal ’ reaction , but many people feel so ashamed of thoughts like these that they hardly dare express them unless they feel safe enough to do so and trust the person they are talking to sufficiently for such a revelation to seem acceptable . |
| 30 | The evidence showed that the plaintiff would have worn the goggles if he had been firmly instructed to do so and supervised . |