Example sentences of "[noun] so as [to-vb] to " in BNC.

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1 The company 's account was , accordingly , in April 1987 transferred to the Woolwich branch so as to continue to be supervised by Mr. Tucker .
2 On 19 June 1991 Mervyn Davies J. [ 1992 ] Ch. 160 set aside the registrar 's order on the ground that section 238 of the Act of 1986 did not have extraterritorial effect so as to apply to a foreign bank incorporated and resident abroad having no place of business in the United Kingdom , with the consequence that the court had no jurisdiction to make an order under the section against the bank .
3 They certainly choose their abuse so as to indicate to those who do toe the line that they have lost it .
4 Organise your affairs so as to get to the patient quickly , or decide not to go to the patient and use routinely the 999 service , but do have a practice policy .
5 BELVILLE : As human life is uncertain I have disposed my affairs so as to secure to you the power of living as a person ought who is my widow .
6 This chapter will review recent debates so as to get to grips with some issues and ideas which are helpful in understanding the situation in North Shields and Cramlington .
7 Often , it is true , the commissioners drew the new boundaries so as to come to a point in the village where the ancient homestead lay , so that the farmer need not be disturbed from his old home .
8 In the Undercroft was the Guild 's now famous Baking Stall ( £643 ) kept supplied for the 6 days by our indefatigable cooks , who , it was noticed , were anxious to get away in the afternoons so as to return to their stoves !
9 Find way of treating glass so as to respond to viewer 's gaze ?
10 This is because each agency has to fight for its share of the overall intelligence budget and in the process exaggerates and distorts its reports so as to pander to the whims of those who hold the purse-strings .
11 ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section : ( a ) " special road " and " special road authority " have the same meanings as in the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 and ( b ) " class I " means class 1 in Schedule 3 to the Act , as varied from time to time by any order under section 8 of that Act , but , if that Schedule is amended by such an order so as to add to it a further class of traffic , the order may adapt the reference in this section to traffic of class 1 so as to take account of the additional class .
12 Housing — Secure tenancy — Death of tenant — Tenant obtaining tenancy of council house 10 days before death — Tenant 's brother living with him in different council premises during 12 months prior to death — Whether brother ‘ resided with ’ deceased tenant so as to succeed to tenancy — Housing Act 1985 ( c. 68 ) , s. 87
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