Example sentences of "[verb] so as [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 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 :
2 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 .
3 Wilson and Jones , in their investigations of this effect , did not test the carcinogens on cells , but on DNA extracted from cells and treated so as to make it mimic the methylated DNA of a dividing cell .
4 New books and dictionaries are expected to contain the new spellings , while Proust , Racine and the rest will gradually be re-edited so as to make them conform .
5 A sense of loss of identity causes the voyager to project what he or she encounters so as to perceive it as an external phenomenon , and also to introject elements of the familiar world in order to recreate a recognizable context .
6 That survey was quite methodologically sound in that the sampling procedure was er designed so as to make it as representative as possible of the U K population .
7 The project will investigate formally the gains that result from coordinated policies on CO2 emissions , as against unilateral policies , and suggest how international agreements on CO2 emissions may be designed so as to ensure they are sustainable .
8 Under a presidential decree of Aug. 6 , oil and gas export prices were deregulated so as to bring them into line with world prices .
9 The other is an insider 's , told so as to make us understand what the events mean , in a sense distinct from any meaning found in unearthing the laws of nature .
10 The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above shall not apply so as to make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to be fitted with an instrument or apparatus other than a two-tone horn designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that goods are on the vehicle for sale .
11 ( 7 ) The agreement will be construed so as to give it business efficacy .
12 A complicating factor , so often seen in evolution , involves the ‘ cheats ’ , for there are many species with non-nutritious seed appendages but coloured so as to mimic them , e.g. species of Ormosia and Rhynchosia ( Leguminosae ) .
13 The bureaucracy will be remunerated so as to set it apart from the rest of society and reinforce its internal hierarchy .
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