Example sentences of "[verb] so as [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The management of investment needs to be optimised so as to deliver a fully commercial return . |
| 2 | Book debts arising from these credit sales were to be assigned in blocks , containing substantial numbers of such debts to the plaintiffs in return for a lump sum , calculated so as to provide a discounting charge to the plaintiffs . |
| 3 | The mode of operation can be adjusted so as to produce a high content of aromatic ( benzene-like ) molecules which give the product its characteristically high octane number . |
| 4 | That law might have developed so as to recognise a condictio indebiti — an action for the recovery of money on the ground that it was not due . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Among these benefits were : 1 ) Bill of lading provisions that granted the carrier the benefit of the shipper 's insurance were outlawed ; and 2 ) The right of the carrier to limit liability to a fixed sum per package or shipping unit was modified so as to specify a mandatory minimum of 100 Pounds Sterling ( or English Gold Sovereigns ) or the the national currency equivalent per package or unit . |
| 7 | Thus , the Act has no effect in the internal workings of children 's hearings : there is no question of ‘ rehabilitation ’ as that term is understood in the Act applying so as to prevent a later children 's hearing exploring the circumstances of an earlier offence or hearing or disposal . |
| 8 | Downstairs the bar 's lay-out has been cleverly designed so as to lend a feeling of space without losing a certain cosiness . |
| 9 | The second approach is to consider whether an objectionable part of a covenant can be severed so as to leave an enforceable obligation . |
| 10 | A situation can be structured and comprehended so as to indicate a direction for proceeding . |
| 11 | It is generally fitted with an additional diffuser such as a glass cloth scrim , and positioned so as to give a lighting intensity of about one half of that of the key light . |
| 12 | The seat , provided with a division of about 6in. in height , was positioned so as to afford a clear forward view of the horses and the surrounding countryside . |
| 13 | Bentham 's universally applicable form for these buildings was circular with an inspector 's lodge housed in a tower in the centre and positioned so as to afford an uninterrupted view into the remainder of the accommodation . |
| 14 | These take a variety of forms and are thus difficult to summarize ; basically statistical properties are measured whilst some condition is fulfilled , such as the velocity being above some level , the velocity varying particularly rapidly , or different velocity components being related so as to make a large contribution to the Reynolds stress . |
| 15 | Some spectrometers can be operated so as to produce a spectrum of absorbance A , where peak height is a direct measure of intensity . |
| 16 | The items were selected so as to give a quick overview of performance in relation to a range of topics including number concepts , measures , spatial concepts , algebra , graphs and number patterns . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Central was the requirement that internal tariff ( customs duty ) , quota and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods should be abolished so as to create an enlarged European economic space . |
| 19 | It therefore becomes imperative that the scriptures be interpreted so as to form a consistent whole . |
| 20 | This is not interpreted so as to compel a solicitor in overseas practice to maintain cover in excess of the current levels prescribed by the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules , though local requirements may have that result . |
| 21 | He did n't know ‘ what statement Mr. Gibbon had made to the other gentlemen or what reasoning they could have employed so as to sign a paper declaring the fact of urinous vomiting to be utterly impossible — here I must be at issue with them believing as I do … from my little physiological knowledge , that vomiting of urine for 26 weeks is by no means impossible … ’ . |
| 22 | Held , allowing the appeal and substituting a period of postponement not to exceed six months ( Sir George Waller dissenting ) , that for the purposes of making an order for sale in favour of a trustee in bankruptcy under s. 30 of the Law of Property Act 1925 no distinction was to be made between a case where a property was being enjoyed as the matrimonial home and one where it had ceased to be so used ; that where a spouse , having a beneficial interest in such property , had become bankrupt , the interests of the creditors would usually prevail over the interests of the other spouse and a sale of the property ordered within a short period ; that only in exceptional circumstances , more than the ordinary consequences of debt and improvidence , could the interests of the other spouse prevail so as to enable an order for sale to be postponed for a substantial period ; and that , accordingly , since the circumstances of the wives and their children , albeit distressing , were not exceptional , the order sought by the trustee should be made . |
| 23 | With wealth distributed so as to give a highly distinctive social structure , the Craven District was quite unlike any other part of England . |
| 24 | The suspended sentence would be activated with the term reduced so as to produce an overall total of 18 months . |
| 25 | The partnership would capitalise Newco sufficiently to meet the redemption obligations on the debentures and , if Newco became the beneficial owner of more than 25% of the ordinary share capital of Target , prima facie s135 TCGA 1992 would apply so as to preclude a disposal on the exchange of Target shares for Newco debentures , though it would be advisable to obtain from the Inland Revenue advance clearance for this sort of structure under s138 . |
| 26 | The load is set so as to maintain a pH of at least 5.3 , the minimum for a bicarbonate rather than an aluminium buffering system , with aluminium levels of 30 ug/litre or less . |
| 27 | In the longer term they should go so as to create a real ‘ Europe without frontiers ’ . |
| 28 | Subjects were presented with a computer controlled tone in one ear and had to match this tone through movements of the tongue which were transduced so as to produce a sound which was relayed to the other ear . |
| 29 | These were set out facing the way the explorer had gone so as to ensure a good view of him on his return . |
| 30 | When employees receive benefits from the trust , these are unarguably acquired by virtue of employment and give rise to a Schedule E income tax charge , unless they are granted options structured so as to avoid a Schedule E charge on grant ( see s135 Taxes Act ) . |