Example sentences of "[verb] so as [to-vb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second approach is to consider whether an objectionable part of a covenant can be severed so as to leave an enforceable obligation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The suspended sentence would be activated with the term reduced so as to produce an overall total of 18 months . |
| 6 | The additional command needed to specify that areas with a negative data value be excluded and that the class intervals be chosen so as to place an equal number of zones in each class is : |
| 7 | However , if the non-arts staff in LEAs and colleges who did wish to offer a higher priority to arts education were to find the climate of opinion changed so as to create an environment more conducive to the arts , it is difficult to imagine how the current state of thinking amongst arts staff might contribute to an improvement in arts education practices . |