Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] so as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally , such advisers will run an informal auction for the target so as to introduce competitive bidding and encourage a high price for the shares . |
| 2 | I was guarding a moving shadow ; trying to prevent something that might not happen , searching for the intention so as to stop it occurring . |
| 3 | It was pointed out that he was a regular watchman who slept during the day so as to be able to perform his nightly duties . |
| 4 | Bet she made you struggle last week , during the week so as they wan na ask for somebody . |
| 5 | However , if each enterprise is a different company , each company being in itself a separate and distinct legal entity and thus taxed separately , the balancing of profit and loss between the enterprises so as to minimize overall tax liability can not be achieved . |
| 6 | The same kind of damage has been described for the golden eagle feeding on roe deer ( Ratcliffe & Rowe , 1979 ) : when it penetrates the carcase through the shoulder region , it breaks through the scapula so as to extract the soft internal organs . |
| 7 | They include restructuring drift angles of injector wells through the reservoir so as to increase their verticality to enhance thermal fracturing . |
| 8 | They worked through the night so as to produce a document to deposit with the local planning officer , the library and museum in Totnes . |
| 9 | This rule was eventually changed after the war so as to permit the Leamington-born middleweight Dick Turpin to contest the British championship . |
| 10 | Some bees come to recognise tripped from untripped flowers and frequent only the former , while others learn to chew a hole in the side of the flower so as to rob untripped blossoms without ever venturing inside . |
| 11 | It may be an abuse of process if either ( a ) the prosecution have manipulated or misused the process of the court so as to deprive the defendant of a protection provided by the law or to take unfair advantage of a technicality , or ( b ) on the balance of probability the defendant has been , or will be , prejudiced in the preparation or conduct of his defence by delay on the part of the prosecution which is unjustifiable : for example , not due to the complexity of the inquiry and preparation of the prosecution case , or to the action of the defendant or his co-accused , or to genuine difficulty in effecting service . |
| 12 | Instead of being critical , adversarial or even sceptical , the media should bow down to the needs of the country so as to encourage development across all sectors . |
| 13 | Undoubtedly it would appear to be more sensible in the longer term for cattle numbers to be limited to those which can be sustained on the winter fodder production capabilities of the farms so as to eliminate fodder purchases . |
| 14 | French infantry , in their blue coats , were marching in the trampled wheat either side of the road so as to leave the harder road surface for the artillery . |
| 15 | The poorest buy goods on a daily credit basis at high interest rates and , if they are unsuccessful with their sales , are forced to lower their prices towards the end of the day so as to have enough to pay back the loan . |
| 16 | For many years it was thought that in the absence of express provision in the original constitution the continued equality of all shares was a fundamental condition which could not be abrogated by an alteration of the articles so as to allow the issue of shares preferential to those already issued . |
| 17 | In setting up the scheme , care must be taken to judge the range and slopes of the lines so as to maintain the desired balance in the minds of the contractor 's engineers . |
| 18 | By a notice of appeal dated 23 April 1992 the Treasury Solicitor appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) on a true construction of the Evidence ( Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions ) Act 1975 the court was precluded from making the order for examination ; ( 2 ) the deputy judge had erred in law in making the order and in holding that ( i ) it was possible to interpret section 9(4) of the Act so as not to preclude the order sought , ( ii ) the exclusion contained in section 9(4) was restricted to cases where the actual capacity in which the witness was called on to give evidence was a Crown capacity and that the fact that the evidence sought was acquired in the course of the witness 's employment as a servant of the Crown was not of itself sufficient to bring the case within the exclusion , ( iii ) the fact that the witness was now retired from his position was relevant to the question whether the exclusion in section 9(4) applied , ( iv ) if some other interpretation were possible , it would be unacceptable to approach section 9(4) as requiring the court to refuse to make the order that a witness who was competent and compellable within the United Kingdom should give evidence for foreign proceedings , ( v ) there was nothing in the material sought to be given in evidence which it could have been the policy or intention of the Act to have prevented being explored ; ( 3 ) the deputy judge had erred in law in approaching the question of capacity by concentrating on the position of the witness at the time that the evidence was to be given as opposed to the position of the witness at the time that he acquired the information which was the subject matter of the evidence and the nature content and source of such evidence ; ( 4 ) the judge had wrongly ignored the fact that the Crown as a party to the Hague Convention was in a position to give effect to it and to provide evidence to foreign courts in accordance with it without recourse to the court ; and ( 5 ) the judge had wrongly approached section 9(4) on the footing that it most likely addressed prejudice to the sovereignty of the state . |
| 19 | Interlaced scan transmission used today would be accommodated in the initial deployment of the system so as not to obsolete current sets too quickly . |
| 20 | The court was adamant in its rejection of fanciful interpretations of the clause so as to make it so wide as to be unreasonable . |
| 21 | ‘ if it is demonstrated by reference to authority binding on this court , or by reference to clearly established principles of the common law , that the appellants were rightly held to have committed the actus reus of contempt of court , this court can not apply directly the terms of the Convention so as to reach a different conclusion . |
| 22 | If the court is satisfied ( by affidavit or other evidence ) that prompt personal service can not be effected because the debtor is keeping out of the way so as to avoid service , it may order substituted service in such manner as it thinks fit . |
| 23 | Or usage of the term may be extended to aspects of the macro-environment so as to include information on the economic , financial , political , legal , social , cultural and technological situations . |
| 24 | You need to send your teacher to the top of the building so as to speed up his watch . |
| 25 | The customer discovered during this period that the car had a leaking roof and it was argued that , as a result of the customer 's examination of the car before the contract was made , he had knowledge of the defect so as to exclude liability under s14(2) ( b ) . |
| 26 | The plaintiffs disagree and , by the originating summons now before me , seek the determination of certain questions of construction of the scheme so as to resolve the question of jurisdiction . |
| 27 | His duties were defined as being : ‘ to attend to the opening and closing , lighting and heating , dusting , washing out and general care of the premises ; the trimming of the ivy so as to keep it clear of the spouting and the roof ; the keeping of the borders tidy ; and the cleanliness of the WCs . |
| 28 | Economic life moves in cycles of peaks and troughs , and we must take advantage of the peaks so as to withstand the pressures of the troughs . |
| 29 | Other circumstances which may amount to frustration of a booking contract are the flooding of the hotel so as to make it uninhabitable or its destruction by fire . |
| 30 | The defendant had been employed by the company as its compliance officer ; his duty it was to supervise the procedures and practices of the plaintiff so as to secure fulfilment of the regulatory requirements imposed by FIMBRA . |