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

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1 If , however , the CLRC 's proposal were altered so as to make mercy killing into a new qualified defence to murder , with the normal maximum sentence of life imprisonment , the central plank of the opposition to an explicit recognition of this mitigation in English law would disappear .
2 Competency testing in high school , civil-service examinations , job-placement examinations , college-entrance examinations , and diagnostic testing in school have , as a result , been restrained , banned , or revised so as to reduce test accuracy .
3 Topping up is by a hose , placed so as to pass water through the filter before reaching the pond .
4 Organizations are seen as rational instruments for realizing explicit goals , with different parts that can be modified so as to increase efficiency ( Gouldner 1959 ) .
5 Where land was readily acquired so that the farmstead could be enlarged in a logical way , rather than the haphazard development which resulted from the erection of buildings on whatever sites became available , individual buildings within the grouping were sited so as to maximise efficiency .
6 The focus of attention is upon whether the national law could be interpreted so as to give effect to Community law obligations .
7 Above all , the legal effect of the terms should be clear and certain , and they should be drafted so as to avoid ambiguity .
8 Asquith 's 1915 government was only halfway to coalition ; it was in fact a coalition of parties rather than a coalition of men , and it was run so as to maximize continuity .
9 One approach would be to have first-degree sexual assault defined so as to include penetration involving the penis , vagina , or anus , together with the threat or infliction of grievous bodily harm ; then a second-degree offence of the same nature involving a threat or infliction of actual bodily harm ; and then a third-degree offence covering all other sexual assaults involving penetration , and a fourth offence to cover indecent assaults not involving penetration .
10 The Philip Morris doctrine means that a merger may be caught by Article 85 if at least two competitors or potential competitors are involved and if the market behaviour of one or more of those concerned in the merger is likely to be influenced so as to distort competition and have an appreciable effect on trade between the Member States .
11 The Lord Chancellor has made it clear on the front of that document that they have been issued before being finalised so as to facilitate discussion .
12 Sit-ups , crunches , leg raises and knee tucks are all possible on this simple piece of equipment , and as the stomach muscles become stronger the angle of incline is increased so as to bring gravity into play .
13 One main broadcasting organization should continue to be funded by ‘ the corpus of users ’ ( that is to say , the licence fee , or something like it ) , and broadcasting should be structured so as to encourage competition in good programming rather than for audience numbers ( BRU , 1985 ) .
14 Given that the purpose of the video is to provide a resource for language learning and teaching , any decisions concerning presentation , acting , editing , etc will be taken so as to give precedence to this educative purpose .
15 Given that the purpose of the video is to provide a resource for language learning and teaching , any decisions concerning presentation , acting , editing , etc will be taken so as to give precedence to this educative purpose .
16 Given that the purpose of the video is to provide a resource for language learning and teaching , any decisions concerning presentation , acting , editing , etc will be taken so as to give precedence to this educative purpose .
17 I therefore reach the conclusion , subject to any question of Parliamentary privilege , that the exclusionary rule should be relaxed so as to permit reference to Parliamentary materials where ( a ) legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; ( b ) the material relied upon consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill together if necessary with such other Parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; ( c ) the statements relied upon are clear .
18 ( 5 ) The agreement will be construed so as to prevent fraud .
19 ( 6 ) The agreement will be construed so as to avoid unfairness or exploitation of individual partners .
20 Yet his system , like others on the contemporary scene , is constructed so as to repel argument or contrary evidence .
21 Assuming that the system is based on a common 8-bit Z80 microprocessor , the ADC should be allocated a unique I/O address ( chosen so as to avoid conflict with other I/O devices which may be present ) .
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