Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] so [subord] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The course was lengthened by pushing back some tees so as to comply with the Regulations on Handicapping , resulting in the Club having four recognised S.S. courses : White ( 70 ) , Yellow ( 69 ) , Green ( 68 ) and the L.G.U. Red ( 72 ) .
2 He thought to take Mr gross salary in the present financial year , to reduce it by a third to get from gross to net earnings and to do similar calculations for the rest of the three and a half years so as to arrive at the figure of fifty three thousand nine hundred and six pounds .
3 It is possible that juries would prefer to convict of murder in such cases so as to register their abhorrence of the defendant 's activities in general .
4 Then the courts interpret such phrases so as to give themselves more or less control as they wish .
5 ‘ … the main idea is that social phenomena are seen as existing in relation to each other , and continually developing in and through such relations so as to form at various phases contradictory forces that generate qualitatively new formations .
6 However , they have consistently opted to eke out a living by temporary migration and wage labour rather than leaving in such numbers so as to exceed natural population growth , and thereby ease the pressure .
7 If , for example , the Gnat 's Water Brewery , which operates three inns in a small country village , wishes to close and sell off one of these inns so as to improve the profitability of its remaining inns , it may insert a restrictive covenant into the conditions of sale of the inn in question , whereby the purchaser of the inn covenants not to use the premises as licensed premises .
8 There is no evidence that the law of the place of incorporation of I.B.C. , Liberia , impinges on these points so as to incapacitate I.B.C. in any relevant way .
9 Grudgingly , he would grant all requests so as to cease the torture inflicted on his friends .
10 Scholarship involves attempting to remove all obscurities so as to come as close as possible to this essence .
11 It is for the courts to interpret those words so as to give effect to that purpose .
12 All three republics , for instance , had already reformulated Article 6 of their own constitutions so as to end the communist political monopoly .
13 A person drafting terms for a business dealing in any goods which might be regarded as falling into this category should bear in mind the R & B Customs Brokers decision , and the Consumer Transactions ( Restriction on Statements ) Order and draft any exclusions so as to avoid the commission of an offence under the order .
14 But now that King James VI of Scotland was also King James I of England he was determined to rule both kingdoms so as to allow no further violence between them .
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