Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] so as " in BNC.

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1 In all cases , however , the broken ends of the DNA on either side of the initial cut are apparently sealed so as to form hairpins , as Martin Gellert ( NIH ) showed , before they are nicked to form the final joint ( a process reminiscent of the reaction mechanism employed by topisomerases ) .
2 Modern needs have been carefully installed so as not to spoil the authentic look .
3 Should they be compulsorily edited so as to be accurate and balanced , that is censored ?
4 Questions should be open ended so as to get the candidate talking .
5 ‘ The advantages of a single market without exchange controls or currency fluctuations between members must be quickly regained so as not to throw away our achievements and the attractiveness of our island for investment . ’
6 In confirming the terms of appointment requiring us to act an expert , the engagement letter should be carefully worded so as to be protective of our position .
7 We are , therefore , anxious that he should not be thrown away in some other role and I hope that any plan he has made will be carefully examined so as to ensure that as far as possible he does not do something foolhardy .
8 The words had to be carefully chosen so as to be at once simple and evocative .
9 It would also be necessary for their dividend entitlements to be fully explained so as not to give a misleading impression of the amount of profits which may be distributed to equity shareholders .
10 The cross-rails are then rotated so as to tip the samples into the resin pots .
11 Newsletters were circulated giving details of campaigns , and some of these , such as those sent by Bartholomew Burghersh to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1346 , were carefully phrased so as to generate public support for the invasion of Normandy .
12 After the talks Kaifu said on March 3 that he would make " maximum efforts " to accelerate the structural reform of the Japanese economy in such a way as to improve market access for foreign traders while also improving the quality of life for Japanese consumers — a phrasing which was regarded as being carefully chosen so as not to imply unconditional concessions to the United States .
13 Broadly , and allowing for over-simplification of the two books , Mr Kee and Mr Mullin allege that the confessions were beaten out of them by the police interrogating them , and that the forensic tests were either doctored so as to appear positive , or were otherwise unreliable .
14 One of the key differences between this type of play and educational drama is that the latter is specifically structured so as to create learning opportunities .
15 Downstairs the bar 's lay-out has been cleverly designed so as to lend a feeling of space without losing a certain cosiness .
16 It was also true that the renewed Triple Alliance of the same year was soon buttressed so as to isolate France and Russia still more .
17 Now it is sometimes argued that the Reform Bill was deliberately framed so as to preclude the threat of a revolution founded on such an alignment , one in which a middle-class bourgeoisie would have provided the leadership and the lower classes the sheer mass , the numbers needed to carry it out ; and shrewdly calculated to concede just so much as was needed to reduce to a manageable scale the gathering political unrest which might have led to just such a convulsion .
18 The exclusionary rule was later extended so as to prohibit the court from looking even at reports made by commissioners on which legislation was based : Salkeld v. Johnson ( 1848 ) 2 Exch. 256 , 273 .
19 To produce the latter the inner coffin was placed on to a width of lead which was then cut so as to be three inches larger all round than the coffin itself ; this was then turned up and tacked to the wood .
20 Indeed , as Sutherland and Mackintosh ( 1971 ) have pointed out , Siegels 's training apparatus was specifically arranged so as to ensure that the rats would adopt response strategies of the sort they did .
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