Example sentences of "so as [to-vb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice selectors will use both databases and select bibliographies ( assuming the latter are available ) so as to take advantage of the best features of both . |
| 2 | This allows borrowers more scope to time issues so as to take advantage of temporarily favourable patterns of interest rates such as would permit profitable swaps . |
| 3 | The Bank of England acted to keep the cost of overnight money low so as to take pressure off the longer dates , but analysts warned that the authorities would find it difficult to keep this tactic going . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section : ( a ) " special road " and " special road authority " have the same meanings as in the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 and ( b ) " class I " means class 1 in Schedule 3 to the Act , as varied from time to time by any order under section 8 of that Act , but , if that Schedule is amended by such an order so as to add to it a further class of traffic , the order may adapt the reference in this section to traffic of class 1 so as to take account of the additional class . |
| 5 | Others , most notably James Meade , had taken the all important step of opening up the Keynesian model so as to take account of and explain international trade and capital flows . |
| 6 | It gave Anna real pain to post magazines through one new front door hinged and studded so as to resemble part of the set for a pantomime of Robin Hood , and then another , moulded and classically pedimented , between half-pilasters made of fibreglass . |
| 7 | It is ICI 's policy to manage all of its activities so as to give benefit to society , ensuring that they meet relevant laws and regulations ; that they are acceptable to the community at large ; and that their environmental impact is reduced to a practicable minimum . |
| 8 | These journeys , operated by Edinburgh Transport and S.M.T. under contract to Lothian Regional Council , are specified so as to give residents of Ratho an opportunity to reach the nearest large shopping and business centre , which happens to be Edinburgh . |
| 9 | The Council asked " the conference to consider the extent to which the following rights [ as proposed by the Spanish government ] could be enshrined in the treaty so as to give substance to the concept of citizenship : |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He points out that the courts have departed from the old literal approach of statutory construction and now adopt a purposive approach , seeking to discover the Parliamentary intention lying behind the words used and construing the legislation so as to give effect to , rather than thwart , the intentions of Parliament . |
| 14 | It is for the courts to interpret those words so as to give effect to that purpose . |
| 15 | The focus of attention is upon whether the national law could be interpreted so as to give effect to Community law obligations . |
| 16 | Although a court will generally strive to resolve uncertainties and ambiguities so as to give effect to a commercial contract wherever possible ( especially where the agreement is already partly executed ) , uncertainty or ambiguity may lead a court to conclude that the term is too uncertain to be enforceable , and in extreme cases the whole contract may be held to be void . |
| 17 | Was that so as to cast doubt on Googol 's word ? |
| 18 | The aim of this study is to revise the abyssal ophiuroids of the North Atlantic portraying the species likely to occur within this area so as to facilitate identification by the non specialist . |
| 19 | He was also allowed to continue trading , on condition that he kept his trustee supplied with a record of his financial affairs , so as to facilitate repayment of outstanding creditors . |
| 20 | ( c ) Construction of partnership agreements The following general rules apply : ( 1 ) The agreement will not be presumed to be exhaustive so as to disallow evidence of actual practices of the partnership said to be inconsistent with the written terms or alleged to indicate how those terms should be construed . |
| 21 | The position detector is orientated relative to the rotor so as to generate signals at the optimum switching angle for low motor speeds and therefore , at the end of the first Step , a step command is issued immediately . |
| 22 | That theory 's notion of a world economy is , in its simplest form , based on the view that , since the inception of capitalism in Europe , every part of the globe is linked together through a world market and , thereafter , all that happens obeys the logic of that world market so as to generate profits for enterprises in the advanced capitalist countries . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A statement forms part of the res gestae of a case if it is made contemporaneously with or shortly after any act or occurrence in issue in the proceedings so as to form part of the same transaction . |
| 25 | This research investigates trends in real wages and the standard of living in Northern England , so as to shed light on the effects of industrialisation , the causes of English population growth , and the origins and economic significance of the home market . |
| 26 | The data in Table 7 can be rearranged so as to rank universities in order of the proportion of Scottish theses to theses as a whole , and develop what might be called a ‘ Parochiality Index ’ . |
| 27 | If the court finds a credit bargain extortionate it may re-open the credit agreement so as to do justice between the parties . |
| 28 | Certainly the key objective is to find a means of aligning the discipline with the needs of contemporary society so as to justify claims for the centrality of English within university education . |
| 29 | They must be able to spot strengths and weaknesses and gaps in knowledge , not so as to compare pupils with each other , but in order to move on to the next stage , in the most effective way . |
| 30 | Schrager and Short may not go this far , but they are certainly right to stress that corporate crime should be conceptualized so as to include acts of omission as well as the more obvious acts of commission . |