Example sentences of "so as [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is how to conduct economic policy so as to reconcile full employment and price stability . |
| 2 | All the advice we have read assumes that the wife will claim a refund of tax on her low income , rather than share a husband 's income so as to take full advantage of allowances . |
| 3 | If changes in conditions disrupt the precise replication of parental characters so as to yield hereditary variation , then , providing only that some of it happens to be adaptive , this will suffice in the long run for selection as a cause of adaptive species formations . |
| 4 | Basically , a general program , supplied with the data layout and validation requirements of the study , guides the keypuncher page by page through the questionnaire form ( or similar document ) in a helpful way so as to facilitate error-free transfer of the information and to give immediate warning of any data anomalies that can be detected as well as providing a mechanism for correcting mistakes . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Dean Acheson informed various American ambassadors in late April 1949 that the Japanese government had to be given more authority so as to re-establish civilian government properly . |
| 7 | An application by the council to amend its statement of claim so as to plead special damage was refused by French J. on 31 July 1991 . |
| 8 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The most dramatic feature about the genes mutated so as to cause muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis , however , is that they were discovered by reverse genetics — neither dystrophin nor cystic fibrosis transmembrane receptor were known to exist in the body before they were discovered by Kunkel and Tsui respectively . |
| 11 | This cerebral dominance hypothesis is able to explain the results of an experiment by Barton , Goodglass and Shai ( 1965 ) who presented three-letter words in a vertical orientation so as to minimise putative scanning mechanisms . |
| 12 | The records typically understate the concentration of wealth , for they rely on individual declarations which are manipulated and presented so as to minimise apparent wealth holdings . |
| 13 | A boundary extension would require new electoral boundaries and these could not easily be adjusted so as to retain Unionist minority control . |
| 14 | Certain types of agreement will seldom if ever qualify for exemption , for example those which restrict competition so as to affect inter-state trade and contain export bans , maintain retail prices or lead to absolute territorial protection of national markets . |
| 15 | Management can plan projects such as hotel maintenance and redecorating ; advertising campaigns can be directed so as to improve low occupancy percentages . |
| 16 | There is provision in the Education Act , under special circumstances , for the suspension of all or part of the National Curriculum , so as to allow developmental work to take place . |
| 17 | Most data collection and analysis was already available from previous research , and the aim here was to increase empirical and conceptual depth so as to allow critical engagement with current policy debate over housing provision in Britain . |
| 18 | The up to date Medical Report should be obtained now so as to allow adequate time for a Minute of Amendment or other investigation before the Proof . |
| 19 | While wider economic considerations were relevant , the European rift between Six and Seven was a major factor in the American initiative for a reconstruction of the OEEC so as to allow non-European membership . |
| 20 | One is a complete , computer-readable transcription from which extracts can be listed in a format similar to the original source so as to allow manual analysis . |
| 21 | Information must be focused so as to serve precise management tasks . |
| 22 | Can I encourage the Minister to do the double by restoring the funding so as to enable much-needed house building and repairs to go ahead , and at the same time give the necessary financial boost to the devastated building and construction industry ? |
| 23 | It was generally agreed that ‘ One great good of the lads ’ club is to fill their lives with interests and excitements , so as to prevent premature love-making , the connections , and even the marriages ' . |
| 24 | Accordingly , having regard to maintaining the doctor 's primary duty , a Family Practitioners ' Committee is entitled to impose conditions limiting the number of visits per 1,000 patients which might be made by the deputising service , so as to prevent excessive use being made of a deputising service . |
| 25 | The credibility of this contention is strengthened by a recent study of perinatal and infant mortality that linked vital registration data for deaths under 1 year so as to overcome numerator-denominator bias . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The latter will include the fact that the report complies with auditing standards and , where it departs from these , the reasons ; the steps taken in the audit process ; and that it was planned and performed ‘ so as to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement , whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error ’ . |
| 28 | The interest earned net of costs is used to purchase futures and options contracts so as to obtain maximum exposure in each quarter to any upward movement in the FT-SE Index . |
| 29 | This in turn will enable it to influence prices in the market so as to ensure continuing profitability . |
| 30 | The rules of the game , then , far from being set by society so as to ensure fair play for all , seemed to be set by the local authorities . |