Example sentences of "so [conj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second is to give the whole section an extended meaning , so as to embrace all persons , born or unknown , who in any way may benefit [ author 's emphasis ] from assets transferred abroad by others … |
| 2 | He also introduced the idea that different sensory fibres within the normal retina could be selectively fatigued , so as to yield coloured after-images . |
| 3 | In February 1992 , however , Lautro 's Rules were amended so as to give other persons served with an intervention notice the right to appeal against it : see new rules 7.28 and 7.3(12) . |
| 4 | The most convincing answer is that Truman was intent primarily upon terminating the Pacific conflict speedily so as to save American lives but that he was interested simultaneously in strengthening American interests vis-à-vis Russia , which included restricting the amount of territory to be occupied by the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | The important thing is to create a society in which the motives people actually have will operate so as to generate good intentions , such as will normally produce good actions , that is , ones which augment happiness . |
| 6 | The crucial area of debate centres upon whether the signals from ecologically fragile and marginal areas will reach institutions and governments so as to induce appropriate innovations for those areas . |
| 7 | The major national breweries themselves began to either acquire or be acquired by non-brewing companies so as to form larger conglomerates such as Allied-Lyons ( formed when Allied Breweries took over the catering group J. Lyons in 1978 ) , Grand Metropolitan ( formed when Grand Met Hotels took over Truman Hanbury and Buxton in 1971 and Watney Mann in 1972 ) and Imperial ( formed when Imperial Tobacco acquired Courage Breweries in 1972 ) . |
| 8 | Northern Tyneside was identified so as to incorporate all types of residential locale . |
| 9 | However , it may be that once privatised , these pressures are tempered by pressures to show increased profits so as to justify higher dividends and enhance market prices . |
| 10 | Again , a minimum data value of zero is specified so as to eliminate those countries for which no data are available . |
| 11 | One major problem is that if the offence is defined so as to include all touchings to which the victim does not consent , it seems difficult to exclude everyday physical contact with others . |
| 12 | It seems that ‘ differentiation ’ is being redefined once again , so as to include democratic institutions and a market economy . |
| 13 | There 's a ‘ chat-and-pat ’ service ; staff call your hound by name , and tiptoe past your room at night so as to let sleeping dogs lie ; your dog 's photograph is taken in the hotel ; the hotel manager appears for a final ‘ wave-and-wag ’ ; there 's a VIP service for show-winning dogs ; and a discount for families whose dogs are better behaved than the owners ! |
| 14 | The purpose of this is to gain market power so as to charge higher margins . |
| 15 | But , as we shall see , in Marxist scholarship there are those who have modified Marx original theory so as to accommodate these changes in a way which is consistent with the original insight about the determined nature of the locus of power in capitalist societies . |
| 16 | They could not rely on support from all of their members and the TUC nor could they call out the membership so as to hit other newspapers and so bring indirect pressure to bear on Shah . |
| 17 | The French writer Hippolyte Taine , in the not on the whole very friendly account he published of a journey to the Pyrenees in the middle of the last century , tells , all too vividly , an unpleasant story of a fourteenth-century mayor of Bayonne who tried to extend his jurisdiction up-river as far as the tide went , so as to stop Basque smugglers from defrauding him , and who tied a number of local Basque gentry to the arches of a bridge and watched the tide come up and slowly drown them . |
| 18 | It is n't and you do n't have to stab at the keyboard so as to press both keys at exactly the same time . |
| 19 | Similar problems may also be experienced when an accounting reference period is changed , since s 225(6) of the CA1985 provides that : ‘ An accounting reference period may not in any case ( exception if administration order is in force ) be extended so as to exceed 18 months and a notice under this section is ineffective if the current or previous accounting reference period as extended in accordance with the notice would exceed that limit . ’ |
| 20 | Any such notice must state whether the current ( or preceding , when allowed ) reference period is to be shortened , so that it will end on the first occurrence of the accounting reference date , or lengthened , so that it will end on its second occurrence , but unless an administration order is in force the period can not be extended so as to exceed 18 months . |
| 21 | This view was also taken in the earlier case of Bainbridge v Chertsey Urban District Council where an injunction was granted , restraining the defendant council from conducting their sewage farm so as to cause offensive smells and vapours in the plaintiff 's premises . |
| 22 | The Americans were anxious to see the Russians engaged in the Far East as soon as possible so as to minimise American losses . |
| 23 | ( v ) Most libels of any gravity directed at the conduct of a local authority would sufficiently identify the councillors or officers concerned in or responsible for that conduct so as to enable individual councillors or officers to sue for libel just as , in this case , Mr. Bookbinder has brought proceedings in respect of the libels complained of by the council . |
| 24 | On the other hand , symbols can be manipulated , so as to convey false messages . |
| 25 | It was decided that the information was no longer confidential so as to prevent other parties making use of it . |
| 26 | In the more commonly understood sense they have been strengthened , because they have been changed so as to obtain more convictions relating to well-publicised and hard-lobbied issues . |
| 27 | Rewrite the phonemic transcription as a ‘ broad phonetic ’ one so as to show likely assimilations , elisions and linking . |
| 28 | The second common motivation is the desire to increase the use of the stock — either by improving its appearance , so as to attract more users to the library , and/or by providing easier access to elements of the stock which are worthwhile , by removing the dead wood . |
| 29 | If 1100 cc models are selling well but 1300 cc models are not , it may be in the seller 's interests to reduce the differential so as to attract more buyers to the 1300 cc models . |
| 30 | The previous pack contained the full text of the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 , which made detailed amendments to the rules governing solicitors , largely so as to apply those rules to registered foreign lawyers practising in partnership with solicitors in England and Wales , where appropriate with special provisions . |