Example sentences of "so as not [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this in the most magnificent scenery , a national park where the natural forest has n't been logged for years and grazing sheep is prohibited so as not to upset the natural balance . |
| 2 | Some local parents were complaining that teachers correct some wrong spellings , while leaving the majority untouched , so as not to upset the child . |
| 3 | Carefully structured so as not to antagonize the central Soviet authorities , however , the package also included humanitarian aid to cancer victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster . |
| 4 | Lay it to a depth of at least 25mm ( 1in ) ; rake smooth , then lay each slab in place , lowering it so as not to disturb the mortar bed . |
| 5 | One went on tiptoe so as not to disturb the hush . |
| 6 | The boy placed the bowl on the ground ever so gently , so as not to disturb the wild animals — then slipped back into the house . |
| 7 | In 1799 he wrote , ‘ With a pair of tweezers I placed an ant upon the middle of the leaf of Drosera rotundifolia but so as not to disturb the plant . |
| 8 | We were to go on foot so as not to disturb the tranquillity . |
| 9 | The set is heard to best effect played from start to finish , so leave yourself a spare five hours , play it real loud ( on headphones so as not to disturb the neighbours , of course ) and it 'll form crop circles in your hair . |
| 10 | Walking gingerly , so as not to disturb the maps , she trod across the City , as her make-believe monster had done earlier . |
| 11 | Then she said to me , quietly so as not to disturb the talk , ‘ We shall eat mutton tonight — or Lord Byron and Polidori will , for Percy and I avoid meat . |
| 12 | The set is heard to best effect played from start to finish , so leave yourself a spare five hours , play it real loud ( on headphones so as not to disturb the neighbours , of course ) and it 'll form crop circles in your hair . |
| 13 | It could have been Jamie , padding softly around his flat so as not to disturb the neighbours . |
| 14 | Her mother had taken her downstairs so as not to disturb the rest of the family . |
| 15 | Stephen tied it up but the string broke and he had to drive the car into Hilderbridge very slowly and carefully so as not to overheat the engine . |
| 16 | Titian has written over their heads Ex Praeterito Praesens Prudenter Agit Ni Futura Actione Deturpit ( ‘ From the [ example of ] the past the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future ’ ) . |
| 17 | A Servitor with a tracked , snail-like body and padded hands that secreted fragrant antiseptic polish was buffing the floor of the rib-vaulted passageway where electrocandles flickered on sconces in front of scrimshaw-framed ikons ; and Lexandro must halt , so as not to incommode the two Marines . |
| 18 | There are a number of industries around Baden , all sited with typical Swiss discretion so as not to bruise the town 's charm . |
| 19 | She will look elegant in black , and she 'll cry delicately so as not to mar the whiteness of her skin , and dab her nose with a lace-edged handkerchief , and wear Mother 's jet brooch , and all the customers will sigh and say how sad it is , and young men will want to comfort and console her , and they will , oh yes , because she did n't really love him . |
| 20 | In moderate amounts , it is not troublesome , but for dyeing work it may be desirable to keep the concentration reasonably constant so as not to affect the rate of dyeing . |
| 21 | Then the spider will roll it up and , so as not to waste the valuable protein of which it is made , eat it . |
| 22 | Gay energy has been taken up with service provision and public education : little has been left for meaningful activism , and our anger , fear and grief has been kept strictly privatised , so as not to exacerbate the hostility we face in the outside world , and so as not to risk funding . |
| 23 | Robyn felt a small curl of satisfaction and proceeded to descend the staircase at an even slower pace than before , treading gingerly so as not to exacerbate the dreadful pounding in her head . |
| 24 | She drove slowly in Conterchi so as not to miss the turning and Italians hooted at her or raised their fingers in gestures she knew to be obscene . |
| 25 | We have this church , where Bee preach the sermons quiet , without spirit so as not to move the congregation to sing too loud or ring the bell or catch the Spirit and speak in tongues , so when Corporal Prince break into the Church one evening , he and the whole Bonasse Police Force , he finds us singing soft and low as children in a Sunday School : ‘ God moves in mysterious way His wonders to perform . ’ |
| 26 | As has already been seen , it was the style of both church and politicians to avoid their mutual consultations being known , which tells us that the secularity of the state at that time was partially a façade , but one which it was felt by both interested parties had to be maintained , probably so as not to confuse the faithful . |
| 27 | I went into hospital with a blank jumbo pad , a pencil so as not to mark the NHS sheets , and the hero 's manuscript . |
| 28 | The tip of the syringe is then inserted from the side of the mouth , and the plunger gently depressed so as not to cause the medication to run out of the mouth . |
| 29 | On a full-stop landing the nose-wheel is carefully held off ( so as not to touch the dolly-wheel in the ventral strake ) down to forty-ish knots when the stick hits the back stop and the nose gently subsides . |
| 30 | He used the toilet-bucket carefully , so as not to soil the floor , and was grateful it was removed every second day . |