Example sentences of "was [verb] so as " in BNC.
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| 1 | With effect from the general election of 1965 West German electoral law was amended so as to impose stricter limits on variations in constituency magnitudes . |
| 2 | With the help of an infrared converter , the measuring beam ( 2μm square cross-section ) was aligned so as to pass axially through a given cell while the reference beam passed either outside the retinal fragment or in a space between photoreceptors . |
| 3 | The fee of 9d showed that Halling possessed a church and was designated so as the fee for a chapel was 6d . |
| 4 | Yet he was to say that the entire enterprise of The Cantos was undertaken so as to uncover the reasons why war happens , so as to preclude its happening again . |
| 5 | In the Chiswick works of London Transport , during 1947 , the very popular Regent Three ( R.T. ) double-decker bus was redesigned so as to be ‘ jig built ’ in a like manner to that which the mass-produced Halifax bombers had been during the war . |
| 6 | The plan form of his Panopticon was designed so as to combine " … the apparent omnipresence of the inspector … with the extreme facility of his real presence " ( Bentham , Works , IV p 45 ) . |
| 7 | Among these benefits were : 1 ) Bill of lading provisions that granted the carrier the benefit of the shipper 's insurance were outlawed ; and 2 ) The right of the carrier to limit liability to a fixed sum per package or shipping unit was modified so as to specify a mandatory minimum of 100 Pounds Sterling ( or English Gold Sovereigns ) or the the national currency equivalent per package or unit . |
| 8 | The seat , provided with a division of about 6in. in height , was positioned so as to afford a clear forward view of the horses and the surrounding countryside . |
| 9 | On that principle , it seems correct that an amendment to extend controls to the contents of magazines should be added to the Indecent Displays ( Control ) Act , section 1(5) of which was drafted so as to exclude from ‘ displayed matter ’ caught by the test ‘ any part of that matter which is not exposed to view ’ . |
| 10 | That was not a proper construction of section 78 , which was drawn so as to embrace precisely the situation of this case amongst many others that might arise in individual cases . |
| 11 | Such mistranslations occasionally had their amusing side , as when ‘ State Ball ’ was translated so as to give listeners the delightful picture of the president playing football with a visiting group of dignitaries at State House . |
| 12 | Asquith 's 1915 government was only halfway to coalition ; it was in fact a coalition of parties rather than a coalition of men , and it was run so as to maximize continuity . |
| 13 | Another dramatic revelation afforded by the restoration process was the fact that the head of the tight faced , balding Benedictine seated at the right of the picture , whose black habit appears strangely severe amid so many bright fabrics , was an afterthought , painted on paper and stuck onto the canvas with animal glue when the rest was finished so as not to offend an unknown cleric . |
| 14 | Northern Tyneside was identified so as to incorporate all types of residential locale . |
| 15 | As a result , by about the year 400 Christmas Day had become a significant date in the Christian Year : 25 December was chosen so as to exorcize the great pagan festival of the solar solstice . |