Example sentences of "so [conj] to [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took no stand , but resigned at the last moment from the Lloyd George Cabinet so as to be ingratiatingly available to continue as Foreign Secretary in the new Government . |
| 2 | All lines on maps , depicting features such as roads , contours and boundaries , are drawn so as to be easily visible to the user . |
| 3 | If a structural floor is needed , however , then proper floor joists of adequate size must be laid between the ceiling joists , so as to be completely independent from the ceiling . |
| 4 | In that context the member state might also require a person appointed by the owner or operator of the vessel to be resident in its territory so as to be legally responsible for the operations of that administrative unit . |
| 5 | ‘ In this context the member state may also require a person appointed by the owner or operator of the vessel to be resident in its territory so as to be legally responsible for the operations of that administrative unit and the management of the fishing vessel concerned . |
| 6 | This was all happening while I was walking through the bus station and taking my place in the queue ; and when I gained my seat I began looking in my bag for a piece of paper and a biro , and then , on the inside of a chocolate-bar wrapping I wrote what I must memorize and recite if I were to get the message over to the doctor — I , who even made heavy weather of describing a sore throat ; I , who after a period in the waiting-room could dry up so as to be virtually dumb . |
| 7 | Nothing is more frustrating than designing a pattern and taking hours to get it right only to find that , when it is knitted up on the machine , the whole thing is either squashed almost flat , or stretched lengthways so as to be almost unrecognisable as the original design , which can happen on some design systems . |
| 8 | The day saloon was upholstered in royal blue watered silk , the roof lined with white silk , the floor covered with Turkey carpet , laid on felt and cork so as to be quite noiseless . |
| 9 | Hard as he is working on the switch , it may be that Bayfield is being groomed in the rigours of international rugby so as to be better able to step into Dooley 's shoes when he finally retires , probably at the end of this season . |