He admitted that he longs to return home and will do so as soon as the threat of imprisonment is lifted.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Next time, he might drop back farther so as not to get clattered.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then when the dresses came out he shut his eyes so as not to lose the detail of the coats in his mind.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So as soon as you got engaged it's been all systems go.
The Sun (2016)
So as soon as they turned 18 they got on a plane.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
So as soon as his food arrives, my fork will be in it.
The Sun (2011)
So as soon as he saw an opportunity, he had seized it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If you have not yet applied for student loans, do so as soon as possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And so as soon as the course ended, he set up in business here and has not looked back.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So as soon as seemed polite I piped up from the back of the car.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But being on the front line is inherently dangerous, and growing increasingly more so as journalists lose their neutrality and become targets for attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So as good a player as he is, we'd just be doubling up.
The Sun (2010)
So as far as London is concerned, it looks as if the mayor is on his own.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
So as far as I am concerned it is not my aim to leave the football club in the near future.
The Sun (2006)
So as far as we're concerned, losing only one sheep out of a hundred is not so bad.
Christianity Today (2000)
I don't think there is one politician with the backbone to do so as they are far too arrogant to accept responsibility.
The Sun (2014)
So as far as I am concerned that constitutes a top-ten finish.
Peter McEvoy For Love or Money (2006)
So as far as I was concerned, it was simply about looking and learning from the master.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I acted cool, though, so as not to appear scared in front of the guards who were laughing their heads off.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
Put a tbsp of oil into a frying pan and, when the pan is really hot, add just enough squid so as to give each piece room.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All related terms of 'so as'
so far as
to the extent or point that
so much as
If you say that someone did not do so much as perform a particular action, you are emphasizing that they did not even do that, when you were expecting them to do more.
in so far as
to the degree or extent that
as long as
If you say that something is the case as long as or so long as something else is the case, you mean that it is only the case if the second thing is the case.
be as good as to
would you please
as far as one can tell/so far as one can tell
You use as far as I can tell or so far as I could tell to indicate that what you are saying is based on the information you have, but that there may be things you do not know .