The phrase "as not to complicate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when explaining a reason for avoiding complexity in a situation or action.
Example: "I chose to simplify the process as not to complicate the project further."
Alternatives: "to avoid complicating" or "in order not to complicate".
The bad guys are all cartoonish so as not to complicate the film's attitude towards vigilantism.
I don't want to define the temperament of a director —— " His daughter, Paula, laughingly broke in to say, "so as not to complicate things with your sons".
He insisted that neither his name nor hers be printed so as not to complicate her life should she return to America, but he said he was still not yet willing to give his approval.
He added, however, that he would "not speak about the politically motivated nature of the process in open hearings so as not to complicate the shocking simplicity of the case" — presumably alluding to the facts of the case itself.
"Though John Wesley believed in the simplest form of music so as not to complicate the religious message, many of the local congregations took very enthusiastically to religious music, and so grew the choral tradition," says Russell. "So perhaps," he speculates, "nonconformist religion and industry matter more than the region".
A11 Cuba-Mexico Ties Sour Fidel Castro released a tape of a phone call in which President Vicente Fox of Mexico sought to persuade the Cuban leader to cancel or cut short his attendance at a United Nations meeting in Monterrey last month so as not to "complicate" Mexico's relationship with the United States.
Mr. Romney eventually bowed out of the race, claiming as his reason a desire not to complicate the war effort — leaving the field to the candidate who, a year ago, had raised the solitary voice in favor of the hugely unpopular "surge".
In his resignation statement, Sir James said that while Mr. Moore's allegations had "no substance," he was leaving the Financial Services Authority so as not to further complicate its work.
Let's assume that we're talking about a single individual (so as not to get overly complicated).
The guideline has deliberately been kept to two pages long so as not to overwhelm the reader or complicate the guidance.
Later, Stacey figures out that Ryan must be her baby's father but decides not to tell him so as to not complicate his rekindled relationship with Janine, even when he is with her in the hospital as she gives birth to her daughter Lily.
