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Free sign upThe phrase "as to be a" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are trying to express a purpose or condition, but it is generally better to rephrase for clarity.
Example: "He worked hard as to be a successful entrepreneur."
Alternatives: "in order to be" or "so as to be".
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Yet the Brotherhood is not so versatile as to be a cohesive international force.
It is so broad as to be a meaningless restraint, an excuse to overreach.
Today, postwar design is so ubiquitous as to be a decorative trope.
The use of self-compacting recycled concrete appears as to be a very interesting technology for the sustainable construction future.
"But 1.6percentt is so stunningly low as to be a thermometer of the illness of the system".
Is an American who is so benighted as to be a doctrinaire racist more likely to vote Republican than Democratic?
But he came to believe that never using the word "felt so morally neutral as to be a little sickening.
Horse breeders say practice rings are so congested as to be a danger to both horse and rider.
It was so unfashionable in the 1990s as to be a punch line on par with the Cosby sweater.
Instead, the college's line is so dry and dignified as to be a parody of dry dignity.
The man in Ms. Prada's current vision was domesticated and so passive as to be a neuter.
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