in order to

Here we were nearly 8 min. early, and was now a matter of spinning out time, as indeed we did—losing 3 min. from Penrith to Carlisle!—in order not to run into Carlisle more than 5 min. early.

1957 August 28, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 568

She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.

Simple common sense would dictate that the two-year schools, in order to compensate for the relative educational deprivation of their students, would have to spend more money on their college education.

1979, David Nasaw, Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States, page 227

In order to do that, I turn briefly to the ways in which the terms "marked" and "unmarked" are employed in other domains, to determine whether those notions can be extended naturally into the area of discourse.

1995, Matthew S. Dryer, “Frequency and pragmatically unmarked word order”, in Pamela Downing, Michael P. Noonan, editors, Word Order in Discourse, page 109

State law requires a name change applicant to publish notice of the potential name change, in order to alert the public in case anyone wants to contest the action.

2011, Lisa Sedano, How to Change Your Name in California, page 97