it is not in order to live 和 he stood up so as to see better

in order to和so as to在这里都是表示目的的词组,“为了……”,通常放于句中,也可放于句首,视情况而定,看强调的是什么.例：
In oder to live a better life,she kept working very hard.为了过上更好的生活,她非常努力的工作.
She kept working very hard in order to live a better life.她非常努力的工作为了过上更好的生活.