Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] so [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes . |
| 2 | But do you think that there 's some way that the NEA can be reformed or changed so that it can serve that purpose ? |
| 3 | As you do each of the exercises , place a hand on the part of the body that is being stretched or toned so that you can feel the benefit as you go along . |
| 4 | Adults and children spend time learning to read and write so that they may recover and renew what is best even though it is all sadly threatened again by those who destroyed it a generation ago . |
| 5 | Only one of them , the Labyrinth at Knossos , was restored and repaired so that it could continue to use after 1470 , and it was more or less completely abandoned some ninety years later after a major fire . |
| 6 | It 's for you to study and peruse so that you |
| 7 | Whether you will be able to do the job in a vacant spot in the vegetable plot , at the back of a border or wherever , a suitable area has to be earmarked and reserved so that it can be empty and vacant from the second half of September on . |
| 8 | Until the middle of the nineteenth century the whole of this load , equivalent to the weight of many railway trains , had to be carried by hemp ropes which were always shrinking and swelling , rotting and stretching so that it called for great skill to avoid the loss of some or all of the masts and spars . |
| 9 | Wherever possible assemblies and subassemblies must be specified and designed so that they can be inspected and tested as separate items independently of the remainder of the product . |
| 10 | Wherever possible assemblies and subassemblies must be specified and designed so that they can be inspected and tested as separate items independently of the remainder of the product . |
| 11 | ( ii ) Pupils should be taught how to respond to the way information is structured and presented so that they are able to identify key points . |
| 12 | Instructions to the boundary commissioners were revoked and amended so that they would be able to consider economic interest as well as population and community in the drawing up of the new constituencies ; this was regarded as vital by the Unionists , for it seemed likely that the merging of the small boroughs into the county constituencies would take away the last of the agricultural seats . |
| 13 | He shakes his head and I get a shiver , remembering just that gesture of his , repeated and repeated so that it became like a nervous tic after a while , back in Strathspeld , after Clare 's funeral in ‘ 89 ; a gesture of disbelief , refusal , non-acceptance . |
| 14 | Charioteers traditionally carry the deadly Singing Blade , a glaive-like weapon cunningly carved and pierced so that it shrieks as it is swung . |
| 15 | However , as the sun 's rays pass through the Earth 's atmosphere , some of the light is changed or polarised so that it vibrates in only one plane . |
| 16 | Braid is similar , except that the threads are interwoven or plaited so that they are unable to unwind or separate . |