Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 2 | This was a sinister development ; the horse straightened his head so that he could see better , and cocked an ear at the man . |
| 3 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 4 | In addition Drury persuaded one witness to amend his evidence so as to incriminate Cooper , arranged for another to be shown a photograph of McMahon so as to pick him out in an identification parade , omitted to tell the defence of two witnesses crucial to their case , cited another as prosecution witness to prevent the defence from calling him , and bribed two prisoners in Leicester Prison , where McMahon was on remand , to say that McMahon had admitted to them his part in the crime . |
| 5 | Frankie shifted his position so that his knees would not become cramped . |
| 6 | Two decades later , after the clearer recognition of the distinction between insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus , Neel modified his hypothesis so that it related specifically to non-insulin dependent diabetes . |
| 7 | Katherine shook her head so that the long auburn sheath covered her eyes . |
| 8 | Léonie turned her head so that she could look at Baptiste . |
| 9 | Jazz shook his head so that the hair fell down over his face like a curtain and sat looking like something that had escaped from the zoo , still heaving from his exertions . |
| 10 | The report concluded that the pattern of courses and examinations below the level of OND lacked clarity and cohesion and that , consequently , there was a need to rationalize their provision so as to offer students a recognizable ladder of progression within clearly defined educational stages . |
| 11 | The task of the counsellor is to try to help ageing individuals modify their self-image so that it is more in line with reality . |
| 12 | Rawls constructs his model so as to argue for the primacy of an equality of needs . |
| 13 | ‘ I was thinking about what you were saying , ’ I told her , while memories of Nour flooded my being so that I felt I could n't bear it but must instantly take that gleaming knife and open my body to let him out . |
| 14 | Now Rostov was amazed to see the Khan flex his hand so that the nails extended like claws . |
| 15 | Unfortunately I can do nothing about the first two but it is my responsibility to protect your salary so that your wife and family are looked after . |
| 16 | But some last-minute impulse lowered her aim so that the blow caught him , hard but not painfully , on his chest . |
| 17 | Henry had copies of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle identifiable with our C and E , and went to some trouble to re-order his material so that his account of early English history was clearer than that of his sources ; Florence helped his readers by prefacing his work with lists of bishops of English sees and genealogies of English royal dynasties . |
| 18 | The terror bound her chest so that her breath came in the short , dry , painful gasps of a dying asthmatic . |
| 19 | My friends , let's just remember this night that as we 've shared bread and wine together , we 've reaffirmed that Jesus Christ gave his life so that we might live . |
| 20 | Nicolo shifted his weight so that he lay above her . |
| 21 | Wherever possible try to angle your answer so that it is clearly relevant to the job for which you are applying . |
| 22 | He wants Christ to be brought clearly into the picture of working matters , not for Christians in the working world to secularise their task so that Christ is absent from their thinking . |
| 23 | Enlighten our minds to receive your guidance so that you may lead us unto true wisdom . |
| 24 | Legends about the movement of stones arise because , if the stones are alive with energy , this in some way affects our perception so that we feel they are moving . |
| 25 | So what happened is that the literate women arranged their time so that every day they now have an hour set by to sit down with one of the illiterates and that 's how the literacy campaign is operating at the moment . |
| 26 | Marc 's beautiful bronze limbs weighted her down , and she squirmed surreptitiously without waking him in order to change her position so that she could look at him properly . |
| 27 | To do this they will need not only a knowledge of the vocabulary of steps through which dancers communicate , but an ability to explain their design so that dancers can give it depth of feeling ( see page 78 ) . |
| 28 | When , for instance , the hero in a book or film sacrifices his life so that someone else may live , this is portrayed as extremely praiseworthy and is the subject-matter of much literature . |
| 29 | When Miguel tipped her chin so that she had to look into his eyes , she said rather bitterly , ‘ It sounds rather like where you took Victoria in the Mercedes , Miguel . |
| 30 | He shifted his foot a fraction ; immediately electronic signals through fibre bundles amplified his motion so that the weight of his boot and the flared greave obeyed effortlessly . |