Example sentences of "[verb] so that it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They have an ingenious device called a " lens ' , whose shape appears to be mathematically calculated so that it bends these silent rays in such a way that there is an exact one-to-one mapping between objects in the world and an " image " on a sheet of cells called the " retina " .
2 Artificial lenses of this shape are optically poor , but a fish 's lens is designed so that it corrects these aberrations , achieving a quality of image with a single lens which camera manufacturers are still trying to match .
3 The cylindrical surface can be slit along its length ( at AA ) and unrolled to lie flat on a plane ; however , there is no way that the sphere can be unrolled so that it lies flat .
4 There was a concerted gasp of shock around the table , and Benedict himself stiffened , his frown deepening so that it cut heavy lines across his forehead and between his brows , marring his looks .
5 Where Federman and Sukenick replace finished story with the process of narrating so that it becomes difficult to say what their novels are ‘ about ’ , Rudolph Wurlitzer pursues a rather different task in his fiction .
6 When it gets too dangerous it will be a matter of simulating what 's supposed to happen so that it looks real to the TV audience , but not to those involved .
7 This is a major system of burrows , all interlinking so that it becomes necessary to work on all aspects of the warren at one time .
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