Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there is a place for drinks and slippers , and many younger and older couples can know about their mutual ordinariness so that they do not have to strive , posture or compete ; and yet they still keep a specialness and excitement in each other alive . |
| 2 | Even when she was tiny she had n't really thought of him that way , and when she was older , about thirteen , she had secretly been terribly proud in front of the other girls when Georg , who had never seemed to go through a spotty adolescent phase like other boys , used to wait for her outside school so that they could walk up the mountain road together . |
| 3 | The 1834 Act had made the mother wholly responsible for her illegitimate child so that the privileges of marriage would not be extended to the undeserving . |
| 4 | In some cases an exercise test performed by the hospital will provide additional information , but this is often not possible because the hospital 's exercise test is usually performed off their rate-slowing drug so that the coronary arteries can be more fully assessed . |
| 5 | Most students start with vague objectives or change direction quite fundamentally during their first year so that a wider range of courses is required including some broadly-based and some of a more specialized nature . |
| 6 | Here , it is enough to note that the adoption , largely at Owen 's prompting , by the trade union movement of the strategic objective of organising manufacturing industry in industrial co-operatives , of adopting Co-operation for its own sake so as to make a revolutionary change in the constitutional structure of society , ended almost as soon as it had begun . |
| 7 | Therefore , a system was introduced which enabled regiments to appoint honorary colonels of their own choosing so that they could speak on their behalf and as a last resort have a direct right to apply to the sovereign in order to make representations on behalf of their unit . |
| 8 | A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace . |
| 9 | Another gesture symbolising true Christian Aid was made by Mr Moore , our dynamic Church Officer , who gave up a week of his annual holiday so as to be with us throughout . |
| 10 | Trying to get rid of his second run so that he can get home by eleven . |
| 11 | At one extreme , the consumer could spend nothing in the present period and save all of his present income so that in the future period he can spend as much as Y t + 1 ; + ( 1 + i ) Y t ; that is , his future income plus his saved present income plus interest . |
| 12 | I should have flung the damned thing out of his open door so that it would bounce down the mountainside up which the road was climbing . |
| 13 | The Bloodthirster lashed out and struck him a terrible blow , breaking the bones of his left arm so that his shield hung useless at his side . |
| 14 | Thus , " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified , or so as to be unlike those from whom he wishes to be distinguished " ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 181 ) |
| 15 | This brings us back to Le Page 's hypothesis : " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified " ; only now we can treat " linguistic behaviour " at a micro level , interpreting " from time to time " to mean even at different stages within the same conversation — perhaps even the same utterance . |
| 16 | Every manager has a responsibility towards the organisation as a whole , and must define the activities of his own unit so as to contribute towards achieving the organisation 's objectives . |
| 17 | Every manager has a responsibility towards the organisation as a whole , and must define the activities of his own unit so as to contribute towards achieving the organisation 's objectives . |
| 18 | R v Stanley ; CA ( Crim Div ) ( Bingham LJ , Ognall , McKinnon JJ ) ; 2 Oct 1989 Where a judge has it in mind to make a compensation order but the possibility has not been raised by counsel , it is the judge 's duty to raise the matter of his own motion so that it may be properly and fairly ventilated . |
| 19 | Would you be good enough to re-advise me of your full address so that I can send the documents to you ? |
| 20 | They are an important part of our twin-track approach so that we not only come down hard on offenders who commit the crime of taking vehicles , but we do all we can to prevent youngsters from offending . |
| 21 | It is noticeable that parents often react against their own experience so that , for example , if they were brought up in a too restrictive atmosphere with little spoiling , they may spoil and leave their children without enough boundaries and routine . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll talk later — much later … ’ he murmured softly , slipping an arm beneath her trembling body so that her breasts were lifted towards him , his lips trailing a scorching path over her quivering flesh , a deep ache gripping her loins as his mouth sought and found the hard swollen peaks of her breasts . |
| 23 | Acceptance , as used here , means that people begin to absorb the experience into their everyday life so that it can be coped with instead of dominating their every thought . |
| 24 | Students in the having mode of existence will … write down every word in their looseleaf notebook so that later on , they can memorise their notes and thus pass an examination . |
| 25 | ( c ) Restrictions on partners ' authority ( See Clauses 6 ( in relation to accounts ) and 18 ( generally ) ) No body of partners will wish any one of its number to have unlimited authority to incur liabilities in their firm name so as to make all members potentially liable even in respect of transactions which form no part of the normal business of the firm . |
| 26 | For example is there something similar happening in their own country so that they might compare and contrast practice in one country and another ? |
| 27 | In contrast , those at the top end of the earnings distribution will enjoy a substantial change in their after-tax income so that the income effect will be large , causing the high-income earners ( the dynamic entrepreneurs ? ) to work less . |
| 28 | Take the case of a hypothetical economy which had had no experience of inflation in its recent history so that the rate of inflation which was expected to take place over the foreseeable future was zero . |
| 29 | The effects of humans can go far beyond this , in moving plants away from their natural range so that they appear ‘ native ’ in their new homes , often with the advantage of no pest pressure . |
| 30 | He is therefore prepared to countenance a reduction in his real wage so as to stave off the threat of dismissal . |