Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [verb] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " We provide extra food and drink so that your great-grandfather can bring the spirits of other famous patriots and scholars to join our celebration , " her mother had explained in a whisper , and Lan , remembering this , found herself peering apprehensively at the spare chopsticks to see if any of them showed signs of moving . |
| 2 | There seems general agreement that the mind does not work like a camera , faithfully recording everything in front of its lens , for apart from the discrimination of sensations and the filtering out of some of them , the information that is passed on undergoes considerable re-organisation and change so that there is always a discrepancy between the sensory input and what is perceived . |
| 3 | Det Sgt Stimpson said : ‘ She searches him every time he comes home or goes out , and she keeps his bedroom bare of the usual toys and clutter so that she can see at a glance whether he has hidden any stolen property . ’ |
| 4 | But , of course , the £50 deposit , at a time when the annual wage was less than £500 , was a powerful deterrent to all but the wealthiest families and remained so until the Baldwin Fund agreed to put up the money for children without guarantors or for foster parents who could not afford to pay . |
| 5 | Some years ago Western Samoans were found never to develop type I diabetes in their own environment but to do so when brought up in New Zealand . |
| 6 | It requires acting out the change in one 's own being and conduct so that it can take effect in the appropriate sphere . |
| 7 | For economy of space occupied by the site of the lift the two inclined ways would generally be side by side and although at the same inclination and extending between the same levels they would not be in the same plane but echeloned so that the one extends , so to speak , from the right side of the head bay to the right side of the tail bay whilst the other extends from the left side of the head bay to the left side of the tail bay . |