Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] so [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Monster was pinching Ma 's bosoms with its hideous clawed fingers so that blood squirted out . |
| 2 | Happiest day ‘ However , the health authority has now raised some additional money so that in-patients will be in this part of the unit , ’ he said . |
| 3 | First , there was a need for a broadly based and accessible advisory facility so that claimants could receive independent and impartial advice on their entitlement to state benefits . |
| 4 | The same questions as those in the mental test were also given to some pupils as a standard written test so that performance on it could be compared with the two mental test versions . |
| 5 | However , the Guild also asked for a comprehensive home-help service so that women would not worry about the welfare of younger children and husbands , but this was not forthcoming . |
| 6 | The dark glassy surfaces reflected and re-reflected these flickering lights so that walls seemed to be the void — solidified — with stars and smeared veils of nebulae glinting within . |
| 7 | Logistically it presents plenty of challenges : for instance trying to arrange cataloguing in many different fields so that entries present a certain conformity ; giving a certain ‘ look ’ and ‘ feel ’ to the sales , is also difficult . |
| 8 | It requires good personal organisation so that mortgage monies are available for completion . |
| 9 | Remembering all the dinners he had eaten at the Dysons ' when he had been living on his own , Bob invited Morris back to his flat one evening so that Tessa could cook dinner for him in his turn . |
| 10 | The second theme concerns the importance of developing automatic word-recognition skills so that attention can be released for comprehension calculations . |
| 11 | They will also be organising one or more Open Evenings so that family and friends of staff can be shown round George 1V Bridge and Causewayside . |
| 12 | It sounds fast , fluid , detailed , and has a neutral tonal balance so that violas sound like violas — and not violins or cellos . |
| 13 | ‘ Hey , what 's up ? ’ he asked , tilting her chin with one long finger so that Robyn found her face raised to his , with no option but to look right into his piercing eyes . |
| 14 | The European Commission is having a hard enough job getting all its members to clear out the same few channels so that Europe can have a paging system which could be used in any of its countries . |
| 15 | The problem , as many writers since Adam Smith have recognized , is that a market can be manipulated to give some of those involved greater economic power so that competition is distorted and economic efficiency impaired . |
| 16 | Most often , the car parks , protecting your customer 's property , offering him or her protection ; the fire exits ( not to stop people getting in because they are already alarmed but to check that they are not obstructed ) ; the reception or foyer and other public areas so that management can see which parts of the hotel are being used by guests and roughly by how many , which is very useful if there is an emergency and you have to clear the building ; and finally as a good old-fashioned deterrent and for detection . |
| 17 | Erm also there could be th will cause other climatic changes so that people who do n't normally get rain will get gallons and gallons of it . |
| 18 | This week she spent looking after Paddock Sportsline and their other emergent horses so that Linda could earn money working as a stable girl in Ted Edgar 's stables . |
| 19 | Already Havelange has talked of turning games into four 25-minute periods so that television commercials can be accommodated . |
| 20 | The aim is to create a European financial common market so that citizens and businesses in all member states will be free to invest their money , open accounts and take out loans and insurance policies where they choose . |
| 21 | The company 's approach is intended to enable network managers simply to define and re-define virtual local networks so that teams within a company can be brought together electronically and then disbanded , irrespective of geographic location . |
| 22 | Poor prices had been asked , ridiculously low prices for expensive imported French calf so that losses on the leather had been sustained . |
| 23 | Air traffic has doubled in the last 10 years so that Singapore is now served by 57 airlines , linking it to 110 cities in 54 countries . |
| 24 | In northeastern China , Leeming ( 1985 ) reports that in the vicinity of the Great Wall in Shaanxi Province the desert margin has advanced markedly in the last 150 years so that sand now extends 70 km south of the Great Wall , and in the nearby Yulin area grazing land and arable fields have been engulfed . |