Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4/Dry brushing needs practice , so that just the right amount of colour is on the brush and a controlled amount is leaving it on contact with the paper . |
| 2 | In the horse , the digits have been progressively reduced so that just the central core carries the load and the two adjacent ones are present as splints — remnants of the digits that once were there . |
| 3 | Each has a social component so that potentially the social significance of various rates , ratios and relationships can be used to interpret trends . |
| 4 | Moreover , physical contact , if it proceeds at all , will almost inevitably reach the point of physical stimulation of their sexual parts , so that now the reflex component also comes into play . |
| 5 | Parliament , recognising the danger — perhaps more to respect for the law than to press freedom — changed the law , so that now the very fact of a conviction is deemed to be conclusive evidence of its correctness . |
| 6 | We 've had some fairly exotic bass strings dangled in front of our wallets over the years — like the ones which were round-wound by the bridge and progressively smoother up towards the nut , and the others designed so that only the bare core passes over the bridge saddles — but Jim D'Addario is pretty scathing about them all . |
| 7 | He bit off whatever he was going to say and inhaled deeply , smoothing his face into a blank expression so that only the hot glitter in his eyes betrayed his anger . |
| 8 | Most of these claims will be offset by counter-claims , so that only the net indebtedness has to be settled by using the banks ' balances at the central bank . |
| 9 | ‘ No one … ’ began Sally-Anne passionately , thinking of all that she had seen since arriving in Vetch Street — the poor creatures in Dr Neil 's surgery , and the even poorer ones who could not afford to go there — and of Dr Neil 's own selflessness letting people off their bills , so that only the small income he still received from an aunt 's legacy allowed him to keep going at all , when he could have been revelling with Stair . |
| 10 | In spring , either dig up the shrub and replant at a deeper level , or mound soil round its base so that only the upper half of stems is exposed . |
| 11 | Many can go on to lead virtually independent lives in ‘ core and cluster ’ schemes even if the handicap is severe , so that ideally the handicapped person would leave home to live independently after leaving school . |
| 12 | Short lengths of net can be used so that ideally the enclosed space is partitioned into three sections using two nets set parallel to each other . |
| 13 | If we were to fail in one area it would begin to be assumed elsewhere that perhaps the anti-British propaganda of our enemies had some basis to it , and that the Government were no longer willing or able to help their friends . |
| 14 | He pointed out that collectively the chemical industry was the largest industrial user of energy , spending around £1000m a year . |
| 15 | After studying the option , or take-note , Roe replied on the 19th July , from Liverpool , pointing out that only the moderate Royalty and the advanced price of copper ( this was around £80 per ton for metal ) could have reconciled him to such an " unprecedented manner of attaining a Mineral lease . " |
| 16 | Indeed in Lylsland Church in Paisley this fetish was carried so far that even the common cup used by the minister and elders on either side , had three wee individual cups soldered inside the brim , lest their lips should touch . |