Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [adv] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , the exemption might not apply , for example , if an offer is modified so that overseas shareholders in the target are not offered consideration securities because of overseas securities laws which prohibit the offer document being posted to them ( or permit the offer to be made but subject to onerous filing requirements ) .
2 EXCESS — This Clause is designed so that variable excesses can be shown on the Policy Schedule .
3 Each program is designed so that most students complete it in 45 to 50 mins , ie. the average tutorial hour .
4 The request is made so that each question can be marked throughout the whole pile of scripts in one operation , before the next question is examined .
5 When , for example , a subject fitted with scalp electrodes over the auditory cortex is played a series of brief clicks through headphones and the EEG following each click is averaged so that random fluctuations cancel each other out , what is left is a systematic but complex pattern of electrical waves which is caused by the click in the same way that the waves on the surface of a pond are caused by dropping a pebble into it .
6 It is argued here that economic autonomy is still a long way off for most British women .
7 In a speech in Donegal before the by-election in November 1980 , Garrett FitzGerald of Fine Gael said , ‘ Until and unless it is shown conclusively that this danger can be effectively-controlled , which appears not to be the case , we oppose exploration ’ .
8 A beating system is employed so that some rabbits , especially those that escape behind the beaters , are shot while others are flushed forward to be killed by carefully-positioned waiting guns .
9 ‘ At the end of the session the whole class is debriefed so that important points can be clarified and re-emphasised . ’
10 It is found experimentally that practical materials " remember previous deformations to which they have been subjected … stress depends on … strains to which the material was subjected at all times up to and including t " ( Lockett 1973 ) .
11 Once it is suspected that the archaeological levels have been reached or almost reached , the excavation area is cleaned up using hand tools , and all the loose earth is removed so that any differences in the colour and texture of the soil can be distinguished .
12 We want to make it clear that we are talking about a career that is structured so that both sexes can be successfully employed in it . ’
13 The pages should be reduced and photographed in columns into the microfiche matrix , the top row of which is reserved so that legible headings or titles can be added to identify the microfiche when it is produced .
14 One system that gives rise to exponentially weighted moving averages is constructed so that greatest weight is given to the most recent observation , the weights applied to previous observations diminishing period by period by a constant factor , a .
15 This background is described so that social workers can encourage families to be aware of the pressures , and support their relatives by being closely involved .
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