Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adv] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There are important limitations here so that a guarantee could provide a defence to a manufacturer in respect of damage to property ( personal injury and death being excluded by s2 of UCTA 1977 ) caused by defective goods which is not due to negligence .
2 Right : Vi-Spring will custom-make any of its bed bases to fit existing bedsteads , adding blocks underneath so that the divan fits snugly and securely on to the frame .
3 The volumes , bound in green leather and tooled in gold , were identical in size and fitted the bookshelves so precisely that the effect was more of an artist 's trompe-l'oeil than of a working library .
4 These snakes have evolved the ability to rear up and squeeze their poison glands so forcibly that the venom inside them is propelled towards their enemy as a jet or spray of droplets .
5 Cut all the vegetables finely so that the dish can be eaten easily with just a fork .
6 However , it seems that leave is refused for between a quarter and a third of all AJRs , and this might suggest that the leave requirement is performing some other function such as keeping the number of pending AJRs down so that the delay between the granting of leave and the hearing is not too great .
7 I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back .
8 The Act of which you speak states equally clearly that a rogue and vagabond is a person who wanders abroad without any visible means of subsistence .
9 Their front end has a mouth below and a few light-sensitive spots above so that the animal can be said to have the beginnings of a head .
10 Adjust the size of the spaces fractionally so that the total of scallops and spaces equals the width of the finished curtain .
11 At one point a whole area steams gently so that the visitor can view the sun through a vapoury haze .
12 Sometimes parents rip off stars from charts so often that the child never has enough to exchange for the big reward .
13 We are not trying to say that the number of deaths are going to increases substantially so that the population is not growing .
14 In this way , the polyps synchronise the release of their sexual cells so precisely that the event occurs at the same hour on a particular night each year , turning the sea into a multi-coloured reproductive soup .
15 Charity gave a squeak like a startled sparrow , and dropped the binoculars so swiftly that the weight jerked uncomfortably on her neck .
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