Example sentences of "[adv] that it [vb mod] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In keeping with the emphasis on liberalism , there was the idea that party competition should be restrained and moderate so that it would involve gradual change and only limited state intervention . |
| 2 | He envisaged this as a well-balanced wheel driven by a lead weight suspended from its axle so that it would make one revolution between sunrise and sunset . |
| 3 | The architecture of triticale was altered so that it would grow shorter ; in this way more photosynthetic effort would go into seed production rather than stems . |
| 4 | Given a little hope , a little patch of ground … so that it would taste better . |
| 5 | I 've put it there so that it 'll look neat . |
| 6 | The first conceptualization had then to be changed so that it could handle this happening . |
| 7 | Indeed in a ‘ traffic vulnerable ’ category we would have to include the very young and very old , so that it could comprise 30–50 per cent of population depending on age definitions . |
| 8 | The leading frog sat in a clump of moss and swivelled each eye so that it could see both worlds at the same time . |
| 9 | In a democratic society , this means that the public needs to have a basic understanding of science , so that it can make informed decisions and not leave them in the hands of experts . |
| 10 | I urge the local authority in Durham to develop a relationship with housing associations so that it can make faster progress in meeting the problems to which the hon. Gentleman referred . |
| 11 | Net is also a general term , not specific to working girls ( prostitutes ) so that it can facilitate other ministries in the future . |
| 12 | It has retained the strong legs and good feet of a draught animal , so that it can travel long distances over rough terrain on the range , and it has proved able to withstand the stress of drought better than other Bos taurus breeds . |
| 13 | But do you think that there 's some way that the NEA can be reformed or changed so that it can serve that purpose ? |
| 14 | PR must then be a reasonable autonomous unit so that it can serve all departments equally . |
| 15 | Previously run on an informal basis by the universities , the Foundation hopes to ‘ obtain more grants so that it can stand alone ’ . |
| 16 | When the groups come together , particularly at board meetings , differences are resolved in the long-term interests of the company so that it can remain profitable . |
| 17 | In our electronic technology the discrete , digital locations have only two states , conventionally represented as 0 and 1 although you can think of them as high and low , on and off , up and down : all that matters is that they should be distinct from one another , and that the pattern of their states can be ‘ read out ’ so that it can have some influence on something . |
| 18 | Instead , try to pull over if possible and find somewhere to take the dog out of the car , in its travelling cage , so that it can have fresh air . |
| 19 | It has a standard microprocessor bus interface , and is claimed to execute 20G-operations per second , so that it can recognise thousands of text characters a second compared with 10 to 100 per second for a personal computer running character recognition software . |
| 20 | You might also like to urge your MPs to press for reinstatement of the WAC so that it can complete this important study . |
| 21 | The search for plurality both evaluates the text and yet leaves it intact so that it can yield more possibilities . |
| 22 | Might the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) want more money for Derbyshire so that it can employ more people such as his brother , who is employed as a personnel liaison officer for Toyota , his sister-in-law , who is employed in the county publicity department — — and such as another sister-in-law , who is employed in the education department ? |
| 23 | The Purchaser will want a joint and several basis so that it can sue all or any of the Vendors . |
| 24 | There 's also a close correlation by not just the erm the size of the number for G , but how long can it go on pulling that G given the thrust and the aerodynamic capabilities of the machine and we are essentially building this aircraft so that it can sustain nine G and we are providing the pilot with the sort of equipment he requires to be able to survive in that kind of environment . |
| 25 | Leeds is now the third largest city in England and the 20th in Europe , so it is right that it should have international ambitions . |
| 26 | WE got so much that we had asked for from Norman Lamont yesterday that it might seem churlish not to give his Autumn Statement an unqualified welcome . |
| 27 | And this means that if on the same grounds I claim today to know that it will rain in the afternoon , I must continue to assert that I knew yesterday that it would rain that afternoon ( in the teeth of the evidence ) . |
| 28 | IRAQ boasted yesterday that it would attempt another takeover of Kuwait . |
| 29 | A spokesman for Pilkington , the major glass manufacturer , said yesterday that it could take several weeks for new windows to be installed . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , ITV announced yesterday that it will televise live Norwich 's game with United on January 21 . |