Example sentences of "so that [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assertiveness training is about extending and being flexible in our communication style so that we have more choices as to how we respond in different situations . |
| 2 | He can measure every clause of what the income is , against what the expenditure is so that we have some control to ensure that the church life grows and we do n't stumble . |
| 3 | Basil of Caesarea ( c330–379 ) , bishop , monk , and social reformer , also directed many to self-renouncing service in the market-place , for ‘ God the Creator arranged things so that we need each other ’ ( Longer Rule VII ) . |
| 4 | Power stations can be made cleaner and more efficient , so that they use less fossil fuel , particularly high carbon coal ; energy can be used more economically by the consumer ; and there is nuclear energy ( the subject of the following chapter ) , which whatever else it is capable of doing , does not produce carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | Trailers are usually safer if they are parked close together so that they protect each other . |
| 6 | Most teacher-training programmes include provision for trainees to sit in with other teachers so that they get some experience of the environment they will work in . |
| 7 | If it is unnecessarily bureaucratic the engineer should seek to have the systems modified so that they contribute more cost effectively to improved quality . |
| 8 | The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family . |
| 9 | What we want is something wherewith to prod the teachers so that they impart more facts more efficiently . |
| 10 | Although many of the leading manufacturers , including SmithKline Beecham , have changed the formula of their drinks in the last few years so that they contain less sugar , dentists say they 're still getting far too many cases of two , three and four-year-olds with decaying milk teeth . |
| 11 | involve someone in solving a problem so that they have some ownership for the solution . |
| 12 | The upshot is that holiday/tour organisers who book hotels in this country are imposing stringent contract conditions on the hotels and may in some cases be looking for some performance guarantees or such-like so that they have some redress if your shortcomings result in them having to pay up to their customers . |
| 13 | He picked up a second kitten , dangled one from each hand , swung them so that they hit each other . |
| 14 | We now turn to an alternative , fairly recent , intellectual tradition which emphasises the conflict of interests in the work-place and suggests that management , on behalf of capitalist interests , have moulded technical developments so that they suit these interests and run counter to the interests of labour . |
| 15 | The office that led off it was larger , with two desks positioned so that they faced each other . |
| 16 | Croydon cars already had cushioned seats of the highest standard on both decks and chromium plated handrails , so that they required less modification than the ex-L.C.C. cars rebuilt at the same time . |
| 17 | At this distance in time we simply do not know in detail how the clerks did their jobs , for there were no manuals of office procedure , and the functional tasks gradually evolved so that they bore little resemblance to their forebears . |
| 18 | He can argue plausibly that there is a correct , if controversial , way to interpret the abstract conventions of legislation and precedent so that they decide any case that might arise . |
| 19 | He threw the handkerchief carelessly into a laundry basket , then before she knew what was happening , he was kissing the tips of her fingers , then her palms , then drawing her hands towards him so that she had little choice but to slide her arms around him and receive his kiss . |
| 20 | The extreme cruelty of his words threw her totally off balance , so much so that she lost all colour , as , half dizzy , she turned away to hide her shock . |
| 21 | This meant that for six weeks he was on a special bed that could be turned so that he spent some hours on his back and some on his front , never getting off the bed at all . |
| 22 | erm so that y so that you expected this sort of measure of service and if you were told the , if you were told the circumstances you might have said well that 's okay , no problem . |
| 23 | Co-operation is essential of course , but it will not do that I arrange everything so that you get enough exercise : for me to be healthy , I must get enough exercise . |
| 24 | erm In some countries they 're run through the state and in others through insurance associations or insurance groups , so that you get this kind of difference . |
| 25 | But there 's some awkward ones and they 've got to concentrate on the awkward ones so that you get this impression I ca n't spell anything . |
| 26 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 27 | The latter provides references to background reading , allows me to talk around the area concerned , and offers bibliographical suggestions on every topic that arises in the chapter so that you have some idea where to go next if you want to pursue any particular aspect . |
| 28 | The woman told me that they normally like you to book a few days in advance so that you have some time to think it over in case you wanted to change your mind . |
| 29 | But you must get the final stages of every approach within the range of the airbrakes so that you have some control to prevent either under or overshooting . |
| 30 | Pray every day that God will fill you with the Holy Spirit so that you have more courage to speak up for Jesus . |