Example sentences of "so [that] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally speaking the offshore profile is much more gentle , so that a fall in sea level of 30 m ( 100 ft ) , for example , will cause a displacement seaward of the shoreline to the extent of anything between a few hundred metres and perhaps 20 km ( 12 miles ) . |
| 2 | Then she took one step more towards me so that a bar of light fell across her face and I could see the angry expression on it . |
| 3 | He was , however , a preacher and a man of goodwill rather than a leader and man of action so that a change of leadership had become desirable when he retired . |
| 4 | In componential analysis it is usually taken as an obvious primitive feature , so that a word like wife would have the feature [ -male ] . |
| 5 | And in this case we had to align the timber so that a sheet of plasterboard would line up with the projecting wall |
| 6 | Some of the latter were portable so that a current of air could be allowed to play direct on to the patients ' faces . |
| 7 | The Siporax is only half submerged , so that a head of water never covers the biological media . |
| 8 | Jess kicked out , catching the handle of his tankard so that a puddle of porter slopped on to the counter . |
| 9 | There is something curious , too , about the gradation of honours , so that a Ministry of Agriculture clerk is called before the young sergeant from the Royal Ulster Constabulary who chanced his life in some undisclosed anti-terrorist operation . |
| 10 | Everybody started equal , so that a uniformity of training and military technique was possible . |
| 11 | Enjoy the exercise of doing this well , so that a harmony of sound takes over your gentle voice for two to three minutes . |
| 12 | The ideal screening system , such as might be used in antenatal clinics should utilize one of each sort of test so that a combination of sensitivity with selectivity can be obtained . |
| 13 | The roads , notwithstanding King Charles was pleased to say the county of Norfolk was only fit to be cut into roads for the rest of his kingdom are unpardonably bad ; narrow shaded and never mended ; they are numerous however especially the bridle-roads ; so that a traveller on horseback has generally the choice of two or three ways of nearly equal length to the same place … |
| 14 | Before the strip cools , take the candle and tip it so that a drop of wax falls on to the strip and spreads out around the hole . |
| 15 | Elsewhere in the system is a computer based upon telemetry ( e.g. electronic measures of flows , pressures etc ) so that a complaint of water failure can be related to the supply network with accuracy , and relevant teams of engineers called out . |