Example sentences of "so that [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , skin care assumes considerable importance in the woman 's mind , so that even a secondary association can be a significant one .
2 Indeed it was still argued that determined efforts should be made towards monetary union so that eventually a common currency could be issued by a European central bank .
3 Taken as a whole , the 1950s can be seen as a decade in which everyone had to work very hard just to keep the District on an even keel : it reflects great credit on all concerned that , in statistical terms , the decline of the early fifties was halted so that ultimately an expansionist phase could begin .
4 But the Japanese have become obsessed , in recent years , with improving the strain , so that now a good Goshiki has all the virtues of a Kohaku , in terms of ordered blocks of colour , with the additional bonus — shared by the Koromo fish — of additional overlaying patterns .
5 Her property was her separate property ( that is , separate from her husband , so that only a married woman could have such property ) , and , by means of a settlement , she could be restrained from anticipating it .
6 The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way .
7 PCT and its associated RGT ( Repertory Grid Technique ) are thoroughly discussed elsewhere ( Bannister and Mair , 1968 ; Bannister and Fransella , 1974 ; Fransella and Bannister , 1977 ; Osbourn , 1980 and 1988 ; Gaines and Shaw , 1981 ; Shaw , 1980 and 1981 ; Thomas and Harri-Augstein , 1985 ) so that only a brief outline will be presented here .
8 Moreover a shop would normally be emptied of its goods before abandonment , so that only a sudden catastrophe , like a fire , would catch it fully stocked .
9 Now it is rare for a centre-forward to skipper a side ( and I do n't think that has happened on more than one occasion at the Palace since ) so that only an exceptional player would do so .
10 Repairs would have been difficult , if not pointless , in the depths of winter , so that almost a close season for carts and wagons might have been observed , with pedestrians and pack-animals being the only travellers .
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