Example sentences of "so that [subord] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Music has a time-span which is very different from that of speech — it spreads words into another time dimension , so that whereas a writer has to ‘ pad out ’ his thoughts to give his words extra body , such padding becomes burdensome in music — unwanted material we could well do without . |
| 2 | Lord Wilberforce suggested that there should be a relaxation of the exclusionary rule so that where a minister promoting a Bill makes an explicit and official statement as to the meaning or scope of the provision , reference should be allowed to that statement . |
| 3 | At British general elections , vote counts are reported at constituency level only , so that where a party gets its votes is largely unknown ( though party workers have efficient ways of estimating the geography of their support when acting as scrutineers at the count ) . |
| 4 | In Woodrow , it was held that affray is a continuing offence , so that where an indictment charged the defendants with a single offence and particularised several incidents that had occurred at different places and over a period of several hours , the indictment was not bad for duplicity . |
| 5 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 6 | Like other trade unions , the MU negotiates with employers such as TV companies so that when a band appears on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ or ‘ Night Network ’ the members of the band will be paid an MU-negotiated fee . |
| 7 | Years away from clinical nursing can sap the confidence of nurses so that when an opportunity to return to work does come along , individuals feel inhibited from trying to re-establish their careers . |
| 8 | ‘ For research purposes , we do n't want to have the fastest machines in the world , but one of each there is , so that when the user comes along , he can develop his own models , ’ Valero maintains . |
| 9 | In doing this , he takes us over the ground first , telling us what to expect , what to look for , so that when the hurricane does hit it hits us harder : |
| 10 | ‘ There is a power given by the Act itself to the minister to modify another section of the Act so that when the minister does produce that modification … that regulation becomes in fact part of the Act . |
| 11 | Because of this , wherever the Emperor was , there also was the government , so that when the Court moved , changes of residence did not in any way affect the running of the Empire . |
| 12 | They did that with the neeps so that when the man came along with a cart they could throw them , you see . |
| 13 | The news that she had in fact been successful in her interview went a very long way to ease her bruised feelings — so much so that when the day dawned when she was to start her new job she almost forgot to pull her hair back into a screwed-up knot , and to don her glasses . |
| 14 | What we tend to do is to brief ourselves very thoroughly on vulnerable spots in the world , and in countries where we already have links and where we 've worked before and we know the background because we , we feel we need that and we monitor very carefully certain events which could lead to a disaster , so that when the disaster does happen , like for instance the Ugandan famine of nineteen seventy-nine to eighty-one , we knew exactly when it was going to happen and we knew exactly where the people were , we knew who was going to be affected , we knew why they were affected , we knew where the food stocks were , we knew how long it was going to take to get so many thousand tonnes of food from A to B erm and how many trucks you would need . |
| 15 | The hero-god accepted the challenge on condition that he could have the girl if he rescued her , and ordered the couple to build eight large vats and fill them with rice-beer , so that when the monster arrived all eight heads could drink at once . |
| 16 | What is more , the mouth of the pouch faces backwards so that when the female digs with her forelegs , the earth flies safely past her young as they steadily imbibe their milk within her pouch . |
| 17 | Nora 's was to start moving that cash around from bank to bank — and even from country to country — in quite novel and unconventional ways , so that when the time came , and there was no cash left to move around , the fact might go unnoticed for … how long ? |
| 18 | I … well , I want to find a way to ensure that we have a method that will help us produce only the best and happiest of individuals , so that when the time comes for control to be applied , it can be done gainfully . |
| 19 | When your FlexiLoan is arranged , we will give you a special cheque book so that when the time comes to spend some or all of your borrowing limit , all you have to do is make our a cheque for the right amount . |
| 20 | Where possible , you should choose a period that is in line with how long you want to deep the car , so that when the time comes to replace it you can start again from scratch . |
| 21 | Janice said ‘ Basically it means deferring any dismantling of the irradiated or contaminated plant until 35 years after station closure , so that when the time comes for removal , its level of activity will have diminished further , the dose rate for staff involved in dismantling will be much reduced . |
| 22 | Individual householders , faced with the prospects of a water rate , showed as little enthusiasm for the benefits of water ( and with it sewage disposal ) in the home , so that when the Empire ended only half the city 's houses had running water . |
| 23 | As are to hunt down their " prey " , but not actually touch them , to get into a position so that when the teacher calls " Time " ( after say thirty seconds ) the As can strike . |
| 24 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 25 | Now if you do recall your first year notes , this is the relationship underlines a cobweb model , right that prices were based on erm or supply decisions were based on prices at planting right and we showed you that cobweb model erm farmers make systematic errors right cos they never appreciate the cycle there is a cycle to prices , right so they 're making systematic errors right cos prices are high this year as a result erm erm of plant a lot so that when the supply comes on the market next year right , prices are very low and you would thought farmers would er , would learn but prices fluctuated right . |
| 26 | Deformed sperms , de-energised sperms and sperms deterred by the acid environment of the womb , were catalogued so that when the camera followed the successful ones on their journey it seemed a miracle that any got to their destination at all . |
| 27 | They are living genetic banks , so that when the world comes to its sense we may be able to repopulate areas with descendants of the original animals . |
| 28 | Cavan 's biggest problem is tradition according to Reilly , so much so that if a manager does n't deliver the goods within a few years he 's gone and a new one comes along . |
| 29 | It is noticeable , however , that a transfer making use of the £3,000 annual exemption is not excluded from the property subject to reservation provisions so that if a donor makes use of his annual exemption and , for instance , retains a benefit then these provisions can apply in the event of the donor 's death . |
| 30 | Contracts should be structured so that if the company does n't release any recordings during a certain contract year , the artist has the option to terminate the agreement and look elsewhere for a record deal . |