Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The abstract reason why species migrate is that environments change so that the best place to be varies with time . |
| 2 | A US$5,900 million development fund would be set up to help domestic industry modernize so that its products could compete with new imports . |
| 3 | The women who come to refuges do so because marriage is unbearable and they have no resources to give them anywhere else to run to . |
| 4 | Thus instead of following the traditional linear progression of the allegory — a development towards contemplation based on Jacob 's union with Rachel after his marriage to Leah — Hilton is more interested in emphasising the coexistence of the two wives : In his reference to another facet of the story , that concerning Jacob 's change of name to Israel , allegorised as a man seeing God , Hilton does suggest a progression in contemplation for his pupil saying that he will become Israel , that is , fully contemplative , in the next world , certainly , and possibly even in this if his circumstances change so that he is relieved of worldly responsibility altogether . |
| 5 | For example , if a cell doubles its discharge rate under one set of conditions but quadruples under another , does that difference affect how subsequent levels in the circuit respond so that one group of cells is excited by the first set of conditions but a second group is activated by the second set ? |
| 6 | The majority of lone parents become so as the result of separation , divorce or death . |
| 7 | Most of the dogs that come up for rehoming do so because of a change in domestic circumstances rather than through any temperament problems . |
| 8 | ‘ Because sometimes girls who get crushes on singers do so because they pose no physical threat … ’ |
| 9 | Fold the strip along its length where the corners occur so that you have a sharp , straight crease for each angle of the tin . |
| 10 | To make amends we 're inserting the card in today 's paper AND keeping yesterday 's Bingo Hotline open so that those of you who missed out on our Diamond Line bonus can still play Game 228 Day 1 and claim your prize if you 're a winner . |
| 11 | But faced with the sound of the word , and asked to write it down , the possibilities multiply so that instead of half a dozen there are now somewhere round one hundred and fifty variants possible . |
| 12 | He took a drink and went on , " Okay , so they 're invading Earth , but they 're doing it as a tax dodge so that — " |
| 13 | Held , allowing the appeal and substituting a period of postponement not to exceed six months ( Sir George Waller dissenting ) , that for the purposes of making an order for sale in favour of a trustee in bankruptcy under s. 30 of the Law of Property Act 1925 no distinction was to be made between a case where a property was being enjoyed as the matrimonial home and one where it had ceased to be so used ; that where a spouse , having a beneficial interest in such property , had become bankrupt , the interests of the creditors would usually prevail over the interests of the other spouse and a sale of the property ordered within a short period ; that only in exceptional circumstances , more than the ordinary consequences of debt and improvidence , could the interests of the other spouse prevail so as to enable an order for sale to be postponed for a substantial period ; and that , accordingly , since the circumstances of the wives and their children , albeit distressing , were not exceptional , the order sought by the trustee should be made . |
| 14 | Bethany Megan Robinson says residents of Hammond Drive who object to the closure of Loraine Crescent do so because it stops them taking a short cut . |
| 15 | This is concerned with aesthetic aspects and it is not sufficient that the article simply looks pretty or pleasing but the eye-appeal of the article should be such that persons acquiring or using the article do so because of the appearance of articles made to the design . |
| 16 | People who go to prison for non-payment of the community charge do so because they choose to lose their liberty rather than pay the amount that is rightfully theirs to pay . |
| 17 | When studying the propagation of electromagnetic waves ( radiation ) the effects of the ‘ longitudinal ’ and ‘ time ’ polarized photons cancel so that they can be ignored . |
| 18 | It is argued that within the private sector the method by which the firm ensures that individuals behave so as to maximize profits is to pay workers the value of marginal product . |
| 19 | Everyone 's standards of behaviour deteriorate so that all personal dignity evaporates . |
| 20 | If the wind blows hard or an insect travelling at speed flies into the web , the bundles of thread in the glue globules unwind so that the filament can extend its length up to four times and still does not break . |
| 21 | ‘ Put your head close so that I can whisper . |
| 22 | To say that a particular department ( or programme ) provides value for money means that those who strive to provide the service do so as best they can , given the resources that are available and the environment within which they operate . |
| 23 | On the revenue side it meant such devices as changing the weighting of the staff mix so that a greater proportion of unqualified staff were employed than might ideally have been desired . |
| 24 | The easy option is to visit a kite shop , send for a mail order list or attend a kite meeting where there 's a sales stand so that you can buy the whole outfit — handle , line and a ready-to-fly kite with , or perhaps without , a tail . |
| 25 | Registry staff must be able to process information without introducing delays , whether it is receiving data from a student and subsequently providing an updated record for that student or taking a request from a lecturer for a list and providing it at short notice or processing an offer made by an admissions tutor so that the candidate hears from PCAS as quickly as possible . |
| 26 | The wooden panel was tampered with in the last century , probably while it was housed in the Museo dell'Accademia : at that time it was fitted with a hinged iron surround so that it could be swivelled . |
| 27 | Ten to fifteen per cent of all the birds in Australia do so as well . |
| 28 | Therefore , it is important that we solve the problem of where redundant people live so that they are able to get jobs , raise a mortgage and buy their own homes . |
| 29 | These elements of local structure are conceived not only as important in their own right but as elements which serve to articulate the sets of social relationships in which the inhabitants participate so that these relationships constitute a field or network . |
| 30 | The Dragoon General seized the Colonel 's uniform jacket and dragged the man close so that he could smell the General 's garlic and brandy flavoured breath . |