Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time Benny realised properly that they were going to live separate lives though in the same city . |
| 2 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 3 | In chapter 8 , rules were formulated which dictated which way to run the proportions when dealing with the hypothesized effect of one variable upon another : proportions were calculated so that they summed to 1 within the categories of the explanatory variable . |
| 4 | The local authorities need to know now how the standard spending assessments will be calculated so that they can make definite financial plans . |
| 5 | It was a reminder of the early days of European seamanship , when captains discouraged their crews from learning how to swim so that they were more likely to sink with their ship than abandon their posts and struggle for shore . |
| 6 | Instructions to the boundary commissioners were revoked and amended so that they would be able to consider economic interest as well as population and community in the drawing up of the new constituencies ; this was regarded as vital by the Unionists , for it seemed likely that the merging of the small boroughs into the county constituencies would take away the last of the agricultural seats . |
| 7 | And guilds were formed so that they could trade these garments around the country and eventually around Europe . |
| 8 | It is not until later ( perhaps mid 30s ) that their domestic commitments change so that they can start to return to work . |
| 9 | It is assumed that within a single erosional system all elements of the topography are mutually adjusted so that they are downwasting at the same rate . |
| 10 | The second premise is a description of the experimental set-up , including the statement , ‘ This sample of bats is blindfolded so that they do not have the use of their eyes ’ . |
| 11 | The four legs and four rails that will make up the seat-jointing section are cut oversize so that they can be cut in half . |
| 12 | As long ago as 1970 , the Coldstream-Summerson Report reflected the growing concern about vocational courses and suggested they be recognized so that they became design ‘ technician ’ courses along the lines of the definition laid down in the 1969 Haslegrave Report . |
| 13 | Then her mother would graciously conduct half an hour of polite conversation with all these people , who Jo knew were otherwise pretty cool and mostly also pretty sane , and they would all pretend to be interested in whatever dumb thing she said , and laugh if she made any of her awful little jokes and store away any personal information she disclosed so that they could tell it to their friends the next day and make it absolutely clear that they were on intimate terms with a really big star . |
| 14 | It is better for both partners to attend so that they can discuss the issue and fully appreciate its implications . |
| 15 | When I refer to ‘ large quantities ’ I mean only that they are large in comparison with the amount of other types of bait one would normally use , i.e. 1lb of tares represents many thousands of particles , whereas 1lb of groundbait is a small amount . |
| 16 | The Seven Points to Remember were revised so that they mentioned the four types of diarrhoea ( previously described ) and stated that all four types should be treated with LGS . |
| 17 | Demolition charges had also been carefully set on machinery in the fish meal and other factories ; these small charges of gun cotton being placed so that they destroyed equipment without the risk of causing needless casualties . |
| 18 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 19 | We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright . |
| 20 | Double and triple installations can be arranged so that they use a constant flow of water , which is introduced into the rinse sink , overflowing by weirs wash sinks , to discharge continuously via an overflow pipe fixed in the wash sink . |
| 21 | The distance between seats should be carefully arranged so that they are not too remote from each other , but not so close that personal space is invaded . |
| 22 | These principles , in order of priority , are , first , that each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for all and , secondly , that social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both ( a ) to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged and ( b ) attached to offices and positions open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity . |
| 23 | The timetable is arranged so that they can sample as wide a range of dance styles and theatre skills as possible . |
| 24 | Cut a tongue in each of the faces to be joined so that they interlock neatly , bind the joint with raffia and cover with grafting wax or bituminous tree paint . |
| 25 | Food premises will have to be registered so that they may be inspected and action taken if they are considered to be a health risk . |
| 26 | This type of notice filing is intended to be simple , inexpensive and expeditious and to put persons on notice that a charge has been registered so that they can take whatever steps they consider appropriate to protect their interests . |
| 27 | The idea of vortex stretching ( Section 6.6 ) is central to these processes , and one notes that the vortex tubes in Fig. 21.11 are aligned so that they are being stretched by the mean shear — cf. |
| 28 | I am sure that hon. Members have talked to constituents , many of them young women with children , who say bitterly that they feel trapped in their environment and dare not go out at night , even to have a cup of tea with a friend . |
| 29 | All legal restraints have been lifted so that they can now do as they will . |
| 30 | WHAT WE ‘ post ’ feminists need are more men like Tony who are prepared to stand up in their men 's self-help groups — instead of wasting space on the semen-stained women 's page — and acknowledge together that they are basically ‘ sacks of scum ’ . |