Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] so [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These represent times when the land rose , the seas drained away and the sea bed became dry so that the deposits that had accumulated on it were eroded away . |
| 2 | About 10000 years ago , over 15 genera of Central American large herbivores became extinct so that the megafauna , previously comparable with that of Africa before the decimations caused by man , largely disappeared . |
| 3 | ‘ They also believe that … it should be dealt with speedily and its finding made public so that the confidence of the public in its health care will be restored . ’ |
| 4 | Although references to the presence of black people are available from the Roman period onward , especially in the early sixteenth century , the most famous of the early documented references is the arrival in 1555 of a group of five Africans , brought here by a merchant to be taught English so that they could return to Africa to act as interpreters for British traders . |
| 5 | Well no no plus the fact that the lid got broken so that |
| 6 | Some , it was said , even put out silk weighed damp so that when the finished stockings were weighed dry they could claim a deficiency . |
| 7 | Late in the evening , she finally slipped up to her bedroom , walking barefooted so that she would n't be heard . |
| 8 | For instance , houseflies fixed so that they can only roll about their long axis , orient themselves to keep edges aligned vertically in their frontal visual field . |
| 9 | for services , information has to be made available so that you know what sort of services are , are available , erm on which to base a judgement about what so , what sort of erm , services you would like . |
| 10 | I hope , therefore , that appropriate information packs will be made available so that benefits are not inadvertently lost . |
| 11 | What is worse is that the caravans are painted white so that they stand out against the green landscape . |
| 12 | We may not ask for help by weeping , but our bodies may become helpless so that we have to be helped . |
| 13 | Other than that , it was important that she should look interesting so that even if what she said was dull the audience would not be bored ; that the outfit should take account of the long range view — jewellery or other small items were irrelevant — and that it should draw attention to her face . |
| 14 | I 'm hoping that this might lead to an improvement but I still please ask you all to keep me in touch with where things are going wrong so that they can be put right . |
| 15 | I suggest that you leave here before it grows dark so that the sepoys do n't shoot you by mistake . " |
| 16 | The children 's charity , Barnardos , says that poverty in Britain is so bad that parents are going hungry so that the children can eat . |
| 17 | Lateral Formed by an obstruction placed in the middle of the mouth , the air being free to escape at one or both sides , eg /I// Nasal Formed by completely closing the mouth at some point , the soft palate remaining lowered so that the air is free to pass out through the nose , eg /m/ . |
| 18 | There are two basic types of swimfeeder ; the open-end which , as the name suggests , has both ends open so that you can use deadbait such as casters and seed baits inside it and block the ends with mud or groundbait . |
| 19 | It gives them total protection against rain and wind , without weight or bulk , while remaining breathable so that their perspiration is n't trapped inside . |
| 20 | Long column headings must be abbreviated or made multi-line so that the eye travel for lateral comparisons is not excessive and to avoid the need to present a table side-on . |
| 21 | Speaking low so that Midge could not hear , John said : ‘ I have to talk to someone in authority . |
| 22 | While the bottom-dwelling or burrowing bivalves mostly have a pair of strong muscles to pull the valves together , in the swimming forms the muscles have become modified so that there is one particularly powerful muscle , centrally placed , to produce the powerful clapping movement that propels the animal through the water . |
| 23 | Frankie wriggled free so that he could remove himself from the confrontation . |
| 24 | Keep cut stems short so that next years flower buds are retained . |
| 25 | Practice these techniques at times when you feel fine so that you will become expert for times that you may need them . |
| 26 | Obviously a great deal will depend on the ability the clergyman to communicate in ways the family find helpful so that they feel they are central to these arrangements . |
| 27 | Trent found a boulder on the edge of the ravine which he prised loose so that a light push would send it crashing down the ridge and he hid one of the shotguns at the foot of a solitary pine . |
| 28 | Learning resources were divided into eight sections kept separate so that individual groups could concentrate on them . |
| 29 | However , if it 's struck off-centre so that some sidespin is imparted , it will wobble . |
| 30 | If a crack begins to.penetrate into the wood across the grain , the Cook-Gordon mechanism — which we discussed in the last chapter — comes into operation in the region around the crack tip and the various cells become separated so that each of them operates as an independent helix , something like a drinking straw . |