Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Anger was rippling through him so fiercely that his whole body seemed to be shivering uncontrollably . |
2 | Otherwise , ‘ a stranger detraining and observing the vacant appearance of a town around the station where there should be bustle would think naturally that something serious was the matter ’ . |
3 | How odd people were , how unpredictable and curious , how difficult it was to know how to behave so that one pleased oneself and society as well . |
4 | Consequently , this year 's lead pollution will add to that of all previous years so that its environmental presence increases all the time . |
5 | The company has been completely transformed in the last few years so that its environmental service now represents more than 80 per cent of its turnover . |
6 | AGI , which produces BIG , also collaborates with the national French bibliographic services of the Bureau de Recherches Gologiques et Minires ( BRGM ) , and the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) , so that its European coverage is considered virtually complete for the present data set . |
7 | AGI , which produces BIG , also collaborates with the national French bibliographic services of the Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres ( BRGM ) , and the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) , so that its European coverage is considered virtually complete for the present data set . |
8 | Bell , the Company 's Managing Director , explained why it was in the interests of the Company 's policyholders that levels of reversionary bonuses not only had regard to the investment outlook but also preserved the Company 's ability to invest freely so that its total performance would not be adversely affected . |
9 | These included shooting it into space on board a rocket so that its deadly payload would disappear into infinity . |
10 | Diode D1 is also mounted on a small heatsink so that its two pins go through to the appropriate foil points and the ‘ sink itself , which has solderable pins , is mounted vertically and fitted to the holes ‘ E-E ’ . |
11 | This member is identified as having to move in both the X and Y directions in order to remain in contact with the pin on the horizontal arm of the bell cranks , and also to rotate so that its other end is maintained on the vertical line which describes the allowable movement of the rod member . |
12 | Sometimes the baby may be cared for mainly by its grandmother , so that its young mother can carry on leading her teenage life . |
13 | If a batch of a product is close to the specification limit in respect of any parameter at the time of manufacture then even a slight change may mean that it no longer complies with its specification , so that its effective shelf-life is very short . |
14 | There are many other examples in development of inductive interactions , one tissue signalling to an adjacent tissue so that its developmental pathway is altered . |
15 | The delta function is defined so that its integral over the unit sphere is unity . |
16 | Usually , the m-derived section is designed to resonate at a frequency just outside the pass band of the prototype so that its strong resonant attenuation coincides with the range of weakest attenuation of the prototype . |
17 | Position the fireback so that its front edge will meet the back of the fire surround . |
18 | Mount the drive so that its front panel sits behind the front panel of the computer . |
19 | To achieve this end , the filter is arranged to operate entirely in its pass band by designing it so that its critical frequency is well above the highest frequency present in the Fourier frequency spectrum of the signal being handled . |
20 | One of the strangest things about the two Maus books is the way they subvert the comforting conventions of the adventure strip so that its familiar clear-cut division between heroes and villains , its technical short cuts and moral simplifications somehow make it easier , not more difficult , for the reader to grasp that these things actually happened . |
21 | It seemed typical of Ianthe , the slightly school-mistressy touch of growing the bulb in water so that its white Medusa-like roots were visible . |
22 | This suggests some form of hysteresis in the DNA structure so that its exact behaviour depends on its history . |
23 | It was a large , tall , four storeyed building , on one of the steep hillsides of Highgate ; it had been built in 1720 , but was deceptively flanked by scrappy houses and miscellaneous buildings of mixed and later dates , so that its lonely eminence had an air of somewhat tragic survival . |
24 | For , since the Egyptians believed that Osiris had actually lived in their land long ago , his cult signified that a particular historical event , in this case the death and resurrection of Osiris , could be perpetually repeated by magical simulation so that its supposed good effects could benefit those persons on whose behalf the rites were performed . |
25 | The government organisation concerned with food distribution was improved and expanded , so that its subsidised outlets could be found in many poor areas , both urban and rural . |
26 | " No , " Quiss said , shaking the attendant roughly so that the crownless brim round its cowl fell off , " I , " he shook it again , sending the thing 's hood flying off its head and revealing the smooth continuation of the mask over the creature 's skull , so that its little arms waggled trying to put the hood back on again as Quiss finished , " did n't . " |
27 | the efficiency of representation of the data so that its particular features are succinctly expressed , and can easily be retrieved and analysed . |
28 | Each department , centre , or faculty is described so that its particular academic strengths are identified . |
29 | Another spring masterpiece is a baby sole served on the bone so that its glutinous quality matches exactly a beurre blanc made of sherry and Madeira . |
30 | The question is how should grammar be learned so that its intrinsic communicative character is understood and acted upon . |