Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] so that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should be laid to the side intact so that you can restore it to its original place when the hole is refilled once the digging is completed . |
| 2 | Spinal cord injuries have cruel way of leaving your mind intact so that you can think long and hard about the way you wanted to live ’ . |
| 3 | It was possible to pay the skischool extra so that after school in the morning she would be taken to lunch in a local restaurant under supervision , then brought back to skischool in the afternoon , but for a 4-year old learning to ski for the first time to stay in skiboots all day is really very tiring . |
| 4 | The bulbs ' internal circuitry alters the mains current so that the actual load placed on the grid is larger than that recorded on consumers ' electricity meters . |
| 5 | more or less with what 's a good will and who you have to have in mind and disposing of the estate and being tax effective so that that . |
| 6 | This provides the compound curve necessary so that the rail curves around the back and upwards at the same time . |
| 7 | This keeps its head free so that it can thrust it deep between the branches of the coral and select a particularly toothsome piece . |
| 8 | Keep your conscience clear so that when you are insulted , those who speak evil of your good conduct as followers of Christ will be ashamed of what they say . |
| 9 | But I have actually slept top-to-tail when we 've had parties and it 's too late for the lads to go home , now just get into the bed top-to-tail and keep each other warm so that the winter and yeah |
| 10 | Wilson made her own little calendar on a sheet of brown wrapping paper and wrote the numbers of each day large so that Pilade might learn them . |
| 11 | In the essay ‘ Theatum philosophicum ’ ( 1970 ) , written shortly after the Archaeology , Foucault attempts to avoid the snares of the problem of the relation of the event to the totality , or the particular to the general , that beset both Sartre and Althusser , by arguing that the event as event is only constituted through its repetition in thought as a ‘ phantasm ’ : ‘ it makes the event indefinite so that it repeats itself as a singular universal ’ . |
| 12 | The Micro Twist II is remote and local mode selectable so that the attached computers can communicate alone or through the 10BaseT network when you flip a switch . |
| 13 | What the right hon. Gentleman should bear in mind , if he cares about real prosperity for this country , is making sure that we get the economic basics of inflation and the exchange rate correct so that we can get sustainable investment for the long term , not the short-term gimmicks that the right hon. Gentleman embraces . |
| 14 | Different sizes mean that the best use is made of the space available so that food loss and wastage are reduced . |
| 15 | Each character was hand-crafted , relatively few sizes were available at any one time and there were limits to the maximum size available so that other methods were often used to generate headlines and so on . |
| 16 | the offence is sex neutral so that both homosexual and heterosexual conduct is covered and males and females can be both victims and perpetrators . |
| 17 | For all that he could be expected to stay in the Lorrimores , car for at least fifteen more minutes I felt decidedly jittery , and I left the door open so that if he did come back unexpectedly I could say I was merely checking that everything was in order . |
| 18 | She could hear a loud , low-pitched door-bell , always opened the door fully , invited the patient to enter , then left the door open so that the patient turned towards the open door when giving his name . |
| 19 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected on Pertini 's portrait . |
| 20 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected in Pertinis portrait . |
| 21 | He tried to make his voice gentle so that he did n't antagonize her . |
| 22 | PostScript normally eliminates whatever lies under another object but , by using the overprint option , it can be forced to leave the background intact so that the topmost colour combines with that underneath to produce a different effect . |
| 23 | You in fact , leave the matter open so that each of us as individuals do what our personal consciences tell us . |
| 24 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 25 | However , it is important for the designer to be aware of the nature and extent of the possibilities that are in principle available so that he may be able to exploit some of them when it seems appropriate . |
| 26 | The bag should be emptied before it gets about half full and this is achieved by turning the bag anti-clockwise so that the spout can be pulled out of the dust port . |
| 27 | Keep the mantelpiece clear so that children are n't tempted to climb . |
| 28 | Malcolm Storry 's bullet-headed Aufidius is not simply a rude barbarian but an acute analyst of Coriolanus 's character : Mr Storry has the priceless gift of making the language tangible so that when he says ‘ I think he 'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish ’ the image comes resonantly alive . |
| 29 | He would leave the packet open so that the desk sergeant saw they were not getting a parcel bomb . |
| 30 | Bran cereals and muesli are rather more weighty , so here people tend to serve out more than an ounce just so that it looks sufficient . |