Example sentences of "[noun sg] so that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman still does not understand that the whole drive behind the reforms is to back the general practitioner 's decision with money so that choice becomes reality . |
| 2 | We test this hypothesis in the most conservative way , by testing the viability of an absorption model with the maximum chance of succeeding : we assume neutral rather than partially ionized hydrogen so that absorption is maximum , and allow for very soft X-ray spectra . |
| 3 | This will increase disposable income so that consumption spending will rise at every level of national income . |
| 4 | Loosen tie & undo top button of shirt so that shirt collar bows out and tie arches forward like a cup handle . |
| 5 | The nurse pulled up the metal sides and closed them with a clang so that Dot was like a caged prisoner . |
| 6 | At this late stage , the PMIS team was asked to assist by creating a relevant computer data base so that information associated with the scheme could be processed . |
| 7 | The Charing Cross bureau records its enquiry statistics on computer so that information on recurring problems can be extracted without difficulty . |
| 8 | It is generally accepted that in order to watch over an executive , the system of supervision has to be constructed in parallel so that information about the salient issues is extracted at the right time and the process of scrutiny is based on this information and takes place when the decision is still open . |
| 9 | Griffiths strongly recommended that funds for community care should be separately identified in the public expenditure planning process and allocated to local authorities in a ‘ ring-fenced ’ budget so that community care monies would not ‘ leak ’ out into education , housing or leisure services on the decision of locally elected members . |
| 10 | But he 's got no , as far as I can see he 's got no convincing argument that democracy will do better , but that does n't matter because he thinks that the decisive criticism of enlightened despotism is that it wo n't improve the moral or intellectual well-being of the citizens , but if people are excluded from political decision making , they will have no incentive to educate themselves or morally improve themselves , or he thinks if they do , if a despot does allow for the moral improvement of the citizens , then citizens will no longer accept despotism so that despotism is in a way self-defeating here and if it one of the proper functions of government it ca n't survive . |
| 11 | The redraft and the original are set out side by side so that typography and language may be compared . |
| 12 | Put it well into the lower part of the flame so that soot is deposited on both sides of the strip . |
| 13 | A condom ( rubber , sheath , johnnie , French letter ) is a thin rubber sheath which fits over the man 's penis so that semen does not penetrate the woman 's vagina or anus during penetrative sex . |
| 14 | Plosive Formed by complete closure of the air passage and suddenly removing the obstruction so that air escapes , making an explosive sound , eg/p , d/ . |
| 15 | Effective computer support must be matched to human thinking so that communication is readily established and yet different in providing functions which supplement human thinking ( p. 233 ) . |
| 16 | Urgent attention should be given to developing British Standards for all types of closure so that legislation can be brought into force . |
| 17 | By allowing unmediated access to a character 's mind the narrator constructs a close bond between reader and character based upon shared information and perspective , while at other times witholding the reader from that mind so that narrator and reader stand together in a position of judgemental distance . |
| 18 | Adults considering enrolment on further or higher education courses ‘ shop around : with various factors in mind so that failure to enrol on any specific course does not necessarily equal a rejection of the idea of further study . |
| 19 | By contrast , Mexico allowed imports to flood the domestic market and to crowd out capital investment so that growth was slow to get started again on a scale sufficient to keep pace with population growth and urbanisation . |
| 20 | This seems an odd way of going about things , but the advising panels do carry a professional adviser so that talent is not merely being judged by local civil servants . |
| 21 | It is important that the nurse reports her observations of the patient 's condition so that electrolyte disturbances are detected early and treated . |
| 22 | However , new colonists in Gran Pajonal are employing a fallow period of only 7 years , which is likely to cause long-term nutrient depletion so that maintenance of crop productivity will only be possible with the addition of artificial fertilisers . |
| 23 | This should give sufficient cut down of search so that word shape need only be checked on a relatively small number of words . |
| 24 | They always chose an aisle seat so that Sweetheart could slip away to talk to her friends without disturbing anyone . |
| 25 | With these , a tube is usually inserted into the opening of the bladder so that urine drains directly into a small bag or container . |
| 26 | This needs to be glued all around the edge of the plate to form a tight seal so that gravel does not get under the plate . |
| 27 | In light weather you either keep the boat upright or heel it very slightly away from the wind so that gravity helps to fill the sail . |
| 28 | In this use , then , have is similar to make in ( 163 ) : in both readings , the object is seen as a mere instrument so that causation is conceived merely as the production of an effect under the influence of a cause . |
| 29 | Their grandparents had made the lounge into a bedroom so that Grandad did n't have to do the stairs with his bad legs and a bedroom had been turned into a sitting room and furnished with a table , chairs and sideboard that her parents had acquired when they got married though they had no house to put it in . |
| 30 | The same questions as those in the mental test were also given to some pupils as a standard written test so that performance on it could be compared with the two mental test versions . |