Example sentences of "[noun pl] so [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember the over-eager , gaping mouths and outstretched necks , as well as those who could only just about lift their eyelids and had to have the food forced down their throats so that they would have the strength to keep fighting for life . |
| 2 | In addition , one is struck by the importance of such factors as : vocal quality — this is Billie Holiday and could not be anyone else ; phrasing — that is , the way she places accents , alters the rhythm , often by stretching out notes so that they sound behind the beat instead of on it , and joins notes together , for example smoothly or with attacked consonants ; and pitch inflection — the way she sometimes slides up to or away from notes , hits them slightly ‘ off-pitch ’ , and so on . |
| 3 | increasing the size of local authorities so that they could undertake strategic tasks and attract a higher ‘ calibre ’ of officer and councillor |
| 4 | Will my right hon. Friend do all that he can to open a dialogue with representatives of landlords and planning authorities so that they can encourage and enable retailers to erect something to protect their property ? |
| 5 | The ERCs can , if necessary , be followed by periods of vocational training at training centres and colleges which teach the disabled new skills so that they can obtain work again . |
| 6 | My wish is to emphasise thinking skills so that they will be able to deal with unexpected questions on an examination , and more importantly , continue thinking and questioning throughout their lives . |
| 7 | Apscore is concentrating on re-developing its products so that they are more GUI and database independent , with an emphasis on object orientation — thus linking with Apscore 's other interests , including its representation of the ObjectStore object oriented database in Australia on the Sun platform . |
| 8 | It was the introduction of pulsation into their forms so that they appeared to swell and contract rhythmically . |
| 9 | Many subtleties of meaning are carried by words in this category , and these meanings have to become attached to the written forms so that they readily convey to the reader what kind of thinking is taking place . |
| 10 | Thus , these subcultures respectively enable corporate officials and lower-class adolescent males to commit crimes without too many pangs of conscience ; through their sanitizing prism , each sub-culture softens criminal acts so that they assume the appearance of ‘ not really ’ being against the law , or it transforms them into acts required by a morality higher than that enshrined in a parochial criminal law . |
| 11 | Billington , however , was a master of his trade and fixed the arms with ropes so that they would absorb some of the shock . |
| 12 | Slowly she discovered tricks of the trade such as weighting her hems so that they did n't blow up in a breeze and she gradually acquired a coterie of designers , including Catherine Walker , David Sassoon and Victor Edelstein , whom she now relies upon . |
| 13 | One is to conceive of them as being deliberately designed for the purposes they serve , the implication of which is that we should be constantly reforming existing institutions so that they may better serve those ends for which they were intended . |
| 14 | One reason for having that meeting is to reform the institutions so that they can cope with a second wave of new members , this time from Eastern Europe . |
| 15 | Finally , the monopolies come to dominate the educational system , the media and other social institutions so that they can control social values . |
| 16 | If complete public openness is the policy , it might have been expected that the public would have free access to governors ' meetings so that they could hear the arguments for policy and resource allocations within the school . |
| 17 | ( 5 ) They provide a basis for discussion and elucidation at meetings so that they appear less like lectures to convey information and more like collaborative discussion . |
| 18 | Laborit was investigating the potential of controlled hypothermia , that is , chilling patients during surgical operations so that they would be less reactive to any disturbance , and the sedative properties of promethazine helped to achieve the effects he sought . |
| 19 | In effect , this has forced many small to medium-sized component manufacturers out of business and encouraged larger manufacturers to internationalise their operations so that they can supply assembly plants overseas . |
| 20 | LIFESPAN will record what has happened and inform other affected personnel so that they can initiate the appropriate action ( LIFESPAN assumes an interface with a disciplined and sensible development environment ) . |
| 21 | We shall begin our investigation of how causative verbs interact with the infinitive in English by looking at the contrast between make and cause because , although these two verbs seem quite similar in meaning , they are not followed by the same form of the infinitive : ( 134 ) While most enzymes can not make a reaction occur that would not take place in their absence , they speed up reactions so that they occur at the temperatures and other conditions which prevail within living organisms . |
| 22 | It is further intended to change people 's attitudes so that they drive more smoothly and are aware of the kind of roads that they are using and drive at speeds tailored to fit the environment . |
| 23 | It is not necessary to produce the Service Copy Summons when so doing , but it is usually advisable for the Service Copy to be given to the instructing solicitors so that they can check whether proper service has been effected . |
| 24 | The boys were to be given a certain amount of trust in their activities so that they might have the opportunity to make themselves moral , which in turn could help them become good and valuable members of the community . |
| 25 | Specialist sectors are identified and firms either decide to concentrate on one or two of these or arrange their activities so that they cover the whole range of sectors . |
| 26 | It is possible however to structure plans so that they are responsive to change , particularly when they are formed and later adjusted with the help of a suitable management information system . |
| 27 | They should then not be left standing if other guests are seated , but shown to chairs on one side of the hall , or be directed to the seating plans so that they can fill the places kept for them , or go to seats left empty by ‘ no-shows ’ such as anyone taken ill at the last minute . |
| 28 | offenders take part in alcohol education programmes so that they can learn to drink sensibly . |
| 29 | There is quite an art in scattering the pennies so that they do not hurt the children . |
| 30 | Those arrangements can seriously affect the work of the courts , being concerned with assessing the needs of the courts and securing resources , organising the internal structures of the courts so that they can best deal with the caseloads arising , laying down pre-trial and trial procedures , managing the case-flow , measuring and monitoring court performance , managing court records , and planning necessary reforms to court structures and processes . |