Example sentences of "[num] [noun] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the Gallery has extended the show 's run to eight months so that school children can see it this autumn and has moved the scheduled second venue , Detroit , to the end of the tour . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd been advised to wait nine to 12 months so that my blood levels could go down , ’ she says . |
| 3 | We had the Astounding Reg Atkins who can juggle 12 empty bottles and then toss them accurately into a bottle bank from a distance of 30 feet so that the green , brown and clear bottles go into the correct holes . |
| 4 | The banking and finance sector has grown more than 20 times in real terms over the past 30 years so that it now accounts for almost 20% of GDP , compared with 5% in 1960 . |
| 5 | We only have forty seats so if you are interested I 'm . |
| 6 | As well as carrying food , the CARE airlifts , which will soon be taking in enough seeds and tools for 50,000 families so that people can begin to help themselves . |
| 7 | The vials were changed every 10 minutes so that fractions of 4 ml were collected for each time interval . |
| 8 | We have been in Britain more than a year now , so the Home Office has extended her visa , but each time they extend it it is only by three months or six months so that she is never eligible for school . |
| 9 | Air traffic has doubled in the last 10 years so that Singapore is now served by 57 airlines , linking it to 110 cities in 54 countries . |
| 10 | In the same month they travelled to Bermuda for six weeks so that he might convalesce in the warmth : he responded well , and was walking more easily . |
| 11 | For the first time in their history the Tuareg — the largest tribe of Nomads in the Sahara Desert — recently delayed their annual migration for 10 days so as to catch the final episode of Dallas |
| 12 | probably be yards of material that , and you 've got six chairs so And you 'd have to buy it off the roll , you 're not going to get a piece a length at six yards are you ? |
| 13 | Further or alternatively an order varying or discharging the August 1991 order so as to permit production by the [ defendants ] of the documents covered by the section 39 notice . |
| 14 | The Bank of New England sale was itself restructured three times so that the letter of the law was not broken . |
| 15 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 16 | Effective leadership seeks to integrate these three elements so that each is optimised and enhances the other two . |
| 17 | The people who make crackers on a Monday morning , we have moved to the other three days so that the Monday morning is free for the sewing . |
| 18 | They have frozen child benefit for three years so that mothers and families are nearly £1 billion worse off than they would otherwise have been . |
| 19 | According to Richard Prebble , then Minister for State-owned Enterprises , the two companies would reduce their holding in Telecom to 24.95 per cent each over the next three years so as to keep in line with the government 's planned 49.9 per cent limit on foreign ownership of the company . |
| 20 | If Z equals three X so if I differentiate that with respect to X what do I get ? |
| 21 | The main thrust of Green 's proposals was to modify the 1932 arrangements so that , as originally intended , a balanced committee would be established . |
| 22 | Continuous clockwise rotation can be produced by repeating the excitation sequence : A , B , C , A , B , C , A. Alternatively anticlockwise rotation results from the sequence : A , C , B , A , C , B , A. If bi-directional operation is required from a multi-stack motor it must have at least three stacks so that two distinct excitation sequences are available . |
| 23 | This was toast which was held on a toasting fork and was pressed against the bars so that the bread was scorched , it was then quickly turned ninety degrees so that it finished up with a grid pattern rather like a leaded window . |
| 24 | Remember what I did there I got three themes and for each one I got three subthemes so that what you put over to them to the audience are those three themes . |
| 25 | An operator suggested designing a special apron to hold all three parts so that he could save a second and a half per car . |
| 26 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 27 | In year 3 , demand has risen to 3,000 units so that the desired capital stock goes up to thirty machines — since the firm already has twenty , another ten must be purchased . |
| 28 | Is it not wonderful that so many Dublin stockbrokers , estate agents , solicitors and others close to Michael Smurfit worked so hard over 17 months so that they could hand over a profit of millions to a fella called Pat Doherty in London . |
| 29 | For a good chance of a safe landing , the ground must be seen from at least a thousand feet so that there is time to select a field and assess the wind . |
| 30 | 2.15 Section 3 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 amended the 1976 Act so as to insert a new s1A , which provides that an action under the Act may consist of or include a claim for damages for bereavement in the case of causes of action accruing after 1 January 1983 . |