Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , he continued , more important than ever to ensure that leases were well-drafted so as to make landlords and/or tenants fully aware as to whether or not their insurance policies covered damage caused by terrorism . |
| 2 | Coetzee checked to see that the pockets were empty so that nothing could be lost at the scene of the crime . |
| 3 | Her lips were open so that the cold air came gasping there like water flowing much too fast to drink . |
| 4 | Interviews were tape-recorded so that a trained rater could play back the tape and rate the relatives on : critical comments , hostility , overinvolvement , warmth and positive remarks . |
| 5 | This approach was mirrored in the Law Commission Working Paper No 85 on the Sale and Supply of Goods ( 1983 ) where a recommendation was made to abolish the automatic classification of statutory implied terms as conditions , the buyer in a consumer sale being given the right to reject for any breach of the implied terms unless the consequences and nature of the breach were trivial so that rejection would be unreasonable . |
| 6 | The UCD [ Union of the Democratic Centre under the leadership of Adolfo Suárez ] government consented to things which were not totally justified but which were necessary so that the mass of the workers could see that the country had changed and that dialogue was beginning . |
| 7 | Some of the latter were portable so that a current of air could be allowed to play direct on to the patients ' faces . |
| 8 | In this particular case many more than 3,800 papers were transferable so that the value of each paper was less than .01 and therefore no transfers could be made . |
| 9 | She complained to an industrial tribunal that the main reason for her dismissal was that she was pregnant so that her dismissal was an act of unlawful sex discrimination contrary to the 1975 Act . |
| 10 | That is why I am endeavouring to keep Henry Moore 's house and studios at Perry Green preserved as they were when my father was alive so that future generations of students and art lovers can witness the atmosphere and environment in which he created his works ’ . |
| 11 | My mum used to pick my hair off the pillow while I was asleep so that I would n't see how much I was losing , and at that time I was too ill to get up and go and look in the mirror . |
| 12 | He thanked God it was dark so that he could n't see the torn flesh , the ragged pit where the woman 's shot had entered his body . |
| 13 | There was a thermometer on the wall displaying the temperature , ensuring that it was constant so that the paintings were preserved correctly . |
| 14 | The mountainside , climbing steeply from the head of the meadow , was concave so that it formed a natural amphitheatre cupping a quarry face . |
| 15 | Rose and Peters regard this period as one of ‘ treble affluence ’ ; first economic growth was large so that , second , government expenditure could increase without third , reducing through taxation the real wages of individuals . |
| 16 | The best we could do was to arrange for some of our experienced investigators to spend a few days explaining how we worked , and then to attach our visitors to a particular investigation that was current so that they could experience the practical application of our methods . |
| 17 | Because the conductor always had to wait until such time as the queue was diminished quite a bit and hi his tramcar was full so that the next tramcar come along er coming along , whatever number , was to be d the same thing happening again . |
| 18 | Their organisation ( see Appendix 2 ) was flexible so that any man could do most of the jobs . |
| 19 | Evolved for hunting in Africa , the quiet nature of this breed was essential so as not to alert game to the presence of dogs and hunters nearby . |