Example sentences of "[art] [noun] so [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I am the target , though , I can be the shield so that others can carry on with their jobs . |
| 2 | Trustees of Ferranti family shareholdings in the company wrote back saying there was an urgent need to reinforce the board so that proposals and the inevitable approaches that the company would receive could be reviewed by a strengthened board . |
| 3 | You must find a space in the text so that pictures can do the work . |
| 4 | Mellanby arrived in time to be heard , and succeeded in changing the decision so that Florey was appointed . |
| 5 | The only difference is that we are setting that fact out clearly in the rules so that people know . |
| 6 | It was a ritual that distressed Anna Essinger and her staff but , given the pressure to move the children out of the camp so that others could take their places , nobody was able to come up with a better alternative to what was known as ‘ the market ’ . |
| 7 | We 're very conscious of that erm and where , where we offered advice in large places where for instance , where housing where chemicals are stored and all the precautions that are needed are provided and built in , for instance stopping off the drains so that water is contained , providing sloping areas in , in the bottom of warehouses where water does n't come out , erm monitoring it telling people about it . |
| 8 | One solution to this problem is to sweep the image backwards and forwards across the retina so that edges modulate the output of the DOG filter . |
| 9 | The Russians even sacrificed a few of their less important informers in the West so that Blake could claim further success . |
| 10 | The debate is therefore about whether ‘ gender equality ’ means equal opportunities to study what is to girls a rejecting curriculum , or whether it means changing the curriculum so that boys and girls are equally advantaged ( or disadvantaged ) . |
| 11 | With these , a tube is usually inserted into the opening of the bladder so that urine drains directly into a small bag or container . |
| 12 | 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/ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Legs : Raise both legs ( or one , if preferred ) about 12–18 inches from their resting position , point the toes and stiffen the legs so that thigh and calf muscles are brought under tension . |
| 15 | Put it well into the lower part of the flame so that soot is deposited on both sides of the strip . |
| 16 | As the blood tries to flow backwards , the pockets fill up , closing the valves so that blood is prevented from flowing in the wrong direction . |
| 17 | I 'm in the bakery so if stuff 's rubbish I tell them , if it 's good I tell them , and then they say well fine , if , if they have any problems we take it , right or wrong . |
| 18 | In any large-scale undertaking there is usually some advantage in subdividing the work so that individuals can develop special skills in particular tasks . |
| 19 | He and his son are largely responsible for the countless impressions of Rembrandt 's graphic works , repeatedly reworking the plates so that Rembrandt 's authorship of them has become something of an ethical dilemma . |
| 20 | c ) Step the mitre so that tongues of wood overlapped there would be a larger glued surface . |
| 21 | The treasurer felt it would be advantageous to have the addresses of those in charge of the regular activities using the hall so that accounts could be sent out . |
| 22 | To make a useful fusion reactor needs high densities of the deuterium fuel and , it has been traditionally assumed , temperatures greater than those in the centre of the Sun so that fusions occur frequently enough that more energy is liberated than consumed . |
| 23 | It stated : ‘ Officers of the rugby club are awaiting more details of the proposal so that matters can be fully debated by all members . ’ |
| 24 | Strathclyde 's finance committee supported his suggestion that the Scottish Office should be asked to change the law so that sex discrimination be outlawed . |
| 25 | The police are only concerned with catching the offender and delivering him or her to the law so that justice can be done . |
| 26 | and he , he is very keen to try and change the law so that people like you and I who is |
| 27 | We will reform the law so that pension funds belong to their members , not to employers . |
| 28 | He himself had seen them when he used to bring olives to the village so that oil could be made from them . |
| 29 | He would like to rig the conference so that Israel goes on trial , with America as its attorney and the United Nations as judge and executioner . |
| 30 | Hundreds of riot police then charged repeatedly at scores of Left-wingers and pushed them back from the podium so that President Weizsaecker could begin his speech . |