Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] so that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her lips were open so that the cold air came gasping there like water flowing much too fast to drink . |
| 2 | Coetzee checked to see that the pockets were empty so that nothing could be lost at the scene of the crime . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |