Example sentences of "[noun] so [subord] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By design they had entered the grounds quite close to the front entrance , and they angled their progress so as to bring them into contact with the main driveway as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | The wrongful act of the son in intercepting those letters , which could not have been anticipated by the creditor , was held not to affect the creditor so as to prevent it from enforcing the charge . |
| 3 | Would it not be preferable to broaden the defence of diminished responsibility so as to convert it into a defence of extreme emotional disturbance , applicable to both sexes ? |
| 4 | The universal element here is that human beings use their resources of language and technology to simplify the world of experience so as to bring it under control . |
| 5 | I have suggested that it is the function of grammar to reduce the range of meaning signalled by words so as to make them more effective in the identification of features of context , thereby providing for the increased indexical potential of lexis . |
| 6 | I was guarding a moving shadow ; trying to prevent something that might not happen , searching for the intention so as to stop it occurring . |
| 7 | During a series of meetings with US President Bush , the US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney and the US Secretary of State James Baker , Moiseyev was informed that the USA would refuse to accept the reclassification of three Soviet motorized divisions as naval coastal units so as to exempt them from the terms of the treaty [ see p. 38027 ] . |
| 8 | The two leaves are , however , linked across the cavity with metal wall ties so as to stabilise them , and particularly the narrower outer leaf ; the ties are firmly bedded in the mortar of both leaves . |
| 9 | They had allowed others to commit waste and make assarts ; they had embezzled fines which rightfully belonged to the king , taken large sums for the agistment of animals in the Forest pastures so as to overburden them , and illegally kept unlawed dogs . |
| 10 | As it is , he 's put off his fishing so as to entertain you — ’ |
| 11 | As it went down it tripped two levers or weighbridges which by means of linkwork connections released a gate at the top of the wheel so as to let it move on by just one scoop . |
| 12 | His duties were defined as being : ‘ to attend to the opening and closing , lighting and heating , dusting , washing out and general care of the premises ; the trimming of the ivy so as to keep it clear of the spouting and the roof ; the keeping of the borders tidy ; and the cleanliness of the WCs . |
| 13 | Sir : In her article ( 'The child as a piece of disposable property' , 2 October ) , Sue Wells argues for a change in adoption law so as to bring it nearer an open adoption system , whereby adopted children remain in contact with birth parents . |
| 14 | However , 11 stated that it was poorly written , and all but one of those 11 rewrote the passage so as to make it conform to Hankamer & Sag 's parallelism condition — some changed the antecedent from are critical of to criticize , others changed the form of the ellipses ( e.g. … anyone who is … ) or eliminated it ( e.g. … anyone who was openly critical … ) . |
| 15 | This refers to the shock treatment applied by Western-dominated financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) to the economies of developing countries so as to make them more efficient . |
| 16 | A statement may be made in writing , orally or even by contract , for example , by making the goods tell a lie about themselves as in the case where the seller patched up a crack in the barrel of a cannon so as to make it appear unfractured , Horsfall v. Thomas ( 1862 ) . |
| 17 | that some concessions regarding ( a ) should be afforded to small companies so as to relieve them of burdens and expense that they might find intolerable . |
| 18 | Secondly , the nature of the controls imposed on management so as to assure us that their power can not be used arbitrarily will be analysed and criticized . |
| 19 | Make a note of the values at maximum and minimum and if they are not of equal magnitude adjust the zero-offset trimpot so as to make them equal . |
| 20 | Led by Lord Pugh , the Fists would punch their way through into the city , the treacherous city which would reconfigure itself like a machine so as to funnel them unwittingly . |
| 21 | And they have worked out how to channel the eggs out of the nests so as to keep them clean . |
| 22 | This must be sent back to the returning officer by hand or by post so as to reach him before 9.00pm on polling day at local government elections and 10.00pm at parliamentary and European Parliament elections . |
| 23 | In the case of the Single Currency , the weak country is forced into similar deflationary policies in order to try to depress its unit costs so as to enable it to compete against the strong countries . |
| 24 | Write so that he can not twist your meaning so as to make you agree to opinions the opposite of those you hold . |
| 25 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
| 26 | I 've always made a point of borrowing money from women early in the relationship so as to give them a hold over me . |
| 27 | Ganymede was beloved by ZEUS , who assumed the guise of an eagle so as to spirit him up to Olympus ; there he was given immortality and became the gods ' cup-bearer , responsible for giving them their daily draught of the Elixir of Life . |
| 28 | Attention must be paid to the age of persons with a mental handicap so as to house them in a group which respects this . |
| 29 | This galvanised the National Agent , R. T. Windle , into making plans for an individual membership campaign early in 1944 ; and it led to the executive summoning a conference of trade union officers so as to encourage them to contribute to a general election fund and to increase the proportion of their contracting-in membership — which was much less than half the total membership they reported to the Trades Union Congress . |
| 30 | Although section 25 , as re-enacted , no longer required the court to attempt to place the parties in the financial position they would have been in had the marriage not broken down , it did not , in her Ladyship 's judgment , circumscribe the court 's discretion so as to limit it to providing for the wife to become self-sufficient . |