Example sentences of "[noun] so [conj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mellanby arrived in time to be heard , and succeeded in changing the decision so that Florey was appointed . |
| 2 | The Pools were working summer hours so although Joe was off it was a school day . |
| 3 | The nurse pulled up the metal sides and closed them with a clang so that Dot was like a caged prisoner . |
| 4 | It was advice Erika took seriously , distancing herself from Fritz as much as possible and adroitly using Rosa as a shield so that Fritz was forever baulked in his obscure desires . |
| 5 | The businessmen travelled , of course , in the first-class carriages , dividing easily into groups so that compartments were made up between more or less particular cronies … any wife or daughter who had to go to Manchester by one of those trains always travelled third ; to share a compartment with the ‘ gentlemen ’ ( we were taught never to call them just plainly ‘ men ’ ) would have been unthinkable . |
| 6 | By contrast , Mexico allowed imports to flood the domestic market and to crowd out capital investment so that growth was slow to get started again on a scale sufficient to keep pace with population growth and urbanisation . |
| 7 | Goods would continue to be taxed in the country of consumption so that revenue was little affected . |
| 8 | For example , if you were able to work out a new method of organizing stock shelves so that components were more quickly available to people on the factory floor this would show perfectly that you ‘ are able to show initiative ’ . |
| 9 | It is alleged that Guinness Brewing Worldwide failed to provide a safe procedure for work near high voltage electrical equipment so that non-employees were put at risk . |
| 10 | But even if he denied involvement , no one would believe that he had not arranged matters so that Sipotai was killed . |
| 11 | The approach was a reaction to the days when teams took the field without any overall plan of how they were to set about winning , when the only initiative that came from management was to encourage friendships in the team so that players were more ready to discuss tactics among themselves . |
| 12 | Brough [ 1991 ] Crim.L.R. 522 the C.P.S. delayed bringing a charge for a short period so that B was deprived of the possibility of trial in the juvenile court . |
| 13 | I 'm a car owner who 's actually thinking of selling my car because I do n't use it much in Glasgow I do n't need to , I can actually walk to work and to come to somewhere like Edinburgh tonight I would much prefer to use the train , but I think we could have much more adequal plans to do with pedestrianizing city centres so that cars were banned from them altogether , they could bring back trams which are much less in terms of pollution , they might not make us big profits for the company 's but they are a very good way , we , a lot of European cities still use trams . |
| 14 | No I , I went in at half past seven in the morning and I was in the operation theatre before quarter to nine that same morning so that morning was taken up and the afternoon and evening , Chris came in the evening tt and er oh er Bob , th the curate , our former curate , came |
| 15 | so let it come to pass for you and the manservant were yield so that particular was all about faith , so |
| 16 | Harbury tried to grab the apparent opportunity but Wickham neatly turned the conversation so that Shildon was able to go on where he had left off . |
| 17 | He said the next government , whatever its colour , must make attempts to improve the legal system so that youngsters were not allowed out on bail to commit more offences . |
| 18 | The Government was deeply unhappy about criticism from the press , so it introduced a new tax on newspapers which forced many to close and cut the sales of others so that circulation was restricted to the better-off . |
| 19 | He took a slight step forward and , taking his friend 's chin in his hand , lifted his face so that Ludovico was forced to look up into his eyes . |