Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 2 | If we are cunning , we can design the hierarchy so that every path at every level is just two or three steps long . |
| 3 | If the cake has not been covered with marzipan , make sure that you invert the cake so that the smooth underside becomes the flat top surface of the finished cake . |
| 4 | He points out that the courts have departed from the old literal approach of statutory construction and now adopt a purposive approach , seeking to discover the Parliamentary intention lying behind the words used and construing the legislation so as to give effect to , rather than thwart , the intentions of Parliament . |
| 5 | Indeed , they may ( unwittingly ) hide the reality so that no account is taken of it in the forecast . |
| 6 | The object is to re-define the rapist so that almost no man is outside its scope . |
| 7 | However , the increase in legislation and in consumer power have altered the balance so that schools , if they are to survive and be effective , must be sensitive and responsive to the demands of the external environment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We 're holding the gains by effective communiucation between the process and QC operations and by charting the improvement so that everyone can see what has been achieved and can react quickly if they see any deterioration . |
| 10 | From here you can use the pull down menus to adjust the size , and proportion of your print image so that it will fit wherever you want it on the page , crop the image so that only part of it will be printed , save it as one of a variety of other file formats such as PCX , IMG , TIF and so on , and select the style and print quality . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Beginner 's course in how to use vidoe equipment : camera , sound lighting , editing in-camera and on a 2-machine suite : how to work as a team ; how to look critically at your video work in order to improve it ; how to begin to feel confident while using the equipment so that you can achieve what you want to achieve . |
| 13 | How could I phrase the question so that I could distinguish between free choice and manipulative coercion ? |
| 14 | First pivot the mortar so that it is pointing in the direction you wish to fire . |
| 15 | The thick canopy of leaves and branches disperse the rainwater so that it falls on the ground softly and evenly , avoiding floods . |
| 16 | As I screwed up my eyes against the dazzle , trying to see the creature so that I might describe it to Crispin , it vanished . |
| 17 | They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority . |
| 18 | Will you promise me to post the letter so that it will go out tonight ? ’ |
| 19 | A way around this problem is to plan the prospectus so that the information that changes regularly is kept apart from the main body of the text and printed on separate sheets . |
| 20 | ‘ They will have placed the bed so that it would . |
| 21 | First , check to see that you have placed the pickup so that the piezo blocks are placed centrally , one under each string . |
| 22 | He asked members to support the motion so that the Attorney General as a member of the Government and as leader of this profession could convey to the Government our sense of disgust at the way we had been treated for so long ( sustained applause ) . |
| 23 | Squeeze out the icing smoothly , and raise the nozzle so that the icing comes out slightly suspended — it is then easier to drop exactly into place as you go . |
| 24 | He shook his head , his hair catching the light so that it gleamed with a blue fire . |
| 25 | Because of this , specialised models intended for use in FAI contests now usually have the option of continuing to drive the tail so that the model can be steered on the way down . |
| 26 | The fact that the elderly parents acted reasonably and did nothing wrong and yet entered into an agreement , the ramifications of which they did not appreciate , did not affect the creditor so as to afford equitable relief to the parents . |
| 27 | The teacher working with this pupil tells how children would ‘ … exchange one mistake for another and incidentally change the syntax so that an appalling mess developed ’ ( Meek et al. , 1984:189 ) . |
| 28 | And then we decided not to go to the Hanover Fair , so change the specification so that it could be a a versatile sort of display for whatever we wanted to display . |
| 29 | This involves reconstruing the situation so that it looks more straightforward and easy to handle , thus allowing sides to be taken or a stance adopted which reduces the confusion and allows at least some action to be taken — a villain to be defeated , a wrong to be righted , a battle to be fought . |
| 30 | In the end , Palmerston had to modify the proposal so that only £30,000 for a portion of the site was voted , with £10,000 for necessary repairs to the old buildings . |