Example sentences of "[verb] so [that] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , it is unsaleable at this price of £4914.91 but can be made saleable if the price is adjusted so that a return at the new , higher , current rate of return can be earned .
2 Being wise after the event , I realise now that what I should have done was to ask the jury to retire so that a formula could have been discussed and agreed upon , which would have disposed of the matter satisfactorily .
3 This is particularly true in this country , where the insurance industry requests that thefts and burglaries are reported so that a claim may be proved .
4 A short story in prose or verse which is written so that a moral may be learnt from it .
5 Is the text or part of the text written so that a reader will benefit in a future encounter with a work of art ?
6 Then Harriet fell … toppling slowly sideways , losing reins and stirrup , flinging out her hands , her hat falling off , the snood loosening so that a lock of flaming auburn hair fluttered like an oriflamme above her collapsing body .
7 ‘ The applicants or their successor(s) shall ensure that house completions are phased so that a maximum of 30 units are completed per annum , commencing on 1 January 1992 , of which 20 units shall be detached or semi-detached family houses and 10 units shall be flats , all to the satisfaction of the Director of Education , Lothian Regional Council and the Director of Planning , Edinburgh District Council . ’
8 There is hardly any modern authority which suggests , as did the judges in Clarence , that either a wife can unilaterally in certain circumstances withdraw her consent , or else that the ambit of consent is restricted so that a wife is not deemed to consent to her husband where his conduct is egregious .
9 The rest of this manual is structured so that a section is devoted to each of these main options in turn , providing examples of all the currently available LIFESPAN facilities .
10 In addition , tasks are prioritised so that a worker can know how to cope with competing demands , Interviewing still tops the list , but other activities that are high on the list may surprise more traditional bureaux .
11 The test would need to be constructed so that a range of marks is produced , for a narrow band of scores would not discriminate sufficiently to facilitate the allocation of pupils .
12 This principle has been extended so that a person who books a holiday on behalf of others , e.g. a husband booking on behalf of himself his wife and children , may obtain damages not only for his own disappointment etc. but also for the disappointment sustained by his wife and children .
13 Now there is some hope that the charitable fund will provide at least some of the resources required so that a start can be made .
14 Thus the traditional formulation of an agenda needs to be changed so that a meeting starts with clarification of purpose , agreement on timing , allocation of tasks and consolidation of process issues from previous meetings .
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