Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] so [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Because self-reward is gained through meeting standards and sticking to set routines , in the long run the tendency is to raise standards and elaborate routines so that self-reward may continue to be achieved . |
| 32 | Japan may have to open up its domestic markets so that consumers can buy foreign goods steadily to shrink the hefty surpluses , he added . |
| 33 | This week she spent looking after Paddock Sportsline and their other emergent horses so that Linda could earn money working as a stable girl in Ted Edgar 's stables . |
| 34 | IBM and AT&T , America 's behemoth computer and telephone companies , announced they are adapting their network-management systems so that customers can connect them more easily . |
| 35 | I do not know where he has been for the past few years , but we have reduced the rates on lower earnings so that people now pay on average about £3 a week less in national insurance . |
| 36 | The Ministero dei Beni Culturali , for example , arranges for army frogmen to take courses in underwater archaeology , while the Ministero della Marina Mercantile makes available the results of underwater surveys so that areas of archaeological interest can be identified . |
| 37 | ‘ We try to play as many venues as possible close to major cities so that fans do n't have to travel too far . |
| 38 | Incremental encoders of this type are usually supplied as sealed units so that dirt can not interfere with the operation of the optical system and the light source/ detector alignment can not be disturbed . |
| 39 | He paused staring at her with half-closed eyes so that Emily could not read his expression . |
| 40 | The word list has been created with an eye to current concerns so that students will be exposed to an up-to-date vocabulary that is relevant to them . |
| 41 | At each level , the word list has been created with an eye to current concerns so that students are exposed to an up-to-date vocabulary which is really relevant to their needs . |
| 42 | Social justice means that we deny ourselves many things so that others may have to do without them as well , or , what is the same thing , may not be able to ask for them . |
| 43 | My hon. Friend is also right that business wants regulations kept in bounds , with decent regulations so that markets are fair and open , but it does not want the masses of red tape that the Opposition are always recommending day after day in the House . |
| 44 | You have n't yet agreed to endow him with all your worldly goods so that money is yours and yours alone . |
| 45 | The dark glassy surfaces reflected and re-reflected these flickering lights so that walls seemed to be the void — solidified — with stars and smeared veils of nebulae glinting within . |
| 46 | It is the policy of the group to train and develop employees at all levels so that group objectives can be met . |
| 47 | Some provide a freezer for people at home , and then deliver frozen meals so that people can heat their own , when they wish . |
| 48 | It has been found that g = 0.25 in good solvents so that equation ( 9.21 ) becomes |
| 49 | Higher up the size scale , larger structural elements also present similarities so that likeness and analogy operate as a focal principle at all levels whether we are aware of it or not . |
| 50 | I simply wan na say two things and that is this that within a month if this scheme is to work I believe that the council or the social services committee must draw up a long list of homes which it proposes to close and that long list will be in teams and that must be done not behind closed doors so that people know what is being proposed , we level with people who live in those institutions and they are fully acquainted with our , with our intentions and secondly I think it 's necessary to understand from this programme that it is not just refurbishment programme , it is a refurbishment and closure programme the simple equation being that the money that comes from closures from capital receipts and some revenue savings , actually goes into the rest to refurbish them . |
| 51 | Reports from such experts are subject to the same rules and privileges as medical reports but would be classed as non-medical experts so that directions will have to be sought in any type of personal injury case if a party wants to call more than one ( see RSC Ord 25 , r8 below ) . |
| 52 | Bristol and Insignia apparently intend to combine their respective technologies so that Bristol 's source-level Windows-on-Unix application programming interface product Wind/U will run binary Windows applications . |
| 53 | Bristol and Insignia apparently intend to combine their respective technologies so that Bristol 's source-level Windows-under-Unix application programming interface product Wind/U will run binary Windows applications . |
| 54 | Already Havelange has talked of turning games into four 25-minute periods so that television commercials can be accommodated . |
| 55 | The Founding Fathers declared that an ‘ enumeration ’ should take place every ten years so that members of the House of Representatives can be fairly apportioned among the states . |
| 56 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 57 | The effect of a new settlement south east of York would be to increase those levels so that people with from Greater York , would find would not be able to find accommodation within the new settlement and therefore the total housing requirement of Greater York would be increased and housing needs would not be met . |
| 58 | So he has an interesting idea that we can set up democratic procedures to protect the minority within those procedures so that tyranny of the majority is something that afflicts only certain types of democracies , but if we have other types of democracies then we can protect the minority and the idea for proportional representation is often claimed in this light , but actually it does n't work as an idea , because although it allows a minority to be represented , represented is a different from being protected and so even if there 's a member of parliament with the one member of parliament with your unpopular views , that does n't mean that your unpopular views wo n't be made illegal say , because the fact that there 's one member of parliament wo n't mean that |
| 59 | We recruit uniformed officers into plain clothes so that people like yourself , who are being eliminated , wo n't feel under pressure . |
| 60 | Some organisations print a sheet of miniature photographs so that editors may choose which , if any , they would like to have . |