Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , after a while , it stiffens imperceptibly and , often unnoticed by the stroker , its ears start to rotate so that their backs face forward . |
| 2 | Reflecting these last results is the finding that fixed-contract workers tended to have taken their temporary jobs in response to a lack of permanent work , whilst seasonal , temporary or casual workers had done so because they did not want permanent work . |
| 3 | Then the logic of the social system and the antagonism of classes continues to develop so that ultimately it destroys itself and the material conditions which brought it about . |
| 4 | The forests of banners and guidons which adorned every street corner hung limp and sodden , and where an otherwise laudable economy had resulted in the use of cheap cloth the colours had run so that the insignia upon the panels was streaked and indecipherable . |
| 5 | He said publicity surrounding the officers had snowballed so that the public perceived them as guilty . |
| 6 | However , the Soviet pilot of the aircraft chartered to transport the missiles refused to do so and it was not until mid-February that a US aircraft set out . |
| 7 | People who smoke or otherwise abuse their bodies choose to do so and drain millions from the NHS budget . |
| 8 | His tears had frozen so that his cheeks and eyes continued to gleam with ice . |
| 9 | We felt quite strongly that although it was a gesture , I do n't think it was a political gesture , I think it was a gesture that we as Councillors wanted to make so that we personally would suffer some of the reductions in erm finance that we were going to impose on other people . |
| 10 | It is not only the Conservative party that has asked for such an explanation ; Labour supporters and sympathisers have done so as well . |
| 11 | Many processes have changed so that there is less direct human involvement in the production cycle , e.g. metal working , highly repetitive cycles can be conducted by robots and similar devices , e.g. in car assemblies , and the human operator gets better support even when still involved directly , e.g. the word processor as a substitute for the typewriter . |
| 12 | Though the overall level of representation does not appear to have improved dramatically , it seems that the numbers represented by specialist lay advisers have increased so that now the most common representative is the trades union representative or the specialist lay adviser . |
| 13 | He is a good cook , believing that it is important for men to learn to cook so that if they marry a woman not too well versed in the culinary arts , they will still survive ! |
| 14 | Roberts ( 4.5 ) surveys the literature on youth , pointing out that the traditional focus on how youth cultures have functioned so as to reconcile young people to adult roles in employment and family life have lost a crucial element — the expectation that young people ( especially those with only basic education ) would have jobs available . |