Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Albrow ( 1986 ) has questioned what he calls the ‘ myth of the heroic struggle ’ in sociology , but it seems clear that many disciplines had to fight hard to gain entry and become established , especially where they appeared to threaten the hegemony of existing disciplines , as English and modern languages did with classics , the social sciences with history , and now perhaps computing with mathematics . |
| 2 | The producers liked the idea so much that they decided to make a two part series full of dancing , celebrations , cookery and food . |
| 3 | But in the 1950s the first wave of modern consumerism transformed people 's lifestyles so that they came to expect it to be right and natural that they should have consumer durables ( and increasingly non-durable goods ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Many teachers are now suffering from or showing signs of stress-related illnesses so that they wish to take early retirement , some on the grounds of ill-health , or are eager to leave the profession altogether , ’ the Belfast secondary teacher added . |
| 5 | So that they began to hint that I could n't be so very friendly if I was afraid to take them round to meet him . |
| 6 | As the tide rose , the wind shredded the clouds above them and pushed a mighty swell across the water , so that they began to roll as they had once rolled at sea . |
| 7 | These stations are run by boards appointed by the state governments so that they tend to act as mouthpieces of the respective state governments . |
| 8 | Inevitably this affects their attitude to these people so that they tend to assume that all their visits are time-wasting . |
| 9 | Middy snuggled up closer to him , his shadow a small lump on Lowell 's shadow on the ancient walls , so that they seemed to merge like a grotesque pregnancy . |
| 10 | Corridors that sloped down more and more steeply , so that they had to sit and shuffle down the last few metres . |
| 11 | The steps led downwards , there were crumbling stone walls , so that they had to clutch at narrow ropes sunk into the wall at intervals . |
| 12 | He used to pop out and use a pay phone , ringing publishers at awkward times like lunch time so that they had to ring him back . |
| 13 | At night , as they huddled round their fires , the people would murmur about the evil spirit who kicked holes in their kilns so that they had to buy their bricks from Dai Huang . |
| 14 | And dear old Sambo had provided more amusement by purloining the turkey , so that they had to eat the bread-sauce and chestnut stuffing without their raison d'être ! |
| 15 | Several times they fell painfully on jagged rocks , so that they learned to move exceedingly slowly , edging forward and feeling for a foothold , and all the time they could not know whether they were not wandering in aimless circles and approaching no nearer to the security of the forest . |
| 16 | They need to be reminded that this is a start-up situation so that they start to do any analysis in the context of all the information available . |
| 17 | Let's see if we can move them on this year so that they start to think it 's a charity I know I really want to support . |
| 18 | I mean , does it really bore them ( so that they do n't need it at all in their lives ) or does it secretly shock and dismay them , so that they have to pretend to be bored ? |
| 19 | The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it . |
| 20 | It is when the physical phenomenon of soil erosion affects people so that they have to respond and adapt their mode of life that it becomes also a social phenomenon . |
| 21 | They 've not in the past shown themselves to be very honest erm nor very keen on going into their own archives , and I think it 's , actually takes people like me , who live on the border-lines if you like of the two cultures , to go in and discover erm sometimes embarrassing documents , embarrassing information , to confront them with it , in their own language , so that they have to take stock . |
| 22 | Counsel Mr and Mrs Smith so that they learn to feel better towards each other . |
| 23 | As the blood began once more to course through George 's legs , his muscles went into spasms of cramp , so that they needed to pause every few yards . |
| 24 | Catch their interest and spark their enthusiasm so that they begin to see the product 's potential . |
| 25 | It was the introduction of pulsation into their forms so that they appeared to swell and contract rhythmically . |
| 26 | These men were taste-makers , whose judgements were important ; but the time available to them for writing was limited by the demands of negotiation and administration , so that they tended to write essays more than books , catalogue entries rather than articles . |
| 27 | The biological assumptions involved in such statements are based on a series of half-truths about the ageing process , extended so that they appear to support explanations about the nature of life and health in old age that are not justified by the facts . |
| 28 | It is merely that they wish to question me , for I had responsibility for the food last night . |
| 29 | Not that the Pioneers of the Consumers ' Movement supposed that they were abandoning Owenite objectives , still less that they intended to do so . |
| 30 | The South African budget for this year gives university researchers less than they need to keep pace with inflation and allocates most of the additional spending on science to applied work in government laboratories , dashing hopes of a significant increase in university funding . |