Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they are [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent health promotion has therefore concentrated on developing children 's self confidence and ‘ refusing skills ’ so that they are empowered beyond ‘ just saying no . ’ |
| 2 | Similarly Joseph Priestley concluded that men were treated as ‘ mere brutes ’ in the slave trade ‘ so that they are deprived of every advantage of their rational nature ’ . |
| 3 | Brush one edge of the strips with a dampened brush and carefully place them against the cake so that they are supported by the cocktail sticks . |
| 4 | Expressions like , ‘ at this moment in time ’ , ‘ in this day and age ’ , ‘ part and parcel ’ may be practised so that they are recognized and ignored . |
| 5 | I thought Eng v SM was 16th & Pol vs Hol 17th but I 've heard that they 've been rescheduled so that they are played at the same time . |
| 6 | You can take cuttings in summer of this kind of herb and keep them protected through the winter , or shield the parent plants in some way , so that they are sheltered from the worst of the cold and wind . |
| 7 | Whatever the wedding organizers decide , it is important to let the toastmaster and the speechmakers know , so that they are prepared and do not disappear at the vital moment . |
| 8 | Communication is an activity in which there is a sharing of thoughts , ideas , information , feelings , so that they are understood . |
| 9 | It preserves a relative autonomy for cultural and ideological elements ( musical structures and song lyrics , for example ) but also insists that those combinatory patterns that are actually constructed do mediate deep , objective patterns in the socio-economic formation , and that the mediation takes place in struggle : the classes fight to articulate together constituents of the cultural repertoire in particular ways so that they are organized in terms of principles or sets of values determined by the position and interests of the class in the prevailing mode of production . |
| 10 | They want to feel responsible so that they are given jobs to do by seniors that are appropriate to their status and skills — and trusted to get on with them . |
| 11 | A Gestalt is a mode of perception of a group of objects — say of the dots in a printed picture — so that they are seen as one thing . |
| 12 | So much so that they are seen as ‘ natural . ’ |
| 13 | Often , too , the teacher trammels the pupils too much within particular boundaries so that they are forced to go in the teacher 's direction and not their own . |
| 14 | Their rod sends an electrical current into the water which effects the muscles of the fish so that they are forced to swim towards their captors . |
| 15 | If one rejects this authenticity condition , then one has to find ways of presenting comprehension tasks so that the learner 's interest is engaged in spite of the artificiality , so that they are induced into co-operating with the contrivance . |
| 16 | We must look at things in a new way , and from the wrong angle so that they are distorted and transformed . |
| 17 | develop other people 's ideas so that they are improved |
| 18 | Most gasifiers are therefore designed to draw the tars through the combustion zone so that they are cracked or burned . |
| 19 | Frequently , however , there is also an ingrowth of the sternum near their origin so that they are carried inwards and the whole forms a Y-shaped structure , the furca , whose internal arms may become fused with the pleural arms or are connected with them by short muscles . |
| 20 | The majority of the following questionnaires have been used by other authors for research purposes , so that they are accompanied by some normative data . |
| 21 | The young male thereafter protects very young sexually immature females so that they are attracted to him and form a close relationship . |
| 22 | In company law it can equally be argued that by casting trustee-like duties on directors so that they are required to act only in the interests of the shareholders the law aims to ensure that the will of the shareholders is implemented . |
| 23 | It involves transformation of data so that they are reported at a comparable geographical scale , projection and set of geographical units . |
| 24 | Er , there is a a little orange leaflet which has been placed on the seats during the day that many of you , I hope , already have er , for anyone who has n't may I perhaps place these on the front table , there 's a the , there 's another supply over there and , could I please ask that some responsible representative from each district would please take a few more of these away with you so that they are distributed in district meetings in the near future , and attention drawn to them there er , if there are not enough copies er , then I 'm sure the provincial office on receiving a , a request from you will make sure there 's more that passed on to you . |
| 25 | Employing one or several people to answer calls , so that they are screened for their relevance . |
| 26 | The person repeatedly sets up situations so that they are caught and , figuratively , kicked as though a Kick Me sign were pinned on their back . |
| 27 | The theory states that individuals possess certain characteristics so that they are predisposed to act in a certain way within a given situation . |
| 28 | Most of the disputes within the DUP can be understood better if they are seen as ‘ personality ’ clashes rather than if one attempts to find major ideological rifts . |
| 29 | Find-spots rather favour the arrangement in fig. 124 , but the characterisation seems to fit better if they are made partners of the other men . |
| 30 | Children manage better if they are left to touch and play with their food experimenting at their own rates . |