Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem with the evaluation of these results is the possibility that the women who described themselves as housewives did so because this was an interview about housework . |
| 2 | There is an early retirement pension , a late retirement pension , an ill-health retirement pension and , perhaps more important , an in-built provision for index linking so that it is not simply a straightforward sum each year . |
| 3 | Finally the settling time is the time taken for oscillation to decay so that the system is within 5% of the target . |
| 4 | The conclusion drawn in the Malleus Maleficarum , the handbook on witchcraft written in 1486 by two Dominican friars , was that this made tears displeasing to the Devil , and he made it impossible for witches to cry so that they would never find repentance . |
| 5 | LABOUR has set up a confidential hotline for NHS whistleblowers so that staff who want to raise concerns about standards of care can do so in confidence . |
| 6 | Most of the dogs that come up for rehoming do so because of a change in domestic circumstances rather than through any temperament problems . |
| 7 | It may encourage , though , the arbitrary nature of decision making so that , for example , the receipt of benefits comes to depend on the attitude of the official and how he interacts with the claimant . |
| 8 | He had every motive to leave town , plenty of opportunity to do so and paid only a relatively small price . |
| 9 | The other districts have had plenty of opportunity to say so but they have not and I believe that can be taken that they are not favourably disposed to a new settlement within their district , regardless of whether they 're in favour of the principle of it . |
| 10 | They must not underspend or overspend , and must regularize the volume of books received so that the processing departments have an even flow of work throughout the year . |
| 11 | It is , however , possible that applied research which demonstrates impairments in memory at high levels of arousal does so because of differences in attention , e.g. weapon focus , rather than general effects on all aspects of memory . |
| 12 | Like the professional illusionists , it was a case of hypnosis , part entertainment , part belief , keeping the moment of interruption suspended so that no one asked for fear of not hearing all of the tale . |
| 13 | The computer , relevant in materials science as in all other spheres of modern science , enables analysis of structural and microstructural problems to be made by using , for example , the Finite Element method , while computer-controlled machines simplify the problems of data gathering so that reliable information on materials properties can be obtained rapidly . |
| 14 | However , if the non-arts staff in LEAs and colleges who did wish to offer a higher priority to arts education were to find the climate of opinion changed so as to create an environment more conducive to the arts , it is difficult to imagine how the current state of thinking amongst arts staff might contribute to an improvement in arts education practices . |
| 15 | Everyone 's standards of behaviour deteriorate so that all personal dignity evaporates . |
| 16 | These concern , first , the validity of items chosen so as to represent one or other cognitive mode and , second , the scoring of lateral eye movements . |
| 17 | The veil of ignorance operates so that the agent will not know his or her natural endowments , social situation , or conception of the good . |
| 18 | For example , the problem of representing three-dimensional figures in two dimensions lent itself to the splitting of animal forms so that they faced out in both directions , joined by a centre line around the mouth and spine . |
| 19 | Since then , due to the economic recession , recreational courses have been particularly subject to a series of expenditure cuts so that facilities have declined , courses have been curtailed or cancelled , and fees have been increased . |
| 20 | Over a period the aim should be to adjust nursing budgets and thus the number of nurses employed so that each unit/specialty is equally provided fur within the constraints of financial provision . |
| 21 | As a sentencing judge you are always looking for options erm a variety of options to impose so that each individual sentence that you impose on a defendant is tailored to either the rehabilitation or the punishment ends of sentencing . |
| 22 | The publication stressed that children should be helped to develop as wide as possible a range of language uses so that they can ‘ speak appropriately in different situations and use standard forms when they are needed ’ . |
| 23 | Whilst the ATB has run courses on sheep fank design , more needs to be done on work planning for livestock handling so that each individual can adapt his own buildings to make the work easier . |
| 24 | With wealth distributed so as to give a highly distinctive social structure , the Craven District was quite unlike any other part of England . |
| 25 | The best way of preventing scale , however , is to replace the cylinder with an indirect one where the same water is circulated round and round the ‘ primary ’ circuit ( the one which passes through the boiler ) which , once it has given up its chemical salts , is in effect softened so that no more will be deposited . |
| 26 | Lynn McCool from Strabane did so when she and her partner Eileen Rose Power turned five up on Andrea Dunne and Julie Thomas and went on to win six and four . |
| 27 | Ten to fifteen per cent of all the birds in Australia do so as well . |
| 28 | According to the first , only a very small proportion ( 6 per cent ) of those entering unemployment from employment did so because a temporary job had come to an end ; according to the second rather more ( 16 per cent ) did . |
| 29 | A complication from the government 's point of view was that the Sunday Times had contracted to publish extracts from the diaries and in fact did so before the government sought a gagging injunction . |
| 30 | If he pays in first and then has to make an interim payment and he wants to make that payment out of the money in court , he must ask specifically for leave to do so and also to amend his notice of payment in so as to refer to the fact that some of the money has been paid out . |