Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember bursting into tears and blowing my nose and saturating my tiny handkerchief so that it was no use for the rest of the day , ’ writes P. Atkinson , of The Green , West Cornforth , who was revising for mock O-levels at Stand Grammar School for Girls , in Manchester . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've really enjoyed the whole experience , ’ said Helen , ‘ and have learned to adapt my existing routine so that I look more polished overall . |
| 3 | At gym lessons I needed to organise my changing routine so that I could take off my outdoor shoes , slip my feet immediately into my gym shoes and , even before I tied my gym-shoe laces , put my outdoor shoes into my satchel hoping that they would stay there throughout the lesson . |
| 4 | but I 've put , put my own program so that the |
| 5 | To adopt such a pedagogy is to follow the example of Procrustes who , it will be recalled , would either stretch his guests on a rack or cut pieces off their lower limbs so that they would fit his bed . |
| 6 | It is essential that the parties to a takeover bid recognise their associates and that associates recognise their associated status so that the appropriate disclosure obligations can be complied with . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll talk later — much later … ’ he murmured softly , slipping an arm beneath her trembling body so that her breasts were lifted towards him , his lips trailing a scorching path over her quivering flesh , a deep ache gripping her loins as his mouth sought and found the hard swollen peaks of her breasts . |
| 8 | ‘ Eh ? ’ said Bella , surprised out of her personal nightmare : the one where she sat , in a big room , unable to move , imprisoned in her crippled body , surrounded by a sea of senile faces , while a pitying young woman stuck a baby 's cup between her toothless gums so that she could suck lukewarm tea out of it . |
| 9 | In contrast , those at the top end of the earnings distribution will enjoy a substantial change in their after-tax income so that the income effect will be large , causing the high-income earners ( the dynamic entrepreneurs ? ) to work less . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ In the days and months ahead we will expose all their broken promises , all their empty commitments so that the British people can hold them to account . ’ |
| 11 | He wants countries to be made to co-ordinate their fiscal policies so that monetary policy does not have to take take all the strain . |
| 12 | Here it is argued that jurisdiction is conditional on its proper exercise so that even if a tribunal is entitled to enter into the enquiry , it can lose its power by the way that power is used . |
| 13 | Previously there had always been at least the possibility that it might be wound up after its current voyages were complete but under Cromwell the traders reorganized its joint-stock system so that , while individual owners might sell their shares , the Company was designed to go on trading forever ; and almost all companies founded subsequently were organized in the same way . |
| 14 | She then raises her hind legs so that she is crouching with her nose down and her back tilted . |
| 15 | Thank you erm I think that 's all I 'm concerned with except to say that I wrote er to a little church spelling what it is today er really into consideration on its this proposition so that we can ensure all of the issues with er our requirements . |
| 16 | What controls their individual behaviour so that a global pattern emerges ? |
| 17 | A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace . |
| 18 | Even when she was tiny she had n't really thought of him that way , and when she was older , about thirteen , she had secretly been terribly proud in front of the other girls when Georg , who had never seemed to go through a spotty adolescent phase like other boys , used to wait for her outside school so that they could walk up the mountain road together . |
| 19 | Their midpoints should be fixed and hinged along their central axis so that they can be rotated at equal intervals into the form of a helix . |
| 20 | Japan may have to open up its domestic markets so that consumers can buy foreign goods steadily to shrink the hefty surpluses , he added . |
| 21 | The effects of humans can go far beyond this , in moving plants away from their natural range so that they appear ‘ native ’ in their new homes , often with the advantage of no pest pressure . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | A group of women talking about motherhood may either find some way of adjusting their differing statements so that they are all right , or else become locked in bitter disagreement , which is no less vitriolic even if it is not openly expressed . |
| 24 | Students in the having mode of existence will … write down every word in their looseleaf notebook so that later on , they can memorise their notes and thus pass an examination . |
| 25 | Furthermore , all three activities could and should work to the advantage of environmental conservation by encouraging people into new landscapes and thus heightening their environmental awareness so that they themselves become part of the environmental protection movement . |
| 26 | In some cases an exercise test performed by the hospital will provide additional information , but this is often not possible because the hospital 's exercise test is usually performed off their rate-slowing drug so that the coronary arteries can be more fully assessed . |
| 27 | But to clarify things locate the questionable premises and follow them through to their logical conclusion so that the person in doubt can see it himself . |
| 28 | ( c ) Restrictions on partners ' authority ( See Clauses 6 ( in relation to accounts ) and 18 ( generally ) ) No body of partners will wish any one of its number to have unlimited authority to incur liabilities in their firm name so as to make all members potentially liable even in respect of transactions which form no part of the normal business of the firm . |
| 29 | I watched her walk back down the steps , and the wind flipped her loose cardigan so that it became a swansdown shawl . |
| 30 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |