Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You said you wanted to meet my fiancée so that you could judge her for yourself . |
| 2 | Then he deliberately looked back to meet her eyes so that she would know that he had made a decision With a slight lift of his shoulders , he accepted his decision . |
| 3 | He wants Christ to be brought clearly into the picture of working matters , not for Christians in the working world to secularise their task so that Christ is absent from their thinking . |
| 4 | Consideration there must still be but in my judgment the courts nowadays should be more ready to find its existence so as to reflect the intention of the parties to the contract where the bargaining powers are not unequal and where the finding of consideration reflects the true intention of the parties . |
| 5 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 6 | ‘ Many seem to increase their speed so that by the time they take the left hand fork to Cuckoo 's Corner pick your own farm , they are often doing speeds over 50mph . ’ |
| 7 | He enjoyed a good relationship with Acheson and it suited both men for Dulles to be closely involved in policy formulation : Acheson because it would diminish at least some of the acrimony in Congress and Dulles because he wished to consolidate his record so that he could become Secretary of State in the next Republican administration . |
| 8 | He says horror films and books often portray snakes as monsters ; now he wants people to get to know his reptiles so that they stop fearing them . |
| 9 | It will also help to concentrate your mind so that you do actually keep the statements reasonably brief . |
| 10 | The report concluded that the pattern of courses and examinations below the level of OND lacked clarity and cohesion and that , consequently , there was a need to rationalize their provision so as to offer students a recognizable ladder of progression within clearly defined educational stages . |
| 11 | Alternatively , they could seek to arrange their affairs so that part of their income is received on a self-employed basis , rather than being treated as overtime . |
| 12 | Apart from the very great difficulty of establishing how a couple manage their finances ( in effect one would have to take their word for it ) and the strong incentive they would have to arrange their affairs so as to safeguard the woman 's claim to benefit , the fact that she is receiving benefit may itself make it unnecessary for the man to give her more than is required for his own keep . |
| 13 | The actin cable provides a novel way for epidermal cells to coordinate their activities so as to close gaps , fulfilling their function as a self-repairing barrier layer . |
| 14 | Muggers aim to terrify their victims so that they ca n't react rationally . |
| 15 | In the new circumstances , ministers may feel justified in taking a little longer to reach their conclusions so that they can not be accused of hasty actions which they might later regret . |
| 16 | He yearned to consult his Tarot so as to connect himself however tenuously with the spirit of the Emperor . |
| 17 | My cats have learnt how to open our fridge so that they , our dogs and our three-year-old toddler can help themselves to the contents . |
| 18 | Enlighten our minds to receive your guidance so that you may lead us unto true wisdom . |
| 19 | One way round the problem is to script your commentary so that it does not depend on being recorded to accurate timings . |
| 20 | Taking account again of the public concern about violent crime , in future I intend to exercise my discretion so that murderers of police or prison officers , terrorist murderers , sexual or sadistic murderers of children and murderers by firearm in the course of robbery can normally expect to serve at least 20 years in custody ; and there will be cases where the gravity of the offence requires a still longer period . |
| 21 | It may thus be difficult for a group to organise its affairs so as to avoid the deemed attribution of the knowledge of a director who straddles two companies , in the above example , to the parent company . |
| 22 | The duty to discharge their functions so as not to create a nuisance . |
| 23 | In effect , this has forced many small to medium-sized component manufacturers out of business and encouraged larger manufacturers to internationalise their operations so that they can supply assembly plants overseas . |
| 24 | Well there 's no question but which therapists and people of medical profession have come across cases of people who have indeed been scarred for their whole lives and and found it very difficult to maintain trust and relationships and and be able to achieve their potential as a result of the sorts of situations that they endured , and perhaps we 're more understanding about those sorts of areas of the human need to be able to express anxiety and to feel that to express fears is is not something that 's going to overwhelm people that are around us , so that adults who are in the care of children , be they teachers , or parents , or child care workers , can allow children to express their feelings so that they do n't need to hold on to them and thereby increase the fears that they have . |
| 25 | At the same time , you will need to strengthen your hair so that you can have it straightened successfully . |
| 26 | We had bought Rudge Biframe folding mountain bikes specifically to go in the back of the 172 , and trips to the Norfolk Broads , Dartmoor and west Ireland had allowed Anne and I to refine our planning so that not only the flying but — just as importantly for our holiday — the non-flying sections of the trip would be practical and highly enjoyable . |
| 27 | And the problem is , having nearly died , I have to ration my energy so that I do n't completely burn myself out again . |
| 28 | We are confident that the programme should continue to permit a full evaluation of the issues raised by screening newborn males for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and hope to extend its duration so that the perspectives of the families may be assessed as the boys develop symptoms and signs of muscular weakness . |
| 29 | ( iii ) They should be encouraged to craft their writing so that they achieve a readable , pleasing style . |
| 30 | Teachers were also asked to give their names so that non-respondents could be followed up . |