Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole exchange had been conducted in low tones so that they could not be overheard , but the bar was empty ; even the landlord had found business elsewhere and Wycliffe had to rap on the counter when he went to replenish their glasses . |
| 2 | However , as members of the Cambridge Board Committee , both the District Chairman and Secretary were fully apprised of the details of the new arrangements and , presumably , acquiesced in the explicit transfer of providing powers under Chapter III for One-Year and Terminal courses in rural areas so that the complete scheme in Bedfordshire could be maintained as it had developed from 1927 . |
| 3 | Second , the magmas involved are much more viscous than those in Strombolian eruptions so that the explosive activity tends to be violent , often demolishing parts of the volcanic structure . |
| 4 | Collecting data in different forms so that results can be collated and compared can be done in several ways and can form the basis of much useful discussion . |
| 5 | For an installation to be secure against fire , flood and other disasters it is essential for the primary and secondary items to be stored in different locations so that the chances of their simultaneous destruction are minimised . |
| 6 | Different roads are marked in different colours so that motorists know how big each road is . |
| 7 | In France the same ingredients of spectacle , song , dance , and instrumental music were likewise compounded under the influence of a humanist ‘ academy ’ , Bälf 's , but in different proportions so that the result was not opera but ballet de cour . |
| 8 | The familiar adage is that ethnographic research provides depth by sacrificing breadth but , as Finch ( 1986 ) argues , it is possible to build an element of generality into this type of research not by random sampling , which is usual in quantitative research , but by constructing individual projects in the mould of similar ones in different settings so that comparisons can be made and a body of cumulative knowledge established . |
| 9 | The reader may think that the result is already known , but all too often different populations behave in different ways so that although there may be an expected result to an investigation it will not be a foregone conclusion . |
| 10 | It was typical of the thoroughness of his approach that he immediately decided to visit sixteen gaols in nearby counties so that he could gauge the extent of the evil , look for alternative solutions and make out a proper case for reform . |
| 11 | Release information in limited quantities so that it can be absorbed and understood . |
| 12 | Blood vessels at the surface are constricted in cold conditions so that blood is confined to the deeper vessels , which has the effect of conserving blood heat . |
| 13 | By subvert from within , I mean to actually be on Top Of The Pops and compromising in little bits so that they have big hit records . |
| 14 | Large pieces of timber take some considerable time to come to equilibrium with the surrounding humidity and , because the English weather changes so often , there was generally no time to build up dangerous differences in swelling strains so that we had comparatively little trouble from this cause , so long as the aircraft were in this country . |
| 15 | Even during periods of falling prices , some components of NW will remain fixed in nominal terms so that , unless other components of NW fall more rapidly than the price level , reductions in P will raise which , in turn , will stimulate consumption expenditure . |
| 16 | Where one such lift is used the dock and load would be balanced by a suspended weight but two such lifts would generally be arranged to work simultaneously in opposite directions so as to balance each other . |
| 17 | This trend continued in succeeding years so that during the three-quarters of a century between the first ( 1719 ) and the fifth ( 1795 ) official censuses , the Russian population of Siberia increased by almost two and a half times , from 169,000 adult males to 412,000 , at a time when the population of the empire as a whole less than doubled . |
| 18 | Up the backstairs in bare feet so that no one would hear and interrupt them . |
| 19 | The main purpose of the costings for the latter years is to identify probable peaks and troughs in the overall programme , which can be smoothed out by phasing in major projects so as to avoid clashes . |
| 20 | Lay the fruit stem uppermost on shelves or in shallow boxes so that they do not touch each other . |
| 21 | ‘ There ; ll be nobody left behind to grieve , ’ carolled Lehrer , looking on the bright side , Kahn , on the other hand , advocated massive investment in deep shelters so that at least the lucky half — or should it be the unlucky half ? — would be left behind to grieve , and to prove that war need not yet be quite abandoned as mankind 's most addictive sport . |
| 22 | It has been found that g = 0.25 in good solvents so that equation ( 9.21 ) becomes |
| 23 | A teaching plan may be devised for the patient and the information needed may be given in short sessions so that the patient has time to absorb the information and ask questions . |
| 24 | And the unhappy customer base stayed loyal in enormous numbers so that the company is now reaping the benefit . |
| 25 | We wanted to put our money in various places so that if one was not safe , the other would be . |
| 26 | He had stuck labels in various places so that Willie would associate an object with a word , until after a time Willie labelled them himself . |
| 27 | For large companies in Japan , however , the free market has been controlled in various ways so as to ‘ mitigate the unfettered ravages of a market economy ’ ( Saxonhouse 1979 p.320 ) . |
| 28 | Whenever a trust is left , it can be left in precatory words so that someone may ask , enjoin , seek , or hope that the trustee should cause what has been entrusted to him to pass to the person the testator wished , just as he enjoined . |
| 29 | r and K symbolize contrasted extremes of course ; many conditions lie in intermediate positions so that the terms are used in a purely comparative sense to indicate the extent to which a set of r or K habitat conditions is reached for comparable situations . |
| 30 | 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 . |