Example sentences of "so [conj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Music has a time-span which is very different from that of speech — it spreads words into another time dimension , so that whereas a writer has to ‘ pad out ’ his thoughts to give his words extra body , such padding becomes burdensome in music — unwanted material we could well do without . |
| 2 | Waking saccadic or tracking eye movements are faster when the eye has farther to travel , so that while an eye movement over 5 degrees is completed after about 60 milliseconds , so is a movement over 10 degrees . |
| 3 | Lord Wilberforce suggested that there should be a relaxation of the exclusionary rule so that where a minister promoting a Bill makes an explicit and official statement as to the meaning or scope of the provision , reference should be allowed to that statement . |
| 4 | This should be taken as referring to the office of head teacher , so that where a person is acting in place of the head teacher ( usually this will be the deputy head teacher ) , s/he will be able to exercise this power . |
| 5 | At British general elections , vote counts are reported at constituency level only , so that where a party gets its votes is largely unknown ( though party workers have efficient ways of estimating the geography of their support when acting as scrutineers at the count ) . |
| 6 | In Woodrow , it was held that affray is a continuing offence , so that where an indictment charged the defendants with a single offence and particularised several incidents that had occurred at different places and over a period of several hours , the indictment was not bad for duplicity . |
| 7 | A high value tends to be placed on certainty and permanence , so that when a child is removed from his natural parents and rapid rehabilitation seems unlikely , he should not be confused by multiple parent figures or uncertain plans for his future . |
| 8 | There the Welsh and English school timetables differ , so that when a morning of Medau was started at the town hall , English-speaking mothers came to the first session and Welsh-speaking ones to the second ; she was therefore obliged to give the former in English and the latter in Welsh — surely a triumphant example of good public relations and adaptability — though Wynne claims that she is still having a struggle to master Welsh . |
| 9 | The colleague , having done so , chooses the added ‘ return ’ menu option and that 's all there is to it : the first person can , if required , specify a merge macro , so that when a button is hit , all of the delegated fields will be collated into the finished spreadsheet . |
| 10 | Different minerals crystallize at different temperatures , so that when a basalt magma cools , a sequence of minerals appears . |
| 11 | He said , ’ Abroad , one should pursue policies so that when a citizen of one 's country travels abroad , he is admired by the rest of the world for the policies being pursued in that country . ’ |
| 12 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 13 | Like other trade unions , the MU negotiates with employers such as TV companies so that when a band appears on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ or ‘ Night Network ’ the members of the band will be paid an MU-negotiated fee . |
| 14 | Years away from clinical nursing can sap the confidence of nurses so that when an opportunity to return to work does come along , individuals feel inhibited from trying to re-establish their careers . |
| 15 | The information is fed into a computer so that when an inquiry is made to the centralised reservation service number the customer can be directed to the hotels with the available type of accommodation in the area they require . |
| 16 | Erm , comment was made of c thirteen , we do when we design our roads , actually already put catchment areas in , so that if a lorry load of diesel happens to split on it that , that there are drains to hold it . |
| 17 | Will he also ask the manufacturers to consider the possibility of installing devices to enable stolen cars to be traced , so that if a terrorist murder is committed the police can get on the track quickly ? |
| 18 | Are we going to have er , erm , are we going to have some kind of reporting system , so that if a hunt actually enters erm , one of our fields , we 're going to start denouncing tenants and have them hauled up in front of a disciplinary committee ? . |
| 19 | Back-up copies of working disks should be made frequently so that if a disk is accidentally damaged , not too much work is lost . |
| 20 | Cavan 's biggest problem is tradition according to Reilly , so much so that if a manager does n't deliver the goods within a few years he 's gone and a new one comes along . |
| 21 | So far as individual counselling on sexual matters is concerned , schools are advised that whilst pastoral care of pupils is an important aspect of the teacher 's role , parents are expected to play their part , so that if a pupil were to approach a teacher for advice the teacher should , wherever possible , encourage the pupil to seek it from his/her parent whilst at the same time warning the pupil of the risks attached to the pupil 's behaviour . |
| 22 | Most importantly , they have a specific set of connections between their neurons , so that if a cut is made in a set of nerves leading to a muscle , that specific muscle becomes paralysed . |
| 23 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 24 | As Hildyard and Olson put it : ‘ the authority of rhetorical conditions are collapsed onto the truth conditions so that if a statement is true to the facts or to the text itself , that is sufficient condition for its being interpersonally appropriate ’ ( ibid. p. 9 ) . |
| 25 | It is noticeable , however , that a transfer making use of the £3,000 annual exemption is not excluded from the property subject to reservation provisions so that if a donor makes use of his annual exemption and , for instance , retains a benefit then these provisions can apply in the event of the donor 's death . |
| 26 | I am in favour of somewhat greater powers of disposal being given to some of our national museums and galleries so that if an item was clearly surplus to a collection there would be power to dispose of it , provided that the funds realised were reinvested in the acquisition of other , perhaps contemporary material . |
| 27 | The cobbles are slightly greasy , so that if an adventurer runs at maximum rate for any reason he must make a successful I test or slip and fall suffering 1 automatic Wound . |
| 28 | He 'd always admired his superior and never more so than when a victim of his contempt . |
| 29 | But work is a firm bonder , and never more so than when a task is both fascinating and absurdly difficult . |