Example sentences of "so [that] if a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 ? . |
| 4 | Back-up copies of working disks should be made frequently so that if a disk is accidentally damaged , not too much work is lost . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |