Example sentences of "so [that] a [noun sg] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poppy seeds sprinkled on bread as a flavouring have a disconcerting tendency to react chemically in the same way as the extract of the opium poppy , so that a worker could be mistaken for a heroin user because of what he ate for breakfast . |
| 2 | Another possibility is the introduction of more ‘ flexibility ’ so that a person could retire between certain ages and draw a reduced pension . |
| 3 | Alexei leaned a little to one side so that a slave could heap his plate with k'va , the staple grain which was similar to rice . |
| 4 | There are important limitations here so that a guarantee could provide a defence to a manufacturer in respect of damage to property ( personal injury and death being excluded by s2 of UCTA 1977 ) caused by defective goods which is not due to negligence . |
| 5 | Implant of the Omophagea followed , so that a Marine could learn from what he ate , absorbing some memories from the molecules in his meal of beast or sapient enemy . |
| 6 | Southern Railway kept a mule at Spencer Shops whose sole purpose was to get on board a train on Sunday so that a run could be made from Spencer to Goldsboro . |
| 7 | He showed me the cunning way in which Jim Wilson , the ship 's chandler , had hinged the top of the fuselage so that a patient could be lowered into the plane on a stretcher once the second seat had been removed to give the extra length . |
| 8 | Being wise after the event , I realise now that what I should have done was to ask the jury to retire so that a formula could have been discussed and agreed upon , which would have disposed of the matter satisfactorily . |
| 9 | It was like a sentry box , with half doors , so that a regulator could stand inside with the top half open and note the passing of the trams . |
| 10 | In Nichol v Godts ( 1854 ) 10 Exch 191 , a sale of " foreign refined rape oil , warranted only equal to samples " was held to be a sale by description so that a seller could not deliver something which , although equal to sample , could not match the contract description . |