Example sentences of "and [verb] so [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Instructions to the boundary commissioners were revoked and amended so that they would be able to consider economic interest as well as population and community in the drawing up of the new constituencies ; this was regarded as vital by the Unionists , for it seemed likely that the merging of the small boroughs into the county constituencies would take away the last of the agricultural seats .
2 It 's for you to study and peruse so that you
3 We instruct without formal RYA courses at Paxos , Porto Heli and Cannigione so that we do n't hinder the flexibility of these holidays too much .
4 Wherever possible assemblies and subassemblies must be specified and designed so that they can be inspected and tested as separate items independently of the remainder of the product .
5 Wherever possible assemblies and subassemblies must be specified and designed so that they can be inspected and tested as separate items independently of the remainder of the product .
6 Both pan supports are also vitreous enamelled , and designed so that it 's easier to slide pans over them .
7 Only one of them , the Labyrinth at Knossos , was restored and repaired so that it could continue to use after 1470 , and it was more or less completely abandoned some ninety years later after a major fire .
8 This may arise when there are excesses in the diet or when the digestive system is upset and weakened so that it can not fully break down the food for the body to use .
9 It requires acting out the change in one 's own being and conduct so that it can take effect in the appropriate sphere .
10 ( ii ) Pupils should be taught how to respond to the way information is structured and presented so that they are able to identify key points .
11 Det Sgt Stimpson said : ‘ She searches him every time he comes home or goes out , and she keeps his bedroom bare of the usual toys and clutter so that she can see at a glance whether he has hidden any stolen property . ’
12 In time , plants were domesticated and selected so that they differ greatly from their wild ancestors , some so much so that their ancestors can not now be recognized .
13 He took another head punch before ducking under Elliott 's arm and turning so that they passed one another , Culley clubbing with laced fingers .
14 The oral shield is a rounded rhombic to pentagonal shape ; often the proximal angle is acute and produced so that it almost separates the adoral shields .
15 The man was close-shaved , wore the scent of deodorant , and Holly was stubble-bearded and stank so that he himself could know the foulness .
16 The idea that the Renaissance could be named , classified , described , and interpreted so that it was rendered readily comprehensible within some generalised scheme of the humanities was no longer a clearly defined process .
17 The sword was evidently the token of gift in a ceremony perhaps similar to that in which King Edgar granted privileges to Glastonbury by placing on the altar an ivory horn , which he ordered to be cut in half and preserved so that it could be offered as testimony in future .
18 It 's flying fast but approaching incredibly slowly — it 's pressing itself towards me and waving and kicking so that I 'm getting bruised all over .
19 It is rolled into a pellet and fastened to the end of the needle and lit so that it smokes .
20 Detecting 10 pg of anything is taxing , and doing so when it is effectively ‘ contaminated ’ with a million-fold excess of somewhat similar DNA fragments is even harder .
21 Well unfortunately we were scheduled to have a meeting erm something like ten days ago and then two or three of the key people had to drop out so I cancelled the meeting because obviously we want the people there who were going to actually get the thing up and running so that we can formulate a first public meeting and I would like erm , you know , now , to establish a working party but again a number of the people who one would expect to be on it are not here and it 's slightly awkward .
22 It was a large Victorian family kitchen , and looked so when it was empty or when only Mrs Beavis was there .
23 92 per cent of students provided their names and addresses so that they might be contacted for a follow-up postal survey planned for Spring 1985 ( 571 students ) .
24 I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police .
25 Adults and children spend time learning to read and write so that they may recover and renew what is best even though it is all sadly threatened again by those who destroyed it a generation ago .
26 There are identifiable skills which the teacher knows and which need to be explained to the children and practised so that they are well equipped for life .
27 After a year at training college to qualify as a teacher , he had two years at a comprehensive school in St Neots , Hunts. , but he wanted to achieve much more as a music teacher and did so when he became assistant director at Sevenoaks .
28 Charioteers traditionally carry the deadly Singing Blade , a glaive-like weapon cunningly carved and pierced so that it shrieks as it is swung .
29 He shakes his head and I get a shiver , remembering just that gesture of his , repeated and repeated so that it became like a nervous tic after a while , back in Strathspeld , after Clare 's funeral in ‘ 89 ; a gesture of disbelief , refusal , non-acceptance .
30 Later in the twelfth century Vladimir became the capital and leading city of the area and continued so until it succumbed to the Tartars .
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