Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] so [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have the opportunity to do so when they meet next week , ironically in New Zealand . |
| 2 | The suspended sentence would be activated with the term reduced so as to produce an overall total of 18 months . |
| 3 | ‘ Shut the window , please ’ is said in a situation where the speaker rather expects the hearer to act so as to fulfil a certain sort of wish of his , if he indicates that he has it by an imperative sentence . |
| 4 | Anyone who wants the Ring does so because they are convinced that they could use it in order to destroy Darkness . |
| 5 | Thus , the Act has no effect in the internal workings of children 's hearings : there is no question of ‘ rehabilitation ’ as that term is understood in the Act applying so as to prevent a later children 's hearing exploring the circumstances of an earlier offence or hearing or disposal . |
| 6 | No stronger message could be delivered to Labour headquarters of the need to do so than a Conservative victory on Thursday . |
| 7 | On the other side , to mollify France , it was agreed that British participation in the revamped body would involve the stationing of British troops in West Germany unless a majority of its partners consented to their withdrawal ; however , Britain reserved the right to do so if an emergency situation elsewhere demanded a redeployment of its military forces . |
| 8 | This is concerned with aesthetic aspects and it is not sufficient that the article simply looks pretty or pleasing but the eye-appeal of the article should be such that persons acquiring or using the article do so because of the appearance of articles made to the design . |
| 9 | It said 1,200 of the 1,700 employees that left during the quarter did so after voluntarily accepting severance packages , and it expects more departures as the job-cutting programme spreads to new countries . |
| 10 | To say that a particular department ( or programme ) provides value for money means that those who strive to provide the service do so as best they can , given the resources that are available and the environment within which they operate . |
| 11 | If this is the case , the adjustment is best made with the strings slackened so as to reduce the possibility of damaging the knife edges on the bridgeplate . |
| 12 | The most dramatic feature about the genes mutated so as to cause muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis , however , is that they were discovered by reverse genetics — neither dystrophin nor cystic fibrosis transmembrane receptor were known to exist in the body before they were discovered by Kunkel and Tsui respectively . |
| 13 | The boys contributing to the uproar did so as well , and were rewarded for any unusually telling stroke of humour ( within the tradition-bound schoolboy framework ) by a smirk of appreciation . |
| 14 | All joints were then soldered and smoothed , the tack-heads soldered so as to maintain the water-resistance and airtight quality of the coffin . |
| 15 | Defense officials say they have not yet forbidden any publication , but insist that they possess the power to do so if they choose . |