Example sentences of "is [adj] so [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | They lubricate it with a saliva that is sticky so that the ants adhere to it , and alkaline so that the formic acid of their stings is neutralised . |
2 | If you feel the ‘ fit ’ is wrong so that the relationship is not working well you might need to consider ending it , for there should be a growing sense of ease as you get to know each other . |
3 | The floor is false so that the arrangement of equipment can be changed as required . |
4 | Inactivation of the X chromosome is random so that the early embryo is made up of a mixture of cells in which one or other of the X chromosomes is inactivated . |
5 | As Weiss and Brown ( 1974 ) point out , conditioning occurs when correlations are arranged between pairs of events : excitatory conditioning when there is a positive correlation with the CS predicting the US ; inhibitory conditioning when the correlation is negative so that the CS predicts the omission of the US ( see , e.g. Rescorla 1967 , 1968 ) . |
6 | Thanks to the efforts of the breeders , the stem of triticale is short so that the plant is more rigid in the wind ; grain size and quality are also vastly improved . |
7 | It has discarded lectures , but accepts that familiarity with concepts of the Welfare State is important so that the trainee is not fearful of the information expectations . |
8 | Prior research of the target audience is important so that the message can be drafted in the appropriate register and directed along suitable channels . |
9 | Pre-service training is essential so that the staff know the rules and how to work in a disciplined system . |
10 | Sometimes the relation between brothers-in-law is asymmetrical like that between elder brother and younger brother and sometimes affinity itself is asymmetrical so that the categories " wife-givers " and " wife-takers " are distinct ; but these are technical matters which lie outside the scope of the present discussion . |
11 | The other valve sits in the thick one like a lid , and the whole animal is curved so that the margins of the valves were kept clear of the sediment . |
12 | Instead , it has been argued that exposure to complex sentences is necessary so that the child can adequately test inferences about the relationship between grammatical form and meaning ( Gleitman et al . |
13 | The lower-level subskills involved in word recognition can become automatised through practice , and this is necessary so that the reader 's mind can be left free to attempt alternate integrations in order to calculate the writer 's intended meaning . |
14 | This is necessary so that the barium can pass into the bowel for the X-ray procedure and so that good vision can be obtained through the sigmoidoscope . |
15 | Although revision is necessary so that the schedules remain suitable for classifying new literature , it must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form and applying them . |
16 | This is necessary so that the bill can be accurately discounted . |
17 | The choice of A v is arbitrary so that the expression in parentheses must vanish identically . |
18 | Pupil assessment is continuous so that the child 's future educational needs can be determined . |
19 | Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one . |