Example sentences of "by [art] [noun sg] so [conj] " in BNC.

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1 As an adult , adults such as myself have n't been through the procedure as a young person where your immune system 's been challenged by the vaccine so that you 've developed tetanus antibodies .
2 Experienced solicitors took turns in seeing defendants in custody and those referred to them by the court so that they could advise ( not represent ) an appropriate course of action .
3 As soon as the Shivah days of deep mourning were over , Mrs Neumann converted her small front parlour into a shop selling basic foodstuffs and domestic items and set up a camp-bed for herself in a corner of the kitchen by the range so as to rent out the two attic rooms to lodgers .
4 She shrieked when he went near her with the scissors , and had to be held down by the nurse so that he could take off about twelve inches of her golden curls .
5 Always have a pen and paper by the phone so that you are able to take notes of the conversation .
6 The Group works council volunteered to make collections and their £1,280 was matched by the Company so that a total of £2,560 was donated to the appeal .
7 Occasionally the stall is recognised by the pilot so that a preventative movement can be made before any serious wing-drop has had time to develop .
8 Her hair had been flattened by the storm so that it made Trent think of a squashed astrakan hat .
9 Additionally , Rule 5 — 30(2) requires that in respect of a warrant or derivative , before a firm : ( a ) recommends a transaction ; ( b ) arranges or executes a transaction ( even if it has not recommended it ) ; or ( c ) acts as a discretionary manager ; it must have sent the private customer a Warrants or Derivatives Risk Warning Notice and obtained a copy signed by the customer so that the firm is satisfied that the customer has had a proper opportunity to consider its terms .
10 At the height of the inflation , prices were rising by the hour so that the price of a meal in a restaurant could rise by as much as 25 per cent in the time it took to eat it !
11 He tried to keep the anger at its peak ; he cursed his father , and slammed his fist on the chest by the window so that the photograph of his mother overbalanced and fell on its face .
12 Mrs Wright lifted a vase of flowers that was on a small table by the door so that she could see how much water was in .
13 That is whether a report prepared by an employee valuer without due care and skill is a breach of contract by the society so as to constitute a ground of complaint within paragraph 1 ( a ) Part III to Schedule 12 .
14 As has been said , a decision was made to abandon high-order averaging by the instrument so as to obtain a full record of the variations in measurement .
15 It is tempting to consider that the current legislation and the case law which has arisen under it , provides equivalent protection to that required by the Directive so that no changes need to be made .
16 The same structure can be utilized by the historian so that the writing of history can itself become a disruptive event and consequently a form of political intervention .
17 In the French war of 1294–8 , as we shall see , they could be exploited by the king-duke so that French occupation of the whole of the duchy was effectively prevented .
18 The number of choices , say in box sizes or colours of material , can sometimes be limited by the teacher so that the youngest children are not discouraged from their natural urge to sort .
19 He grabbed her , reaching over to where she sat at the end of the sofa , turning her roughly by the arm so that she had to face him , had to look deep into his angry , ice-blue eyes .
20 He was also alleged to have dragged or thrown their sister by the neck so as to cause bruising to the upper arm and neck .
21 They walked like robots until Doyle yelled , ‘ Stop ! ’ with half his voice whirled away by the wind so that it came to them as a little thread of sound .
22 It was raining outside , a thin veil of rain that was blown by the wind so that it appeared to undulate in the air like gossamer curtains .
23 Sometimes at work I feel I have had enough and I am overwhelmed by the material so that I thirst for meditation which can be a rededication and a balancing of our lives .
24 The fields shone a new green in the sun , and the air which for days had been hazy had been cleaned by the rain so that I could make out the shapes of sheep grazing near the old Coal Road above Cowgill as I walked down the lane .
25 So that by the time so that when you 're out catching elephants you 've already got the the the planning story is straight already as part of your net is that I 've got a planning
26 The interest in question has to relate to the land or building covered by the application so that , for example , an application for a change of use for a third floor does not require notice to be served on anyone with an interest in any of the other floors .
27 He was looking at her , surprised and wary , the olive-toned colours of his subtly pattered shirt and plain pants bleached by the moonlight so that they looked like grey and silver .
28 In the standard paradigm the two communicators are seated at a table opposite one another but separated by a screen so as to restrict communication to the verbal channel .
29 The final changes c and c′ represent viscous flow and can be represented by a dashpot so that the whole model is a four element model — figure 13.5 .
30 I punished him in every way I could think of — I married him to Minnie , gave him children , got him bitten by a vampire so that he grew fangs and finally had him turned into a rat by a wicked witch , a great improvement .
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