Example sentences of "and [adj] so that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the first triticale was far too tall and weak so that it ‘ lodged ’ ( is flattened ) in a storm , and kernels in contact with the earth soon rotted . |
| 2 | Oh yes quite so and if they 're doing well they really , local people really get behind them , but they , they 've prom in previous seasons they they 've promised so much and then fell away at the end that people have got a bit disillusioned and discontented so that , but like last year when they were doing well in the cup they erm at Watford I mean loads of people went to see them . |
| 3 | Its end is both sticky and muscular so that a toad can use it first to grasp a worm or a slug and then to carry it bodily back to the mouth . |
| 4 | Only the grip of his hand on her arm joined their bodies together , yet the union seemed complete and total so that she was no longer a separate entity . |
| 5 | May we be helpful and reliable so that other people can trust in us and find our friendship valuable . |
| 6 | The atmosphere filters out most of the gamma and X-radiation so that the amount reaching ground level from space is virtually zero , and astronomers who seek to measure these short-wave radiations must send their telescopes into space . |
| 7 | The church is high and light so that the vista from narthex to eastern apse is clear and uninterrupted . |
| 8 | I think it was copied from Victoria , Victoria had a lot of influence upon women obviously , she had a lot of children ; women too , women , apart from the fact there was no effective contraception , it was the duty of woman to bear a lot of children so that they could carry on the line , which was also why woman had to be very chaste and pure so that man could be sure that the son that she produced was actually his legitimate heir . |
| 9 | ‘ It can become over-bureaucratic and ritualistic so that the words and the jargon take over . |
| 10 | The matrix is designed to be flexible and adaptable so that it can readily be adjusted to respond to needs identified by users . |
| 11 | The result of his planning so far is what he calls ‘ the R&D Initiative for the NHS ’ — something that he recognises must be visible and simple so that he can present it ‘ succinctly ’ to boardrooms and to nonspecialist health professionals , such as managers . |
| 12 | It was felt by many politicians and officials that local government , in its recent form , was slow and inept so that the departments dealing with local authorities either developed a mass of controls to enable them to watch over local authorities or actually withdrew services from the local authorities . |
| 13 | In principle it is impossible because skills are by their nature totally integrated and interactive so that they can not meaningfully be separated into independent parts . |
| 14 | The colour of the team 's socks , until 1927 black with thin red and white stripes , was altered to a more distinctive blue and white so that the players could recognize their colleagues more easily without looking up . |
| 15 | Most of the pages in the book have been specially designed in black and white so that children can fill in and complete the illustrations themselves . |
| 16 | Plumage pinkish-cinnamon ; tail and rounded wings strongly barred black and white so that in flight looks like huge round-winged black and white moth . |
| 17 | It appeared exactly the same — its walls hung with innumerable paintings , prints and photographs , their frames dull with years , their glass wavy and opaque so that the subjects had lost whatever initial impact they had and were now just pictures collecting dust . |
| 18 | May we be caring and considerate so that other people trust us and feel proud to have us for friends . |
| 19 | Okay , so what we 're looking at over these two days and what in order for you to be able to say yes we 've achieved the objectives er by tomorrow is how to use that time that we have to prepare to the most er efficient and effective so that e the preparation you know when you 've prepared it that yes when I stand up to speak I 'm gon na be able to put these points over effectively and make the presentation memorable . |
| 20 | She would take home something special and beautiful so that she would not remember the Côte d'Azur only for the bad things . |
| 21 | Look for drive bays of both sizes , 3.5-inch and 5.25-inch so that you can fit extra peripherals such as CD-ROM , or another hard or floppy drive . |
| 22 | It was , in fact , a much beamier vessel than the police ship , the hull fining up sharply towards bow and stern so that both fore and aft her deep , strong wedge-shape would cause the ice to squeeze her upwards in the event of her being caught in a series of pressure ridges . |
| 23 | Similar rules may be constructed to examine the operation of processes of lengthening and rounding so that it is possible ( for example ) to compare in the two communities the distribution of vowel length in four phonetic environments ( see J. Milroy et al. |
| 24 | The wind was now veering round towards the stern quarter and increasing so that 4th-placed Herst/Stafford of Canada in the second semi capsized 20m from the line and lost their final place . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And it is wise to spend time getting it smooth and level so that all the bolt holes in a prefabricated building line up correctly . |
| 27 | The types of information required will tend to be unpredictable and unstructured so that database access will need to be flexible . |
| 28 | The covers are being produced at the moment and I have asked Margaret Lockhart at CPU to get estimates for copying the contents and combining with the cover and binding so that this can be done a.s.a.p after the September Social Work Committee . |
| 29 | Motability has arranged special schemes with motor manufacturers , wheelchair manufacturers , insurance brokers , and other so that today a variety of schemes can be offered which not only help disabled people become mobile but also give them a chance to be truly independent . |
| 30 | May we be open and honest and trustworthy so that other people are never afraid of getting close to us and need never be afraid of us hurting them . |