Example sentences of "they [vb base] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if people mention obstructions I 'll make sure I find out exactly what they mean so that I can identify the threshold of the runway correctly . |
| 2 | Many pilots select the days on which they fly so that the weather is near ideal and not too windy . |
| 3 | There 's quite a lot of things happening on there , we never have it on , but I have had it on and there now , they say so and so 's got something for sale or |
| 4 | All that we are concerned to ensure is that the present applicants have a proper opportunity of obtaining the evidence they seek so that the grave allegations which they make — the very same allegations that troubled this court sufficiently to allow the appellant 's appeal — can be properly tested in the courts . |
| 5 | Sisyrinchium can last up to six weeks when cut , although you must keep removing dead flowers as they die so that the buds at the top will carry on opening . |
| 6 | Then they relax so that the ear returns to maximal sensitivity just in time for the returning echo . |
| 7 | To blend colours on icing , as for instance on a sky background , apply the colours with a paint brush and then , while they are still wet , brush lightly across where they meet so that they merge subtly into each other . |
| 8 | They , too , need to know without delay where they stand so that they can prepare to work in and with the new structures and make their own bids for funds . |
| 9 | He started the car by letting it run downhill — Maxim had insisted they park so that there would be no give-away noise of the starter- and drove steadily for several miles . |
| 10 | As the enemy advances the hand gunners use their ability to change ranks as they fire so that they creep closer to the enemy . |
| 11 | The fact that they do so and produce any results at all in such circumstances says a great deal about the men and women who serve us all in Derbyshire . |
| 12 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 13 | They do so because they are black and black youths tend to identify strongly with other blacks , and because they have achieved visible success and black kids want clues as to how they too might be successful . |
| 14 | They do so because they and their chicks are much safer in a crowd . |
| 15 | Again perfectly good adaptive reasons — they have two pairs of fins for the same reason that sensible aeroplanes , i.e. the aeroplanes that I used to design before people went crazy , have a wing in the front and a tailplane behind , and basically they do so because two surfaces — one in front of the other like that — is the minimum number of surfaces needed if you want to produce a vertical force through any point along your body . |
| 16 | And these are your function keys and what they do so if you ever need to know what to do , F one F one , and it tells all you need to know . |
| 17 | Whether they do so or not depends simply on the decisions which teachers , headteachers , local authority officers and elected members choose to make . |
| 18 | They will also ask The Post Office for a reply to your complaint and all the evidence they have so that the arbitrator can consider both sides of the case . |
| 19 | We need bold headline posters in colour to identify what sections they represent so that we can give our members activist up to date information in advance of other comp competition and other unions . |
| 20 | Most headhunters argue that the candidates who criticise them do so because they , the candidates , have been unsuccessful . |