Example sentences of "so that a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 But not all managers are instinctively skilled at handling problem people so that a variety of methods have been evolved to assist with coping with them .
32 There is a self that coheres over time , so that a person p 2 at time t 2 is in some sense identical to the person p 1 at time t 1 .
33 Another possibility is the introduction of more ‘ flexibility ’ so that a person could retire between certain ages and draw a reduced pension .
34 Psychometrically the problem is to develop appropriate descriptive taxonomies so that a person 's actual or potential contribution to an organisation is succinctly expressible .
35 This principle has been extended so that a person who books a holiday on behalf of others , e.g. a husband booking on behalf of himself his wife and children , may obtain damages not only for his own disappointment etc. but also for the disappointment sustained by his wife and children .
36 Additionally the fear may ‘ generalize ’ so that a person becomes afraid of all shops , not just supermarkets , and then cinemas , and then restaurants , and so on .
37 The town itself is peculiarly built , so that a person may live in it for years , and go in and out daily without coming into contact with a working-people 's quarter or even with workers , that is , so long as he confines himself to his business or pleasure walks .
38 Now , however , these risk management features can be separately engineered with a toolkit of financial instruments , so that a borrower can usually raise finance with liability features that closely match what the business needs .
39 construct , so that a request :
40 So much so that a theatre fireman laughed so loud that he fell over , accidentally rang the firebell and brought the curtain down prematurely .
41 However , a firm may treat a client or counterparty as a market counterparty by virtue of its status as a member of a listed category only if : ( 1 ) The investment is of the right kind ; this will mean seeking information in advance from overseas persons as to the kinds of investment they regularly deal in and , if necessary , from exchange members as to the kinds of investment dealt in on the exchange ; ( 2 ) Normally , the firm notifies the client or counterparty in writing in advance that it will be treated as a market counterparty ( so that a notification is essential , except as referred to below ) and he has not told the firm that he does not want to be treated as a market counterparty in relation to the investments concerned .
42 Originally , before universal printing standardised the written language , the educated people in different parts of the country wrote words down in different ways , so that a monk in Whitby might spell as book what one in Ely would spell buk because of local accents .
43 Then , through a series of interpreters , they called for the Nez Perce to cease making war upon other tribes , so that a trading post could be established .
44 Experiments and modern calculations suggest that the Sutton Hoo type boat could average a speed of 3 knots for little more than six hours , so that a crossing of the North Sea from Holland to East Anglia could have been achieved in about 14 days , although if sails were available the time would be considerably less ( Green 1963 ) .
45 For XOOX , on the other hand , the species is the only one that contains a mixture of isotopes , so that a sample made from scrambled dioxygen will give three peaks rather than four , and six peaks .
46 The disclaimer in Smith v Bush , which purported to prevent any duty of care arising was therefore caught by s13 ; however , that part of s13 does not apply to s3 , so that a clause which prevents a duty arising is not necessarily an exclusion for the purposes of s3 .
47 Ashton makes brilliant use of this in his version of the solo , phrasing the steps so that a jump upwards can last three beats followed by two short steps or two beats followed by a long and then a short step .
48 This rule only applies where the specific listed items have some common feature so that a genus can be identified , and it may not apply where the general word precedes the list .
49 The quantities of waste water are often great , so that a treatment plant designed to cope adequately with them may have to be large and therefore expensive to install .
50 This work should start immediately so that a schedule for 1992 can be drawn up .
51 Yes , it is unsaleable at this price of £4914.91 but can be made saleable if the price is adjusted so that a return at the new , higher , current rate of return can be earned .
52 Some of the latter were portable so that a current of air could be allowed to play direct on to the patients ' faces .
53 If the filling-in soil is a little moist , so that a moisture contact is made with the wet soil underneath , there should be no need for further watering .
54 An electronic memory can be fitted , so that a performance can he recorded and later played back .
55 Reg. v. Grant and Hewitt , 12 J.L.R. 585 , although it adds nothing to the established principles , is an example of inconsistent previous statements wrongly withheld by the Crown at the trial but properly , if belatedly , disclosed on appeal , so that a conviction depending on evidence of identification was quashed for want of a fair trial .
56 The gilt-edged market and the foreign exchange market were , and are , influenced by each other , so that a deterioration in the balance of payments tended to produce a weakness in the gilt-edged market .
57 It has been suggested that the supply of slaves dried up and that slaves are by their nature infertile , so that a slave population dies out if not constantly recruited ; but neither proposition can be defended .
58 Alexei leaned a little to one side so that a slave could heap his plate with k'va , the staple grain which was similar to rice .
59 I rotated the nails so that a cheese paring of wax was scoured from the surface of the drum .
60 There are important limitations here so that a guarantee could provide a defence to a manufacturer in respect of damage to property ( personal injury and death being excluded by s2 of UCTA 1977 ) caused by defective goods which is not due to negligence .
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