Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They cut , and the actress scrambled up and examined her knees ; a woman from Wardrobe ran up and gave her a change of mack , and bent to apply panstick to her hands where they had been dirtied by the wrecker's-yard floor ; she checked her hose and brushed her hair and the actress shook her head slowly from side to side so that it fluffed . |
| 2 | b ) This permits the blade to be moved from side to side so that it can be made parallel with the sole . |
| 3 | A year later , I received a letter inviting me to lunch so that I could come and see his garden . |
| 4 | The final two components in' any system of formal management control involve measuring the resources consumed and reporting thereon to management so that they can investigate adverse variances and initiate corrective action . |
| 5 | I think it it it 's been suggested that er in s in some way that the employment aspect of the new settlement w would in some way prejudice erm regional objectors in in terms of Leeds regardment and I really just wanted to flag up that that I ca n't accept that , given the scale of development that that 's proposed . |
| 6 | Back home , he dreamt , he filled the whole flat with buckets of earth , even filled soup dishes and the kettle and the wineglasses with soil , and spent hours watering them and moving them carefully around every day , carrying them from room to room so that they would be struck in turn by whatever sunshine came in through the different windows at different times of the day , making sure they were kept warm . |
| 7 | Our aim is to transport goods from site to site so that requirements are fulfilled from the stocks available at other sites . |
| 8 | However , in two important respects the Misrepresentation Act 1967 has removed some bars to rescission so that s1 provides that , whether or not the representation has become a term of the contract , or that the contract has been fully performed , the right to the rescission remedy is not lost . |
| 9 | In a third serving of a bankruptcy notice in 1911 , Wilson claimed not only that the Federation had inspired the plaintiff , a seaman called Nielsen , to take the action , but that they had moved the plaintiff from place to place so that he could not be found , making it impossible to discharge the union 's debt to him . |
| 10 | It 's an alternative path to safety so that , when the obvious path is blocked , you can still get away . |
| 11 | You may have to handicap so that the same group does n't always win ; for instance , some children find one word , while others find another . |
| 12 | Project topics should be organised by the tutor prior to presentation so that a logical sequence can be developed , aiding discussion by the total group . |
| 13 | There seems to be a feeling that labour supply ought to be very sensitive to taxation so that the disincentive effects of income taxation are large . |
| 14 | For their own safety they should stand back to back so that they have a completely free field of fire over 180 degrees each . |
| 15 | Although the Shorter Oxford Dictionary says that it means that the person has drunk ‘ intoxicating liquor to an extent which affects steady self-control , ’ it is arguable that the person must have taken intoxicating liquor to excess so that he has lost the power of self control . |
| 16 | Maxwell still thinks he can run this himself , pay up and leave with his daughter rather than keep his money and have the case come to court so that his affairs might have to be examined — that could cost him more than the ransom . |
| 17 | As my hon. Friend will know , an agreement dating back to November last year provides for the Forestry Commission to offer land to local authorities prior to disposal so that an agreement can be reached with regard to access . |
| 18 | In traditional moral thought hypocrisy , like lying , has always been detested as a sin against the fundamental principle of human communication , namely that language was given to mankind so that we may express our thoughts and feelings openly , honestly . |
| 19 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |
| 20 | Part of the process of whisky production includes converting the starch in the grain to sugar so that fermentation and ultimately distillation can take place . |
| 21 | BS 5750 is simply a method of formalizing the approach to manufacturing so that casual and ad hoc practices are outlawed . |
| 22 | The man told me to daughter so that they I was being kidnapped . |
| 23 | [ 13 ] showed that although the dissociation from poly(dG-dC) is completely described by a single exponential , the time constant varies according to the starting ratio of drug to DNA so that the dissociation becomes slower at higher occupancy . |
| 24 | I wanted to say , as I believed , that the consul was an English person of good sense with a proper grasp of facts , but I was too well brought up to state unequivocally that all foreigners , including Nour , were superstitious and given to exaggeration and unnecessary alarms . |
| 25 | ‘ I was so astonished that I 've been waiting until people started to come to church so that I could show somebody and you 're the first and most suitable . |
| 26 | The drawing suggests a physical barrier to communication so that as the two parties approach they slide past each other . |
| 27 | Switch the camcorder back to record mode , check the white balance and set the focus to auto so that you can concentrate all your attention on the picture . |
| 28 | Hang it horizontally and be careful to stick it precisely edge to edge so that no bulge will show through the paper proper . |
| 29 | It 's a lot neater and we 've cut the door down to size so that |
| 30 | The next stop is to try and determine the best arrangement of the components on the board , and it often helps if at least the major parts ( large transformers , relays etc. ) are to hand so that the designer can visualise the arrangement of the components . |