Example sentences of "and [adv] so that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved more heavily and slowly so that often they had to pause to allow him to keep up , and they rested for his sake more often than they would otherwise have done . |
| 2 | The Crown accepted that the income of the settlement arose or accrued to the three trustees jointly and not jointly and severally so that none of them was entitled , in law , separately to any particular share or fraction of the income . |
| 3 | It overlooked the street , it was too hot , and the people on the other side of the wall had been watching the hotel 's cable channel late and loud so that he 'd had to go around and hammer on their door . |
| 4 | The king was determined and rightly so that his collection , now the property of his former subjects , should reflect Chinese rather than European taste . |
| 5 | Once the execution history has been generated , TPM allows the program to be stepped or run forward and backwards so that the programmer can see exact details of the run . |
| 6 | Picking up her tray without the fruit and cake she had planned to take , Belinda left the cafeteria line with tight lips and stiffened shoulders , but , before she had gone very far , Deana had caught up to her , grabbing her upper arm roughly and painfully so that her hot dinner spilled on to the tray and splashed her wrist . |
| 7 | Richie had deployed half a dozen of his tried and trusted Hazards Limited operatives to look after Royalbion plant and installations both onshore and offshore so that he and Patrick could be free to hold a watching brief at the Million Sterling Tournament . |
| 8 | Improving the communication system between school and home so that all parents have the opportunity to develop a positive image of their child 's school . |
| 9 | These ulcers heal spontaneously and rapidly so that seven days after their induction the ulcer area was usually reduced to about 30% of its initial size . |
| 10 | Expertly his hands began their slow , feverish exploration of her bare skin , tormenting as they sought to inflame her further and further so that she forgot everything but the pleasure he could bring her . |
| 11 | Leeds switched tactics slightly and brought Kelly in more and more so that West ham were being skinned on both wings . |
| 12 | In September 1938 , when I was sixteen , I went back to my native country for a holiday ; partly because 1 wanted to see my friends in štanjel , and partly so that I could visit my uncles , aunts and cousins on my mother 's side of the family in Mavhinje . |
| 13 | She ate quickly , partly because she was so used to eating alone now that it seemed more a practicality than a pleasure , and partly so that the servants might have their own dinner at leisure in the kitchen . |
| 14 | The occupational therapist 's role usually includes advising on suitable types of clothing for the patient , partly to make dressing simple and practical , and also so that the clothing chosen is helpful in the process through which the patient relearns to dress himself . |
| 15 | I 'm afraid I 'd have to rewire this guitar in a more commonsense manner , so the toggle switch points towards the set of controls in use ( that 's the key , I think ) , and also so that the volumes sit fore and the tones aft , the way Gibsons and Fenders do . |
| 16 | This was to encourage people to work through until their department moved and also so that R.S. left the impression of being a caring employer with those who chose redundancy . |
| 17 | RIGHT Reconstructions of finds are often done so that they can be better understood , studied and recorded , and also so that they are more meaningful when put on display . |
| 18 | This is to ensure that the gully does not get blocked by leaves and other debris and also so that the action of the water gushing into the gully is to clean it . |
| 19 | Europe has to fulfil its own environmental responsibilities for its own sake and also so that the Third World can develop without irreversible damage to the global environment . |
| 20 | One of the interesting things that I do is go every so often and talk to groups of British civil servants who are going to spend some of them a week some of them up to six weeks on an exchange visit erm with the French civil service , in an attempt to learn a certain amount erm about how the system works , both so that they will be able to understand more easily when it comes to joint erm ventures , joint matters , joint policies , what the other side is doing and the pressures within which it 's operating , and also so that sometimes they may be able to learn things , and pick up useful tips and hints about the way to handle a particular problem . |
| 21 | If we said , like , if we , every second month say or every third month , then we , we knew we were going to have a speaker , we could the time before we could then do the business more thoroughly and carefully so that the month of the speaker we could just go through it very quickly . |
| 22 | In thermodynamics a reversible process is one that is carried out infinitely slowly and carefully so that it is virtually in a state of balance at all times . |
| 23 | It is vitally important that the line chosen is correct and straight so that the horse has a chance to assess each problem . |
| 24 | They were both still and quiet , looking at a toad in the rough grass on the bank ; its body was swollen , its legs stiff and straight so that it stood high on its toes , looking like a little table . |
| 25 | It was about their last overall assertion of authority , and was carried out smoothly and simultaneously so that the Indonesians were unable to reply . |
| 26 | John , like Clement , worked hard to secure the king at home and abroad so that he might one day embark on the crusade : the barons , the Scots , and the French were all pressured by John on Edward 's behalf . |
| 27 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 28 | The object of these exercises was sometimes to try and get a change of policy , sometimes to indicate alarm should certain lines of policy be carried further and sometimes so that the critics can signal their feelings to sections of the party outside Parliament ( Left-wing MPs , for instance , use this method to get support in the annual elections to the National Executive Committee of the party from activists in the constituencies ) . |
| 29 | And then , his right hand , rising to undo the buttons of her high-collared black dress , his other arm unconsciously straining her to him , closer and closer so that she could feel his arousal brought on a memory so dreadful to McAllister , a memory which she had fought against for months — and fear suddenly won the battle . |
| 30 | The other thing to avoid is swaying backward and forward so that you are alternately bellowing and whispering , fading out or disappearing entirely at intervals like a badly tuned radio station ! |