Example sentences of "so that [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But broadcasting costs are more volatile than other costs and also rise at a faster rate so that even a licence fee increase which keeps up with general costs is an actual real decrease in its total value .
2 Yes , he knew his face was finely made , his forehead broad , his gaze haunting , his lips sculpted so that even a sneer looked fetching on them , but he needed a living mirror to tell him so .
3 Nevertheless , skin care assumes considerable importance in the woman 's mind , so that even a secondary association can be a significant one .
4 Always the demand is for ‘ practical ’ skills , while academic analysis remains a despised pastime , so that even the Superintendents ' Association ( the equivalent of the Police Federation for the lower ranks ) has similarly denied any place for intellectualism for its members .
5 Ironically , the first three months of 1992 were the wettest in the this part of the country for many years , so that even the flowers in the desert , just a few miles inland , burst into bloom .
6 So much so that even the duties of an under-butler are now beyond his capabilities .
7 The recipes in the Walking Diet are easy to follow and quickly prepared , so that even the busiest people have a chance to cook mouth-watering food that is full of goodness and at the same time is low in fat .
8 To this general appreciation of functional variety in language , the pluralist adds the idea that language is intrinsically multifunctional , so that even the simplest utterance conveys more than one kind of meaning .
9 And it has been well established that some animals , such as pigs , are capable of completely consuming animal bones , along with other kitchen waste , so that even the sample of animal bones from a site may not give a true picture of diet .
10 Sean Foley 's story of scorched earth and blazing passions is sprinkled with a generous dose of comedy , so that even the blackest moments raise a laugh .
11 They were kept waiting for just a couple of minutes — ‘ While Mr Magill completes a call ’ in a cool-warm windowless reception area soundproofed so that even the loudest complaint about a bill would come out as a hushed croak then ushered through into an office that was almost straight from Charles Dickens .
12 The medium carries the paint evenly , so that just a touch of colour can be introduced to the medium to make a transparent glaze layer .
13 Most servicing valves have an internal ball with a hole through it , so that just a quarter of a turn is needed to move the valve from fully open to fully closed .
14 In the horse , the digits have been progressively reduced so that just the central core carries the load and the two adjacent ones are present as splints — remnants of the digits that once were there .
15 4/Dry brushing needs practice , so that just the right amount of colour is on the brush and a controlled amount is leaving it on contact with the paper .
16 Like shape , scale can not be correct over the whole map , but some map projections can be constructed so that either the lines of latitude or the lines of longitude , or certain lines of latitude and longitude , have the scale correct .
17 This word anamnesis meant the past invading the present , so that here the past was relived and appropriated .
18 Indeed it was still argued that determined efforts should be made towards monetary union so that eventually a common currency could be issued by a European central bank .
19 If you have an even number of needles , after two rows every needle has been knitted once ; whereas if you have an odd number of stitches , then the same needles have been knitted on both rows and will go on being knitted on subsequent rows so that eventually the carriage jams .
20 Each additional storey may be given its own roof so that eventually the building looks like a Chinese pagoda .
21 Both effects diminish the energy received so that eventually the signals are undetectable .
22 That is , in periods of high unemployment , the government would expand aggregate demand : this would reduce the unemployment but at the same time tend to create inflationary pressure so that eventually the government would have to reduce aggregate demand again .
23 One reason why farm workers ' wages remain so comparatively low is that the demand for labour within agriculture has been declining as a result of mechanization-Indeed , the prospect of more expensive labour has often been sufficient to stimulate farmers to engage in a further round of mechanization so that both the supply and the demand for labour have chased each other down in an ever-decreasing spiral .
24 Larger and smaller weights than the gram are built up exactly as they were in the system of length measurement , so that again the table of weights follows the place values of number and decimals .
25 Yeah , it 's very contained , as well so that probably the heat stayed
26 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 .
27 ( viii ) Finally , the terms under which economic development can be undertaken by new States have been radically changed , so that today the programme of economic liberation has become separated from that of political freedom .
28 Rain and rivers eroded the soft sandstones that had filled the lagoon basin , scouring them away so that today the reefs are exposed once more , high and dry , facing not the sea but desert covered with clumps of spinifex grass and stunted mulga trees .
29 Similarly , in taking a feminist perspective in her youth work , Jenny Ball was aware that considerable care needed to be exercised so that neither the work nor her position became vulnerable .
30 The practical approach therefore is to group users and potential users so that firstly the members of each group require the same information and secondly the number of groups is manageable .
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