Example sentences of "own [noun] so [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It is noticeable that parents often react against their own experience so that , for example , if they were brought up in a too restrictive atmosphere with little spoiling , they may spoil and leave their children without enough boundaries and routine .
2 If you play against a particular army a lot then you 'll naturally try to assemble your own force so that it stands the best possible chance against that foe .
3 Instead of questioning the man closely , concealing his own biography so that the other would have as little hold on him as possible , he spilled the tragedy in every unflattering detail .
4 By 1960 the process had achieved its own momentum so that
5 Allow your children to see your own grief so that they grow up with the idea that it is a natural reaction to an unhappy situation .
6 Each additional storey may be given its own roof so that eventually the building looks like a Chinese pagoda .
7 Therefore , a system was introduced which enabled regiments to appoint honorary colonels of their own choosing so that they could speak on their behalf and as a last resort have a direct right to apply to the sovereign in order to make representations on behalf of their unit .
8 In part three next month , we suggest ways of originating your own artwork so that you can design your very own printed circuit boards .
9 ‘ I 've heard how Assassins are trained to dislocate their own limbs and even break their own bones so that they can writhe like snakes through narrow tubes … ’
10 Are the parent birds really putting themselves at risk for their offspring , laying down their own lives so that their young may live ?
11 Parents need help with their own lives so that their children do n't suffer from the unemployment and homelessness that contribute to ill health and an unsafe living environment that too many children have to live with today .
12 We will also help you to understand your own body so that you begin to know what your actual dietary requirements are .
13 Here , it is enough to note that the adoption , largely at Owen 's prompting , by the trade union movement of the strategic objective of organising manufacturing industry in industrial co-operatives , of adopting Co-operation for its own sake so as to make a revolutionary change in the constitutional structure of society , ended almost as soon as it had begun .
14 Studies have been conscious of the work in other disciplines such as the Metropolitan Meteorological Experiment ( METROMEX ) which is based in St Louis ( Chagnon , Huff , Schickedanz and Vogel , 1977 ) and has greatly increased knowledge of atmospheric processes within urban areas and investigations have also led towards applications of knowledge gained from the way in which a city generates its own climate so that Chandler ( 1976 ) in a review of urban climatology in relation to urban design suggested :
15 ‘ Oh , use mine , ’ I said blithely — which , of course , he did , and put the property in his own name so that when he sold it out from under me there would be no legal come-back !
16 All three republics , for instance , had already reformulated Article 6 of their own constitutions so as to end the communist political monopoly .
17 Some horses indulge in this self-orientated activity by biting their own sides or legs , even to the extent of tearing their own flesh so that they bleed .
18 Conservative forces in science and medicine looked for ways of modernizing their own approach so that the intellectual foundations of their authority could be preserved .
19 It consists of two elements : ( i ) domestic rate relief , paid to enable authorities to relieve domestic ratepayers of a certain proportion of their rates ( currently 18.5p in the ) ; ( ii ) block grant , intended to supplement an authority 's own finances so that , irrespective of individual local needs and resources , it can provide a similar standard of service for a similar rate poundage to other authorities of the same class .
20 The four basic types of activity offered in Conversation are : controlled activities to give students confidence and support ; awareness activities to increase students ' sensitivity to what they are aiming at ; fluency activities to give students the practice they need to use English for communication ; and feedback tasks to allow students to reflect on their own performance so that they become aware of areas in which they have to improve .
21 If it 's inherited from an estate that of itself er attracts no tax , so there tax position would only be the income that they received from it would be subject to income tax and it would be added to their own assets so that when they die in due course then they 've inheritance payable there .
22 but I 've put , put my own program so that the
23 R v Stanley ; CA ( Crim Div ) ( Bingham LJ , Ognall , McKinnon JJ ) ; 2 Oct 1989 Where a judge has it in mind to make a compensation order but the possibility has not been raised by counsel , it is the judge 's duty to raise the matter of his own motion so that it may be properly and fairly ventilated .
24 STUDENTS on a part-time MSc computer course to start next year at Kingston Polytechnic will get their own microcomputers so that they can work away from the polytechnic 's classrooms .
25 More than two thousand students use the adult education facilities at the college , which even has it 's own playgroup so that mothers who want to attend classes can bring their babies .
26 You could start your own playgroup so if you want any help or advice contact the Pre-School Playgroup Association ( address opposite ) .
27 For example is there something similar happening in their own country so that they might compare and contrast practice in one country and another ?
28 Every manager has a responsibility towards the organisation as a whole , and must define the activities of his own unit so as to contribute towards achieving the organisation 's objectives .
29 Every manager has a responsibility towards the organisation as a whole , and must define the activities of his own unit so as to contribute towards achieving the organisation 's objectives .
30 The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south .
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