Example sentences of "[adv] that [pron] [modal v] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We took pains to get to the front of the queue for the evening meal so that we would be in time for the start of the picture . |
| 2 | We came here so that we could be in control of our own lives and not tangled up with anyone else . |
| 3 | ‘ Rourke , ’ she said carefully , ‘ it 's cold out here , and I 'd be grateful if you 'd make a start in clearing up so that we can be on our way . ’ |
| 4 | Can I say finally Chairman , that I will be instigating a er a request er I shall be requesting I should say perhaps to the director of education that erm the three party spokesman on the management committee and all those officers who will be involved in implementing this decision will get together at the earliest and I 'm citing possibly next week so that we can be on our way to plan the next step forward to a concrete implementation of this particular proposal . |
| 5 | Initiating pupils into theology is an essential part of RE , so that they may be on the wavelength of the major religions and be able — if they wish — to use their language and outlooks to make sense of their own personal experience . |
| 6 | They had decided to pray to Jesus , asking that they could die too so that they could be with their Mum who they missed so much . |
| 7 | It is our hope that parents will also be encouraged to read about new ideas in teaching children with special needs so that they can be in a better position to work in partnership with teachers on the basis of an informed and critical understanding of current difficulties and developments . |
| 8 | He assumes that Nick is , you people are rearranging my genes , so that everyone will be like everyone else . |
| 9 | In our part of the world we keep up the brave talk for the sake of the image of the region , so that there may be at least some inward investment and so that those industrialists , small business , training centres , local enterprises and cooperatives which are struggling so hard to make a go of it , will not be discouraged from at least having a go , but there is n't much hope and conviction really . |
| 10 | I suppose that it was filmed where it was so that she 'll be in it . |
| 11 | If , as is the case in most households , only one room can be spared for her , it will be greatly to everyone 's advantage if it is big enough to take her bed , wardrobe and dressing-table , and other necessary items of furniture plus two comfortable armchairs and a television set and radio , so that she can be on her own when she likes , with her favourite programmes ( which may not always be yours ) and able to entertain a friend in the privacy of her own small domain when she wants to , with familiar things around her which help her to preserve her identity and links with the past . |
| 12 | He must have a full knowledge of the local Bye-laws , local Acts of Parliament and Standing Orders of the council , so that he may be in a position at any time to advise the local authority on their functions and powers . |
| 13 | IN THE 1920s when John was regularly crossing the world to finalize his deals , he always arranged that every trip ended in New York so that he might be with his darling Mary Read . |
| 14 | I only knew because he 's had to change his shifts at Conway House a couple of times so that he could be with her after her chemotherapy sessions . ’ |
| 15 | She married Roger , and they now live in leafy north-west London so that he can be near the cricket at Lord 's . |
| 16 | Did you do it so that you could be with me ? " |
| 17 | The flight is conveniently timed so that you can be in one of the many resorts surrounding Innsbruck by lunchtime . |
| 18 | Then I got myself dressed so that I 'd be in a fit state when the ambulance men arrived . |
| 19 | I recreate the absent proprietor ’ , he says in The Thief 's Journal ( p. 129 ) ; and in a 1975 interview : ‘ I would like the world , and pay attention to the way I 'm saying it , I would like the world not to change so that I can be against the world ’ ( Gay Sunshine Interviews , 79 ) . |
| 20 | I started going to Mass so that I could be with my wife . |
| 21 | What is needed is some mechanism for enforcement of the agreement , so that it would be in no one 's interest to break it . |
| 22 | Erm so that it would be in our view desirable that the level of provision for York was that which was realistic to er to accommodate , in this case it appears to be thirty three hectares and that the er the a additional element should be located in in or between the other districts in the Greater York area . |
| 23 | You may need to do a complete revision of an existing pedagogical grammar , so that it may be of greater use for the language learning programmes of your colleagues . |
| 24 | Among the free churches there is no set system of redundancy procedure as there is for the Anglican Church , so that it may be for officials from the local congregation to decide if and how to dispose of vacant church property . |
| 25 | Each week , an average of 50,000 tons of food and material was brought up and some 90,000 men transported in one direction or the other , for Petain 's policy was to rotate his troops so that none should be in the ‘ cauldron of fire ’ for long . |
| 26 | If he needed to be questioned again it was right that it should be at home and with his parents present . |
| 27 | It 's when you move from that to communicating domestically that you may be in trouble . ’ |
| 28 | There below you , so far away that it might be in Derbyshire , was a single toytown rooftop . |
| 29 | Campaigners against a proposed waste disposal complex in Renfrew are hopeful tonight that they may be within sight of winning their battle . |
| 30 | Not that it would be at all necessary , she reassured herself as she felt a sudden burst of fright . |