Example sentences of "[adv] that [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I still rate the Alembics , though , and below that I would say carbon graphite models , in terms of longevity and playing consistency . |
| 2 | It was enough that he should receive food and shelter most nights ; many of his family had not been so lucky . |
| 3 | Auguste Comte , the so-called ‘ founder ’ of sociology , who stressed the adoption of a scientific method of analysing society so that we might improve society through a thorough understanding of it , summed up in his famous phrase , ‘ To know , to predict , to control . ’ |
| 4 | Pat is also establishing good working relationships with the organising bodies of sport , particularly the CCPR , Regional and National Sports Councils , so that we may take advantage of all the contacts and expertise at their disposal . |
| 5 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews expresses Christian confidence in this way : ‘ Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence , so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need . ’ |
| 6 | Well the reason why we were attracted to it was of course the very point that that they would translate the disks for nothing , we would n't have to type out the register , and they would also add the telephone numbers without us having to look them all up so that we could do telephone canvassing . |
| 7 | Firstly , we are offering a family the diagnosis of a lethal untreatable disorder in an apparently healthy baby ; secondly , the protocol was designed so that we could modify practice in the light of experience ; and , thirdly , families should have choice at every stage from the initial screening test to a confirmed diagnosis . |
| 8 | The Sister Constance , who was the then the principal sister there she let us have the field so we got entertainment laid on we invited a celebrity , I think our first celebrity was erm I think it was Lord and Lady and then each time we had a different one , we had entertainment the whole time we started , about half past two and then we had entertainment until six then we had an interval then we had entertainment till twelve o'clock I even took my piano down onto the field so that we could have music . |
| 9 | We wrote to oh I do n't know how many stars for articles that they wish to give so that we could raise money by them . |
| 10 | No you have to get a bucket of water and flush it with a bucket , what we did have on the sink in the brew house was a a , a about a couple of foot square and on the top of that was an old pump handle , well that water used to drain all the rainwater from the roof all rainwater from the roof used to drain into that well that was sunk in the brewers , so that we could pump water out of the little well , so that we could have soft water for doing the washing , rainwater , otherwise it meant going to the standpipe in the , out in the yard to get your water for washing . |
| 11 | I have a meeting with a software house at ten thirty , Mike is coming in at three thirty to talk about the new book , and tonight 's one of the nights when Yvonne is teaching , so I have to be home by a reasonable hour , so that we can exchange car keys and padlock keys and that sort thing . |
| 12 | We patients must be told the unpalatable facts so that we can exert pressure on those who really are responsible for prolonging our pain . |
| 13 | I hope that he will be speedy with it so that we can make progress and that he will not read from the document before him . |
| 14 | What we can do is attempt to get hold of the rules of the game so that we can make sense of a game as it is played . |
| 15 | So that we can make money . |
| 16 | But it 's it 's about about doing that and about being able to practice and use these skills and techniques so that we can improve performance . |
| 17 | What a good idea to build us a new housing estate so that we can pay property tax ! |
| 18 | The British Rail chairman , Sir Bob Reid , said last night : ‘ We have contacted Mr Knapp for urgent discussions and BR management are meeting him tomorrow with a view to finding a way through this so that we can avoid disruption to passengers . |
| 19 | I think one of the things that has to be addressed is not " who does this belong to ? " but " what is the basis for a common approach ? " so that we can get a common assessment policy so that we can get reassessment whenever it 's required , so that we can get packages of care devised that are appropriate to the needs of people and so on . |
| 20 | ‘ The hospice now needs to be furnished , so that we can provide respite for up to 15 patients a day . |
| 21 | We also intend bridging to the other main RBGE network , so that Garden staff in Edinburgh , Dawyck , Younger , Logan , and other potential external sites may access the library catalogue , and so that we can provide library users with access to the plant record database . |
| 22 | We must be constantly vigil and keep a sharp look out for new issues which need to be put on our agenda , so that we can keep pace with the changes that affect our members and organization . |
| 23 | More formally , if equations ( 3.6 ) — ( 3.8 ) are the ‘ truth ’ and we carry out an ordinary least-squares regression of C t on Y t , as shown in equation ( 3.9 ) , then , assuming that we have a very large sample so that we can use population variances in place of sample variances , our estimator of will tend to the conventional formula : where is the covariance between C and Y and is the variance of Y. |
| 24 | But we had various versions of M1 , but we did n't ever get rid of the first version , so we could , the one that Suzannah did and then the one that I changed , and then the one that the Committee changed , all exist so that we can back track what we actually did . |
| 25 | While they were at the mercy of erratic weather or changes in the migration routes of reindeer , so that they might suffer famine from time to time , they were generally well fed , more or less comfortably adapted to their environment , and enjoyed a surplus of resources sufficient to allow expenditure of time on the decoration of clothing and utensils on story-telling and dancing . |
| 26 | They had even packed up further provisions in the picnic basket Brian had happened to bring , so that they would have sustenance to help them on their way : Taunton , Wellington , Tiverton . |
| 27 | It is essential that these councils are set up as soon as possible so that they may start work on all the detailed arrangements and consultations that will be necessary if a smooth transition to the new funding system is to be ensured . |
| 28 | Many of the new middle class girls ' schools sought to show that they took the problem of adolescent development seriously by appointing doctors to safeguard the welfare of their charges , and until well into the twentieth century pupils attending the Girls ' Public Day School Trust schools , the first of which opened in 1872 , went to school only in the mornings so that they should avoid strain and be allowed to be at home with their mothers in the afternoons . |
| 29 | He invited Gerald Thomas and Peter Rogers to come and see the show — mainly so that they could watch Lance Percival at work . |
| 30 | She and her boyfriend , Mark Evans are accused of hiring Norman White from Gloucester for £30,000 , intending that he should kill Ivor Stokle and Pauline Leyshon , so that they could collect insurance money on Mr Stokle 's life . |