Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It matters to me greatly that we have a reputation for taking these big issues and dealing with them with independence and rigour . |
| 2 | ’ . Again Douglas ( 1966 : 138 ) has suggested there is a liaison which exists between the physical body and its use as an expression of the social , so that one becomes a paradigm for the other : ‘ the [ human ] body is a model which can stand for any bounded system … |
| 3 | The latter is meant for weaving and , if knitted , will make the garment twist so that one knits a parallelogram instead of a square . |
| 4 | It is possible that there may be for instance some appalling typographical gremlin er has crept in to something so that something makes a nonsense . |
| 5 | parish council meeting early so that we get a committee meeting . |
| 6 | But break things down we must so that we get a sense of scale . |
| 7 | So that we hold a window open for . |
| 8 | There is an urgent need for getting out a newsletter — and finding ways of financing it — so that we have an organ of communication with each other . |
| 9 | If the reciprocal roles and activities which occur in a family in the mutual interdependency phase can be sorted out , it enhances the status and well-being of each side , so that we see a grandmother who mends while her daughter does the washing , an old person baby-sits while the young neighbour does shopping . |
| 10 | This will demand continuous study of problems and assessment of trends so that we create a future in harmony with the needs and aspirations of future generations . |
| 11 | Pound the garlic , coriander seeds and black pepper in a mortar so that they form a paste . |
| 12 | The needle and sample are chosen so that they form a thermocouple : a device that produces a voltage if the point at which the two materials meet is hotter than its surroundings . |
| 13 | Then , with delicate movements of his webbed hind feet , toes distended so that they form a fan , he gathers up the eggs and gently spreads them over the female 's back . |
| 14 | The passages were constructed so that they contained a target clause which in one version of a passage formed a sentence on its own and in another version was part of a longer sentence . |
| 15 | ‘ They sent two of our men off — and then they played for an extra ten minutes so that they had a chance to equalise . ’ |
| 16 | The function which modern philosophy seized upon as expressing the vital essence of Mind was that of bringing things together so that they have a bearing upon one another . |
| 17 | After describing the first three , involving speech , reading and writing , the fourth aim was described as being : ‘ to teach pupils about language , so that they achieve a working knowledge of its structure and of the variety of ways in which meaning is made , so that they have a vocabulary for discussing it , so that they can use it with greater awareness , and because it is interesting . ’ |
| 18 | so that they have a sense of ownership of the decisions that they will have to implement . |
| 19 | 1 Pass round all the stories so that everyone has a chance to read them all . |
| 20 | A sense of adventure remained with Sara for the next few days , a sense of adventure tempered with trepidation , so that she had a sensation of flying high . |
| 21 | Then he actually made a paper aeroplane so that she had an example in front of her that she can look at to see what she is aiming for . |
| 22 | He lay down on her and penetrated her again so that she gave a cry of relief . |
| 23 | The more determinedly she hunts for confirmatory details the more the sources and scale of her information multiply , so that she reaches a stage of nervous exhaustion from sheer overload . |
| 24 | Widmark had recently joined John Ford 's repertory company and so Wayne , who was producing and directing as well as starring as Davy Crockett , was delighted when Widmark accepted the role of Jim Dowie — so much so that he took an ad in the Hollywood Reporter reading ‘ Welcome aboard , Dick . ’ |
| 25 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 26 | Each of these was then further subdivided so that he had a total of thirty-eight — each group corresponding to one of the thirty-eight remedies which he subsequently discovered . |
| 27 | Would it not be more like Satan to shoot a dart into the dreams of an unsuspecting person , so that he foresees a plane crash without any hope of helping or saying the situation ? |
| 28 | ‘ If Neil decides to go it is very important that the Labour Party shows that it can arrive in agreement on a new leader quickly so that he has a summer in which to establish his authority . ’ |
| 29 | As in unregistered conveyancing it is probably advisable that the husband keeps a duplicate or certified copy of the transfer to the wife so that he has a record of the terms of indemnity given to him by the wife . |
| 30 | ‘ He has no compassion and actually encourages his wife to have an affair with Mellors so that he has an heir to his estate . |