Example sentences of "so that if " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rather shy students must be encouraged to shout the launching orders clearly and loudly , so that if they need to shout ‘ stop ’ , they do not hesitate because they are reluctant to raise their voice . |
| 2 | Some smoke alarms can be linked together so that if one of them senses smoke , all of them will sound an alarm . |
| 3 | Make sure someone stays near so that if your child is sick , he or she can be prevented from inhaling vomit . |
| 4 | Move your arms as little as is necessary to achieve your purpose , and always move them together so that if the front hand is knocking down an incoming punch , the rear is executing a counter-punch . |
| 5 | Mental development , on the constructivist view , consists in the elaboration of this knowledge ; so that if there is one central difference between the mental processes of the baby , the child , and of the adult it is in terms of how self-world dualism is manifest in ( and to ) the subject . |
| 6 | Nobody 's listening but I insist : ‘ This fairness of skin obliges them to shield themselves so that if they do catch the sun they avoid the obvious danger of peeling . |
| 7 | The basic difference is that simple carbohydrates are refined complex carbohydrates , so that if you remove the nutrients from the complex carbohydrates you end up with simple ones . |
| 8 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 9 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 10 | We want to know their opinion of the band so that if we sign the group , we hope everyone in the company will like the artist 's work and try to promote it as well as possible . |
| 11 | Contracts should be structured so that if the company does n't release any recordings during a certain contract year , the artist has the option to terminate the agreement and look elsewhere for a record deal . |
| 12 | It appears that they can delay their body clock with ease but they can not advance it , so that if they ever go to bed late then they are stuck with a body clock ( and bed-time ) that tends to become ever more delayed . |
| 13 | Sexual intercourse is defined as the penetration of the penis into the vagina : ejaculation is not required , and the offence is committed as soon as penetration takes place , although it has been held that the offence continues throughout penetration ( so that if the woman revokes her consent during intercourse and the man fails to withdraw , he commits rape ) . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's so that if somebody drops a bloody great boulder on yer nut it 'll bounce off |
| 15 | I always leave a minimum of one and a half hours so that if I have a blow-out or breakdown or some other unforeseen emergency , I still have time to take care of it and catch the plane . |
| 16 | The line being spoken is always in the same spot , so that if he turns his head from a familiar sentence he can be confident that he will be able to pick up again where he left off . |
| 17 | Be flexible with the details so that if you are getting behind you can trim the programme . |
| 18 | ‘ When I left it was open ended so that if things did not work out for me I could go back to playing Charlene . |
| 19 | Cones are much rarer ; these are about the size and shape of an asparagus spear , with rows of cavities , which contained spores , so that if they are flattened they can appear almost segmented in the manner of an arthropod fossil . |
| 20 | A High Court judge held that there was no basic statutory provision of education , so that if an LEA had ( instead of , as in this case , charging for it ) decided to cut music tuition altogether ( because of financial constraints ) it would not have been acting illegally . |
| 21 | So far as individual counselling on sexual matters is concerned , schools are advised that whilst pastoral care of pupils is an important aspect of the teacher 's role , parents are expected to play their part , so that if a pupil were to approach a teacher for advice the teacher should , wherever possible , encourage the pupil to seek it from his/her parent whilst at the same time warning the pupil of the risks attached to the pupil 's behaviour . |
| 22 | ‘ So that if they 're there they 'll see us . ’ |
| 23 | For some months he had been making his preparations by placing his men in key positions , so that if and when the moment came , the coup would be swift and , he hoped , bloodless . |
| 24 | We wanted to put our money in various places so that if one was not safe , the other would be . |
| 25 | The bulbs were n't just scattered , but were arranged in the correct patterns — so that if you looked up you could see ( if you knew which star was which ) , up there amongst all the dragons , bulls and poisonous scuttlers of the Heavens , right in the centre you could see the constellation which I always thought of as being our special one , a solitary man walking with his faithful dog , the high summer constellation of Orion , the Hunter , stretched and striding above us . |
| 26 | Part of the drive to improve inner cities is deliberately to reward success , increase the gap between the working and the non-working , retain business and talented and successful people in these areas , and charge those who use services the economic cost of these services , so that if they do n't like the price they will be encouraged to move out to areas where ‘ the price is right ’ . |
| 27 | Fletcher resolves this by saying that ‘ [ It ] all depends on what doctors customarily do , ’ so that if doctors customarily switch off ventilators in the circumstances under discussion , then this of itself makes it lawful to do so . |
| 28 | The overall thickness of the skin is controlled by the rate of division of the basal cells and removal of cells from the outer layer somehow increases the rate of cell multiplication to restore the thickness ; perhaps the dying outer layers produce an inhibitor of cell proliferation so that if the number of surface cells is reduced inhibitor concentration decreases and more cells are produced . |
| 29 | The left brain controls the right-hand side of the body , so that if the left brain is damaged it is the right side of the body which is paralysed . |
| 30 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |