Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [that] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 ) To encourage each member to develop particular expertise so that s/he would act as a focus for training others . |
| 2 | Increased contacts with teachers will enable you to understand their skills and expertise so that you can recognise their achievements . |
| 3 | Now we are appealing for money and we are asking the people of Oxfordshire for their help ; money so that we can continue to help people in your county like John Granger … |
| 4 | If the occasion arises that your parent is seriously ill and wishes you ( or some other relative or close friend ) to act for her and have access to some of her money so that you can pay her bills and buy her anything she needs , she can grant what is known as ‘ Power of Attorney ’ . |
| 5 | Thus one Nottingham woman , whose husband earned only 10/ a week as a framework knitter in the 1900s , gave him money so that he could continue to give the children their pocket money . |
| 6 | The fines by which the clergy had bought their pardons for outlawry had yielded more than double the proceeds of the tenth collected in 1296 , but Edward was still desperate to find even more money so that he could launch a continental campaign , and he put a new demand to Winchelsey . |
| 7 | Early in their friendship , when Alice had to spend a week in London and Alex was away , she had given Meg one of her spare keys to the cottage so that she could go in to collect and forward her post . |
| 8 | 2 Record the details of the request and ask for further details about the proposed story so that you can dig out the most useful in-depth material . |
| 9 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 10 | The rest of this chapter is concerned with Rolle 's ability to find literary means of engaging in various ways with the Passion story so that he can point to the transforming experience of truth , " kynde knowynge " , which is the aim of the meditative exercise . |
| 11 | ‘ A number of the crew are Belgian and we therefore have a Belgian chef on board so that we can offer traditional Belgian fare |
| 12 | The saw will cut off the tongue of one board so that you can use a wide wood chisel , or a bolster chisel , to lever up a board from the side . |
| 13 | You should then practise with the bowman so that he can get a feel for distance . |
| 14 | When Williams appeared to like the idea , Orton totally changed the part so that it could fit him , not so much like a glove , but like a well-crafted cabinet , one in which Ken could be displayed at his finest and with plenty of space to ensure that nothing got in his way . |
| 15 | She rested her head against a cushion so that she could stare straight up through the network of rigging and past the light-blanched sails to where the stars wheeled their cold fire beyond the mastheads . |
| 16 | She spread her towel over a cushion so that she could lean her damp , aching head against it , then shivered as she listened to the howl of the wind outside . |
| 17 | Every processor has its corresponding numeric coprocessor , a processor dedicated to the task of doing arithmetic and integrated with the main processor so that it can take over as required . |
| 18 | She lowered the glasses for an instant so that he could see her eyes , then raised them again . |
| 19 | At the same time , you will need to strengthen your hair so that you can have it straightened successfully . |
| 20 | And God tells him , he says , you make a serpent of brass and put it on a pole in the middle of the camp so that everybody can see it they look to that serpent of brass , they will be healed . |
| 21 | I mean why is n't there a tremendous outcry , saying this must change , we can still have democracy , but let's have reasonable , sensible , working hours in parliament so that we can get more women into parliament . |
| 22 | It was the concept of parole , originally at the discretion of the Home Secretary , but amended in the course of the passage of the legislation through Parliament so that he could grant early release on licence to a prisoner only if advised to do so by a statutory Parole Board , that commanded the keenest interest of penal reformers and had the most extensive effects . |
| 23 | A man can not be said to be truly willing unless he is in a position to choose freely , and freedom of choice predicates , not only full knowledge of the circumstances on which the exercise of choice is conditioned , so that he may be able to choose wisely , but the absence from his mind of any feeling of constraint so that nothing shall interfere with the freedom of his will ( Scott LJ in Bowater v Rowley Regis Corporation [ 1944 ] KB 476 ) . |
| 24 | Children need reassurance , praise and success , we need to turn every child into a winner so that they will grow into good , caring and generous adults . |
| 25 | ‘ Sure , we want to make profits to give our shareholders a reasonable return on their investment , and to enable us to maintain and enhance our capital base so that we can give a steadily better service to an ever larger number of customers . |
| 26 | It is a tradition which emphasises a commitment to the working class as a section of society which should be the object of positive discrimination so that they can avail themselves of educational resources and opportunities . |
| 27 | I would like to fit a built-in dual-fuel hob in my kitchen so that I can cook with both gas and electricity . |
| 28 | Mr Murray now wants to give away the Smugglers ' Kitchen so that he can channel his efforts into another property — the Dartmoor Inn at Bovey Tracey , also in Devon . |
| 29 | It is about time that the Government accepted their responsibility for all sorts of things — for example , the rising unemployment levels , the rundown of the health service , the lack of measures to reduce homelessness and the failure of their economic policy to generate growth and investment to end the recession so that we can build a better Britain . |
| 30 | So that you 'd get move those round a bit so that you 'd get Say that pizza came in like that and your mum sat down there said , Right we 're having some pizza we 're going to share this out between the three of us so we all get the same sized piece . |