Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] [adv] that [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 The funnel described in this chapter makes the animals come out of the soil or leaves so that you can see what they look like and find out how many there are .
2 92 per cent of students provided their names and addresses so that they might be contacted for a follow-up postal survey planned for Spring 1985 ( 571 students ) .
3 I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police .
4 Now there is nothing wrong with this argument as it stands , but it is weak ; it assumes that there are other minds than our own , and argues only that we may be mistaken about their states , thinking someone to be happy when she is really sad , etc .
5 He rates their subtlety , but points out that they can be mixed only with warm sauces or , he warns , they start to lose their delicacy .
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