Example sentences of "so that [pron] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He aims to show that concepts which appear to be independent are actually interdependent , so that one can not abandon one and leave the others intact . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't you also think that if one meets someone in such a way — I mean , so weak and defenceless — something makes one surrender completely , so that one can not imagine ever being able to desert such a person ? ’ |
| 3 | Its original function , according to Seth , was to make us feel bad , by briefly separating us from our sense of love and connectedness , so that we would not repeat a harmful act . |
| 4 | Would he agree to support a review of the Reserve Forces Safeguard of Employment Act 1985 so that we shall not have in the future the rash of litigation that has been needed against employers who have declined to accept reservists back since the Gulf war ? |
| 5 | For powders or microcrystalline samples , multiple external reflections among grains destroy polarization , so that we can not obtain useful data . |
| 6 | Finally , it seems most plausible to suppose that this enforcement operated within very strict limits , so that we should not speak of a general power of enforcement of modus for public purposes . |
| 7 | When the two partners first set up on their own — according to Byrne , with only $5000 capital and giving up a secure future — they did so under the guise of an employment agency , so that they would not appear to be in direct competition with their ex-employers . |
| 8 | And they wanted to know how they could immunize themselves , so that they would not succumb in their turn . |
| 9 | ‘ He ca n't stay there all winter , ’ said Libby as they slipped out early , the house having been woken by their father getting up , trying to pull his boots on , shutting the dogs in the boiler shed so that they would not follow . |
| 10 | The mothers were asked to avoid cow 's milk , and were then challenged with it in a disguised form , so that they would not know when they were drinking milk and when they were drinking the ‘ control ’ substance . |
| 11 | At Darlington , so that they would not have to wait for a connection , they had hired a special train to Richmond , where they were met . |
| 12 | Perhaps those who came in repentance and were prepared for the running waters of Jordan to flow over their heads in judgment were thought of as undergoing the judgment of God in symbol so that they would not have to undergo it in its awful reality on the Day of Judgment . |
| 13 | In 1861 she was instrumental in setting up a home for workhouse girls sent out to service , so that they would not have to mix with women of bad character . |
| 14 | Residential care may be necessary not simply for the medical emergencies of starvation in anorexia or electrolyte imbalance in both anorexia arid bulimia but also to monitor adherence to the requirements of basic physical abstinence — This monitoring commonly may need to extend to patients initially being on " locked bathroom " status so that they may not use baths , basins or showers except under staff supervision , nor may they flush lavatories until after staff inspection . |
| 15 | Finally Americans and the rest of the world witnessed on television unbelievable scenes as a US Marine colonel and a US admiral both invoked the Fifth Amendment so that they need not tell the truth about their dishonest dealings . |
| 16 | Edward jerked open the door , interposing himself so that they should not stare . |
| 17 | But it was essential that the various rooms of the Residency through which they were retreating should be defended and relinquished in concert , so that they should not find themselves outflanked . |
| 18 | Though no amount of apologising was going to excuse the fact that she had deliberately misled them , even given that she had only misled them from the best of motives — so that they should not worry . |
| 19 | An encounter with a French frigate delayed their final sailing so that they could not reach Sumatra in time . |
| 20 | Further , land inside the older towns was acquiring a scarcity value , above all in the towns that were surrounded by open fields , so that they could not grow outwards ( see Chapter 9 ) , and a steady rise in the price of land for building was added to the rise in the price of borrowed money . |
| 21 | The next logical step was to present the bream with a small hook and bait which would be more likely to be right inside their lips when they began to carry it off , but to still retain the heaviness so that they could not manage it with a mere suck . |
| 22 | He held his automatic out sideways , away from his body so that they could not aim in on its flash , and fired two shots at the left-hand headlight of the Dodge . |
| 23 | He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him . |
| 24 | Willi had carefully seated Georg and Suzi on the same side of the table , but at opposite ends , so that they could not see one another and could relax . |
| 25 | Tulagai and Targoutai were holding everyone back so that they could not push inside . |
| 26 | Keep the speeches short because one third of the audience ca n't see , one third ca n't hear , and one third are trying to locate a seat so that they will not drop their handbag , glass , or plate , when they clap you . |
| 27 | These are then placed on the floor , preferably in a room that 's carpeted so that they will not move . |
| 28 | The clay core is usually removed after casting but the chaplets , which are made of an alloy with a higher melting temperature so that they will not melt during the casting process , become embedded in the metal . |
| 29 | What Hamilton could see was that the talents of Warner Bros had combined to produce a film that was not so much about the Legion as ‘ about the kind of short-sighted , uninformed and well-enough-meaning men who have to be given an understanding of what democracy really is so that they will not go on and on providing tools for such legions ’ . |
| 30 | Vehicles should be parked so that they will not cause an obstruction to other vehicles using the car park , or to the entrance and exits or the traffic lanes . |