Example sentences of "so that they [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state of confusion surrounding such issues was such that he was obliged to allow forty days ' grace to many of his ninety or so loyal vassals assembled at St Sever in September 1273 , so that they might consult their title-deeds , old charters , relatives and aged kinsmen . |
| 2 | To adopt such a pedagogy is to follow the example of Procrustes who , it will be recalled , would either stretch his guests on a rack or cut pieces off their lower limbs so that they would fit his bed . |
| 3 | Er and if if they would work they did n't want money for it but they would stay a while with you so that they would get their bed for the night and they would get their grub . |
| 4 | Forcing open the door against the wind , he waved at the advancing policeman and stepped clear of the cabin so that they would see he was unarmed . |
| 5 | Does he further agree that the best security for the people of Northern Ireland is in talks and an agreement between political leaders and parties within Northern Ireland so that they may govern their own Province in the interests of all its people ? |
| 6 | If they apply the law incorrectly they have not performed their duty correctly and judicial review is available to correct their error of law so that they may make their decision upon a proper understanding of the law . |
| 7 | Nissel and Bonnerjea acutely observe that all this may lead to ‘ a lack of perspective on the situation ’ so that they may find it difficult to accept appropriate help or place limits on their involvement . |
| 8 | As explained above , the commercial banks ' cash reserves are reduced so that they may recall their loans from the discount houses . |
| 9 | Well they used to punch your ticket , with a little hole in , so that they 'd know you 'd had your journey . |
| 10 | This would inevitably be slow-moving , but it was only seventy miles from Berwick , so that they must expect him before the town within the week . |
| 11 | But Apollonius freed himself , shouted to the attendants so that they should witness what was about to happen , and ran to the doors of the shrine . |
| 12 | Then she had gone into the garden and played cricket with Oliver , running up and down and laughing very loudly so that they should hear her next door and know she was n't tired at all . |
| 13 | A group of alumni teachers came to a specially organised programme at the Schools Open Day this year and we laid on an ‘ Any Questions ’ panel so that they could grill our Admissions Tutors about what really goes on when they receive an application from a sixth former . |
| 14 | There was a bell at the end , which was rung by the ticket-collector or guard to warn the women of his approach so that they could cover themselves appropriately . |
| 15 | Another option is to develop tests which could tell people if they were at risk of falling under a particular spell so that they could choose their pleasures wisely . |
| 16 | Then her mother would graciously conduct half an hour of polite conversation with all these people , who Jo knew were otherwise pretty cool and mostly also pretty sane , and they would all pretend to be interested in whatever dumb thing she said , and laugh if she made any of her awful little jokes and store away any personal information she disclosed so that they could tell it to their friends the next day and make it absolutely clear that they were on intimate terms with a really big star . |
| 17 | The first group had taken up position in all the key intersections so that they could control anyone who attempted to pass . |
| 18 | The translations were not the only technical difficulty : there were only two shorthand writers in the court and they were hard pressed to keep up with the proceedings , causing the court to be adjourned more than once so that they could transcribe their notes . |
| 19 | The alternative and desired emphasis of policy would be to provide more resources to parents caring for their children at home so that they could do their job better , and to reunite with their parents , wherever possible , those children who have been removed . |
| 20 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 21 | These latter worked on route 7 to Uxbridge and a few weeks before that route was to be converted to trolleybus operation , they were each fitted out with plough carriers and the necessary switch gear for conduit operation , so that they could make their own way under power to whichever depôt they were sent . |
| 22 | It was declared the best policy was for the ‘ sent down ’ youth to remain where they were so that they could make their valuable contribution to the motherland on the ‘ agricultural front ’ , as in previous decades . |
| 23 | They required the most sophisticated communications technology so that they could transmit their stories and pictures back to their own countries . |
| 24 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 25 | On their return to Vienna they appeared before the Emperor who failed to reward them , and Leopold became convinced that members of the aristocracy were deliberately avoiding Mozart so that they could dismiss his talents as |
| 26 | But the partisan warfare went on : Walter Long and his PPS , Sir William Bull ( who had been on the Conference himself ) , reacted angrily to complaints from the agents and suggested that the professional organizers wanted to keep the system as complicated as possible so that they could keep their pay and privileges . |
| 27 | So that they could get it for the turn of the new leaf of the quarter . |
| 28 | The natives were treacherous people , as everyone knew , ungodly and faithless , and their early shows of friendship were nothing but a ruse to lull the pioneers into a false feeling of security , so that they could ensnare them in their false enchantments , pounce on them unawares and kill them while they slept . |
| 29 | The electricity people called to ask my permission to put poles in my land so that they could take it even higher , and I agreed to it . |
| 30 | Sometimes they cleared all the furniture back against the walls so that they could practise their special dance routines , or held rowdy parties in each other 's rooms . |