Example sentences of "so that they [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " 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 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As explained above , the commercial banks ' cash reserves are reduced so that they may recall their loans from the discount houses . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They required the most sophisticated communications technology so that they could transmit their stories and pictures back to their own countries . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Another suggestion is that they were put there by shepherds so that they could find their way off the fell in bad weather , the idea being that by the number of cairns the shepherds would be able to tell where they were and by the pattern they could know which direction to follow . |
| 19 | Needless to say , it was the part which most of them hated ; they were longing to get it finished so that they could write their essays on Hamlet or Keats . |
| 20 | This was a good example , Dexter thought , of Blanche being unwilling to exclude someone from their investigation at an early stage so that they could concentrate their efforts . |
| 21 | The faces of the three nearly touched , as the two men leant over the table to hear what the woman had to say , and the woman leant over towards them so that they could hear her whisper . |
| 22 | So , apart from opening presents , they watched each other and waited for Christmas to be over so that they could resume their intense and private working lives . |
| 23 | Religious congregations of monks and nuns also used home-written music for the Office , and the Panel of Monastic Musicians was founded so that they could share their efforts and talents . |
| 24 | Sometimes they would sit on opposite sides of the aisle so that they could turn their banter into a public performance . |
| 25 | Their aim is to convince the worms that rain is still falling , so that they will evacuate their burrows for fear of drowning . |
| 26 | Jim Birrell , chief executive of the Halifax said : ‘ The availability of extra Housing Corporation Funds is welcome and we will be happy to talk to housing corporations about extra finance so that they can spread their £750 million over as many houses as possible . |
| 27 | Such a libretto can then be handed to a composer or arranger of music and a designer so that they can make their contributions to the total production . |
| 28 | This is important to individual sites so that they can make their own assessment of the value to them of adopting what has been identified as best practice elsewhere . |
| 29 | Erm we 've er we you 'll be looking at education , our biggest service , and a service which we should which is going through some very profound changes at the moment where we 're trying to er increase the resources that are within individual schools so that they can make their own decisions erm about er how they best meet the needs of their youngsters . |
| 30 | Production landlords should be given an equal share so that they can make their living by their own labour and thus reform themselves through labour . |