Example sentences of "so [conj] it [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the aluminium alloy 5056 at low temperature so that it requires a bar of length 3 m to resonate at I kHz , an appropriate frequency for detecting a burst from a type II supernova . |
| 2 | When Ramakrishna saw Kasi the Holy City , he did not see it as a physical city but as the dreams and hopes of holy pilgrims that had fallen on the city , stratum on stratum so that it became a city of holy ideas , a spiritual city . |
| 3 | The Bill would have altered the definition of rape which at the time was classified in the Italian Penal Code as a ‘ crime against morals and custom ’ , so that it became a crime of violence against the person . |
| 4 | I watched her walk back down the steps , and the wind flipped her loose cardigan so that it became a swansdown shawl . |
| 5 | They had chanced upon a look which was popular and yet could be varied in dozens of different ways ; the neck could be scooped , V-shaped or square , the sleeves could be full , tight or removed altogether ( so that it became a pinafore ) , and the waistline could be moved up or down . |
| 6 | This could be done more effectively if the law was changed so that it became the jury 's responsibility to assess only the actual damage to the plaintiff and the judge 's responsibility to impose an unlimited fine on the defendants according to his view of their culpability . |
| 7 | The exercise was designed to make a student stand in front of class , sing his song and force each syllable out in an elongated manner so that it had a beginning and an end ; this , Landau explained , ought to enable the student to go into neutral , physically and mentally , so that tensions could be released and what was happening inside could be heard through the voice changes . |
| 8 | Trim the edges so they are straight and even , and cut the strip so that it measures the circumference of the cake . |
| 9 | She transformed the entrance so that it sang a welcome to the visitor . |
| 10 | He even goes so far as to fabricate his signature in a way similar to Pound 's , so that it forms a kind of hieroglyph . |
| 11 | Cut off the top quarter of the bottle so that it forms a sort of funnel . |
| 12 | It is the extraordinary manner in which the pathological imagery has simply been inverted so that it forms the basis of a pastoral view which asserts the strength and durability of black family life and , in present circumstances , retreats from confronting the difficult issues which result in black children arriving in care in the first place . |
| 13 | Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ? |
| 14 | Liberal Democrats are determined to ensure that Britain changes its ways so that it become a leader , not a laggard , in facing the environmental challenge . |
| 15 | Nothing but the best for Lucy , and that meant a month of sober evenings honing every flip phrase so that it made a point . |
| 16 | A bedcradle was placed so that it relieved the weight of the bedclothes from her legs . |
| 17 | If the paper will not cover the area , then join sheets with masking tape or similar , so that it matches the size of the kite . |
| 18 | One useful operation is zooming or magnifying a portion of the image so that it fills the screen . |
| 19 | You might consider moving the stops to allow for a thicker door , or if this is impractical , using a thicker door and rebating the edges to the existing thickness so that it fits the frame . |
| 20 | Ryle points out that in being impressed by the certainty of the seen and the known , one is assuming that seeing and knowing are analogous with looking and thinking , so that it becomes a problem how they escape the fallibility of these operations ; he invites us to shift ‘ see ’ and ‘ know ’ to the category of achievement verbs such as ‘ find ’ and ‘ cure ’ , which are related to ‘ seek ‘ and ‘ treat ’ as ‘ see ’ and ‘ know ’ to ‘ look ’ and ‘ think ’ , but do not tempt us to suppose that there are infallible methods of discovering lost articles or restoring to health . |
| 21 | It hopes to adapt the life of the electronic control gear to the life of the lamp so that it becomes a throwaway item and bring it in line with the ‘ convenience purchase ’ of the coiled-coil lamp . |
| 22 | The Act defines three types of offensive weapon : ‘ made ’ ( such as a bayonet ) for killing or wounding ; ‘ adapted ’ ( like a smashed milk bottle ) so that it becomes a weapon ; or ‘ intended ’ ( such as a penknife or empty bottle ) which was not designed or adapted as a weapon but could be used if the need arose . |
| 23 | It is a good idea to say the key words aloud every time as you check each item so that it becomes a habit . |
| 24 | If the idea itself is more important to you than the glory reflecting from its success , then raise the idea at a meeting so that it becomes an idea generated by a team . |
| 25 | The fall in family size made childbearing a more youthful activity and the reduction in age at marriage from the late 1930s reduced the average age at first birth even further so that it reached a minimum of 23.8 from 1968 to 1970 . |
| 26 | As we understand it , nothing has changed in Japan but it still managed to make the news and push the share price higher , so that it ended the month in much the same place as it began . |
| 27 | The hair I had watched from above had become disturbed when I lifted her , so that it shaded the line of her left cheek . |
| 28 | I gather that the match was played at the new centre — little more than a new clay court being put down in an old car park and towering scaffolding stands then being erected around it , rising almost vertically so that it gave the impression of the fans literally hovering over the court . |
| 29 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 30 | Reflection is pooh-poohed , and understanding is put into a state of suspended animation , so that it has no chance to develop in its complexity , realism or power . |