Example sentences of "so [that] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 2 | The kitchen was transformed with pine units cleverly designed to be fixed to the walls so that one could have them at the height best suited to whomever was to use them , and then the dishwasher was installed . |
| 3 | It is important , therefore , to be clear about the differences as well as the similarities so that one can know what to query as well as what to accept in the concepts . |
| 4 | The best possible way to do this will be to set down the account resulting from a different approach , so that one can see what it is that has been overlooked so far ; and this is something which this book sets out to do . |
| 5 | And God tells him , he says , you make a serpent of brass and put it on a pole in the middle of the camp so that everybody can see it they look to that serpent of brass , they will be healed . |
| 6 | Snodgrass embarked on a story about a very famous jewel called the Koh-i-noor , which he thought had once adorned a great King 's State Crown and explained how it had been so rare and so heavy that it had had to be kept locked away behind bars and guards , so that nobody could steal it . |
| 7 | It 's so that nobody could see them . |
| 8 | You had to go to a modelling school where you learnt how to get in and out of cars with your legs just so , so that nobody could see your knickers . |
| 9 | So that no-one would forget her status , the words ‘ Chief Chick ’ were emblazoned on her bedroom door . |
| 10 | Yet God still speaks by his Spirit to throw fresh light on his word so that we might see its relevance to the contemporary world , and he speaks to his servants to guide them through the perplexities of life . |
| 11 | In traditional moral thought hypocrisy , like lying , has always been detested as a sin against the fundamental principle of human communication , namely that language was given to mankind so that we may express our thoughts and feelings openly , honestly . |
| 12 | We also urge our sisters to help us reopen our educational institutions so that we may rescue our future generations from the disasters of ignorance and illiteracy which are threatening our children . |
| 13 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 14 | We know also the son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true and we are |
| 15 | Those of us who enjoy them need only a name for each condition , so that we may discuss them in expectation and in recollection . |
| 16 | We need to bring them into the light and recognise them so that we may dispatch them . ’ |
| 17 | Pour out your Spirit , Lord , upon us as we proclaim and adore the presence of your Son in the mystery of faith so that we may spend our lives in generous solidarity with everyone . |
| 18 | The following are not in alphabetical or order of importance , but of convenience so that we may keep our discussion in an interesting and logical sequence . |
| 19 | Will my right hon. Friend undertake to arrange a debate before Christmas , or at least before the December Council of Ministers meeting on fishing , so that we may have our annual chance to discuss the state of the fishing industry in England and elsewhere in the kingdom ? |
| 20 | Next morning after breakfast we asked Magwitch to tell us more about his past life , so that we could protect him better . |
| 21 | We had to organise it so that we could move it on a Saturday night from Manchester to Oxford and get it ready for a full orchestra , circus , and technical rehearsal on Tuesday afternoon . |
| 22 | and studied and er so that we could copy their |
| 23 | Its original purpose was to enable us to turn our work so that we could rehang it with the plain side towards us , knit a few rows of reversed stocking stitch and then turn it back again to continue in stocking stitch or pattern . |
| 24 | the point of view that the P A was booked for four thirty , so that we could set it up |
| 25 | Kleenex was handed round so that we could dry our hands and we settled together for coffee . |
| 26 | As usual when we entered a church together , I dipped my finger in the holy water and gave you a drop from my fingertips , so that we could cross ourselves together , like a novio and novia . |
| 27 | Did you know that we imported cereal from Ethiopia during the famine just so that we could have our meat ? |
| 28 | We very much wanted him to come down to Merstham again when the weather was better , so that we could drive him round the country . |
| 29 | And somebody was gon na go and review the relevance to this organization , so that we could determine what we did about it . |
| 30 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |