Example sentences of "[adv prt] so that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The warden said that she would turn the heating on so that the fiat would be warm and she would be there herself to welcome him home . |
| 2 | In the opposite case the transistors 12 and are turned on so that the current direction in the phase winding is reversed . |
| 3 | And then your cloth on so that the cloth is n't sitting on the top because it 'll rust it , if it 's wet . |
| 4 | Dinner was hurried along so that the whole party could be in the study to watch the television programme ‘ News and Sport ’ . |
| 5 | The print head can move vertically up or down so that a pin can contact any one of the three pads of the printer ribbon . |
| 6 | This might be to speed the job up to earn a larger bonus or to create some leisure time during the working shift , or to slow the job down so that an impression of busy-ness is created and he is not given further work . |
| 7 | With every approach , try to get into the habit of thinking ahead about the height of he final turn and to become familiar with the idea of using the airbrakes to bring you down so that the final turn is not too high . |
| 8 | Get those who are with you on the mat to sit down so that the emergency services have a clear view across the area and can move quickly in the event of accident . |
| 9 | Moreover , Zambia 's copper deposits are running down so that the industry is threatened with extinction early in the next century . |
| 10 | And best of all is to turn the tap down so that the flow of demands decreases . |
| 11 | If you have judged the T and the square trim well — this comes with experience — you will be able to press it down so that the squared-off tip sits firmly under the top of the T and is held there . |
| 12 | the arrangement was placed low down so that the angle of view presented me this as interesting a set of shapes as possible . |
| 13 | However , it seems that leave is refused for between a quarter and a third of all AJRs , and this might suggest that the leave requirement is performing some other function such as keeping the number of pending AJRs down so that the delay between the granting of leave and the hearing is not too great . |
| 14 | ‘ Then knock the lid down so that the rough edges are holding the lid in place , so to speak , and leave it again for a bit . |
| 15 | The drama starts with a brief discussion of how people might live without modern technology , and ( using the model of the pictures they have seen ) , they build themselves a fortified encampment — a wonderful image this , with chairs organised into a large circle and then laid down so that the legs all face out . |
| 16 | Or if suddenly you have to halt then the whole lot does n't come forward and squash into the next piece in front into the ne That 's why it 's edge on longways down so that the the wardrobe is that way edgeways on you see so that if you suddenly stop the weight of something there wo n't squash the the wardrobe . |
| 17 | As these are decorations and not toys , you can use glass or pearl-headed pins to make the halo , either pushing them right into the head like a wreath , or half-way in so that the halo stands away from the head . |
| 18 | There was once a vestry built out here , and er this doorway was put in so that the vicar could get into the vestry to change his clothes . |
| 19 | We are then in fact neglecting the product terms in so that The exact relation between the components of large strain and the infinitesimal terms is easily found . |
| 20 | Not to mention the profit being made by private clinics when rich girls are flown in to have an artificial hymen put in so that the rituals of defloration may continue . |
| 21 | There looked to be over a pound of the delicious , translucent sweets the bag was bursting , spilling over so that a dozen or more lay scattered on the dusty floor , gleaming like diamonds through the wrappers . |
| 22 | Later , when the wind has picked up , the gliders weathercock round and can be free to tip over so that the into-wind wing is upwards . |
| 23 | The stem of the rose that he had decorated the table with had bent over so that the pink flower seemed to be praying , bowing , deferring . |
| 24 | As we saw in the last chapter , Hooke 's law is really only true for small strains and at large strains the interatomic force curve bends over so that the strain energy is less than we have calculated , very roughly about half . |
| 25 | Turn the rug over so that the pile is facing the floor and then calculate the knot-count as outlined in Chapter II ( p. 27 ) . |
| 26 | One night the Mersey tunnel was closed to all traffic , approach roads sealed off so that the long column of Fulmars and Hurricanes could be towed to Gladstone Dock where ‘ Furious ’ was berthed . |
| 27 | Instead the tall , black-browed Dutchman flicked his vibro-blade on and off so that the rocks behind it seemed to tremble into and out of existence . |
| 28 | There was a hangnail at the side of my thumb and now I took it between my teeth and tore it off so that the blood ran , leaving a scarlet spotting on my dress where it bloused out above my waist . |
| 29 | I know I took a saw with the idea of cutting his head off so that the body could n't be identified . |
| 30 | We peel it off so that the nails go into the wood itself . |