Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they are [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The admission of new members to a Europe which allows them to adopt common policies only where they are feasible and productive , and the consequent necessary institutional changes which will allow existing members this option , would bring about the effective development of a ‘ Europe of varying geometry ’ in a calm and deliberate fashion . |
| 2 | managing with less once they are responsible ( fuel , cleaning materials ) ; |
| 3 | Such tasks may have been stated so that they are open to interpretation and worded so that they are accessible to most pupils , rather than aimed at a notional difficulty level . |
| 4 | You could use a largely inorganic balanced source like Growmore , and rely on the bulky peat or compost for the organic input , but better still is to use organic matter like sewage sludge , poultry , farmyard and animal manures , blend them to achieve balance both in content and time , and to dry and concentrate them so that they are pleasant to handle and easy to spread . |
| 5 | It is a most precocious breed , commonly calving at two years old or earlier , and many individuals seem to be predisposed to fostering alien calves so that they are good multiple sucklers if the milk is not too rich . |
| 6 | They should be able to record their first thoughts , capture immediate responses and collect and organise ideas so that they are available for reflection . |
| 7 | When additions are expected , two techniques are used to store those additions so that they are available for both sequential and direct access . |
| 8 | The two basic amino-terminal α-helices sit in the major groove so that they are perpendicular to one another on opposite sides of the DNA duplex ; they resemble nothing so much as a pair of short chopsticks . |
| 9 | One possible solution , he suggested , would be to modify engineered plants so that they are male-sterile and produce either no pollen or pollen that is inactive . |
| 10 | Melt the butter in a frying pan and put the bread slices in it so that they are golden coloured on both sides . |
| 11 | So much so that they are convinced that very many of the problems that they deal with are unemployment related . |
| 12 | When playing from downhill and uphill lies , I tilt my shoulders so that they are parallel to the ground , putting more weight on my lower foot . |
| 13 | So the true task of adult education these days ought to be first and foremost to equip a sufficient body of ordinary citizens so that they are capable of forming rationally grounded opinions upon matters of public importance . |
| 14 | This is so that they are easy to find on the large boxes . |
| 15 | They form a rough diamond shape , and are in the same × 12 field , so that they are easy enough to recognize in spite of their dimness . |
| 16 | Are my shoulders hunched so that they are close to my ears ? |
| 17 | The levels are marked so that they are visible some feet away ; you do n't want undignified scrabbling around under a speaker 's feet . |
| 18 | An abstract data type ( ADT ) is a set of operations , operating on a collection of stored data , defined so that they are rigorous enough to specify completely the effect that they have on the data , but abstract because it must not specify how the data is stored nor how the operations are carried out . |
| 19 | ( ii ) Pupils should be taught how to respond to the way information is structured and presented so that they are able to identify key points . |
| 20 | ( iii ) They should be taught how to skim-read so that they are able to discover the structure and gist of a text quickly . |
| 21 | With oil and gas exports , the objective is to get foreign currency with which foreign goods can be purchased and the domestic economy 's energy requirements are organised so that they are able to manage on the fuel which is left . |
| 22 | Dogs can manage up to 35,000 to 40,000 cycles per second , so that they are able to detect sounds that we can not . |
| 23 | The Vlieger Op range from Holland uses colour to identify sizes from 5.85mm in blue to 21.8mm in orange , many at constant wall thickness and at 2mm stages so that they are able to fit inside each other . |
| 24 | Therefore , it is important that we solve the problem of where redundant people live so that they are able to get jobs , raise a mortgage and buy their own homes . |
| 25 | Finally , there is another aim which relates to both Sections A and B , and which none of the models has taken seriously enough : 7. help pupils to learn how to cope with controversy , complexity , confusion , and uncertainty within a safe environment , so that they are able to manage these unavoidable aspects of life without trying to resort to premature certainty , dogmatism or exclusivism . |
| 26 | These items usually become immediately available to all manufacturers so that they are unlikely to give any single guitar an edge over its rivals . |
| 27 | Patients need to be carefully selected so that they are sensible and responsible . |
| 28 | The drafter should therefore try to draft the terms as a whole , and individual terms , so that they are clear and comprehensible . |
| 29 | The climate in the classroom must be one where children feel that their ideas are valued so that they are willing to commit themselves in public . |
| 30 | ( ii ) In redrafting their work they should be encouraged to think of the first draft as tentative so that they are prepared to rethink their whole approach in the light of their own critical appraisal or of their discussions with their peers or teacher . |