Example sentences of "[adj] so [that] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No — not German , Spanish so that I can learn flamenco songs in Spanish . |
| 2 | Shortly stated , the main issue is whether a school which is over-subscribed so that it can not accept all the applications for admission can adopt religious criteria ( i.e. criteria intended to preserve the character of the school ) in selecting the successful applicants for admission and thereby exempt itself under section 6(3) ( a ) from the duty under section 6(2) to give effect to the preferences expressed by parents whose children do not meet such criteria . |
| 3 | Later she mastered Braille , learned to type and later took lessons from a teacher for the deaf so that she could go to school , then college and later spent her life lecturing all over the world . |
| 4 | My mum used to pick my hair off the pillow while I was asleep so that I would n't see how much I was losing , and at that time I was too ill to get up and go and look in the mirror . |
| 5 | Either the physical limits of the item are wide , so that the design and production of the mating parts become difficult and expensive , or they are narrow so that they can only be produced by expensive processes . |
| 6 | Either the physical limits of the item are wide , so that the design and production of the mating parts become difficult and expensive , or they are narrow so that they can only be produced by expensive processes . |
| 7 | It is essential that these councils are set up as soon as possible so that they may start work on all the detailed arrangements and consultations that will be necessary if a smooth transition to the new funding system is to be ensured . |
| 8 | Those that are not reviewed are returned as rapidly as possible so that they may be submitted elsewhere without delay . |
| 9 | Provided that they have done so , and that the child has been matched with them as carefully as possible so that they can best meet his or her needs , their situation is likely to be no different from that of any other family with teenagers . |
| 10 | It is helpful if trainers have as much information as possible so that they can set the context for trainees at the time of the viewing . |
| 11 | The androids are made as human in appearance as possible so that they can be more companionable . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There is a great demand from universities , polytechnics , further education colleges and sixth form colleges to implement the reforms as quickly as possible so that we may avoid the damaging effect on morale that delays and uncertainties could cause . |
| 14 | What they would say is that we have to , perhaps we do have to leave things to the individual , but we should leave as little possible to individuals , as little as practically possible so that we should the people involved in making all the important decisions , particularly the carrying out of them that we have to leave to particular appointed individuals . |
| 15 | Whether you are moving to another part of the country or going abroad let us know as soon as possible so that we can publicise details of your property to maximum effect . |
| 16 | As I said , spring ninety four is gon na be the latest date for the site we want to start that phase as early as possible so that we can then get onto to the other phase as early as possible because we obviously do n't particularly want to wait until nineteen ninety five ninety six to , to finish the whole thing . |
| 17 | I urge people to talk to us as quickly as possible so that we can have meaningful discussions in the EC . |
| 18 | I have done my best to give as much time as possible to the debate yesterday and today , including making my answers to business questions as short as possible so that we can get on with the debate . |
| 19 | If you wish to take up these lessons ( which will carry on throughout the year ) please let me know as soon as possible so that we can arrange the groups . |
| 20 | Please arrange for the solicitor to come as soon as possible so that I can sign the necessary papers . |
| 21 | So then he sank onto the floor , to make himself as small as possible so that he could wait out the agony . |
| 22 | In such uses , therefore , the speaker mentally situates a real event in the field of the merely possible so that he can express a judgement , not on the reality of the happening , but on the appropriateness of its occurrence ( p. 219 ) : judging whether something real is appropriate for existence or not involves imagining what things would be like without its existence , and so leads to taking a mental position before its existence where both existence and non-existence are seen as possible . |
| 23 | The slapping block can also knock the incoming punch sideways , but the blocking hand must be retrieved as quickly as possible so that it can act as a guard . |
| 24 | intended to stay , because the immediate reaction to something like that happening is n't necessarily erm , all bad , I mean people are quite glad that they are still alive and they 're quite prepared to put up with the possible fallout of the consequences of that so that they can stay in their own homes . |
| 25 | I have been waiting only for that so that I might go . ’ |
| 26 | say we 'd be , you know , be fiddle around and get to ninety six I would then turn and say to them , I will give you five hundred pounds I will knock five hundred off that so that you can put in a proper shower tray and screen |
| 27 | With Sycorax on her back , Ariel dropped on to her haunches and took up her baby and tied him in a cloth to her breast ; she rubbed his mouth with soursop juice to keep him dry so that he would not howl with discomfort to be changed ( she packed soft moss against his bottom , just to be sure ) ; then she took a basket of her herbs and preparations and whistled softly to Paca , the last of her caveys , to follow . |
| 28 | We saw the obstacle course where the dogs learn to imagine they are six feet tall so that they can keep their blind owners safe from hurting themselves on low objects . |
| 29 | This should be laid to the side intact so that you can restore it to its original place when the hole is refilled once the digging is completed . |
| 30 | Spinal cord injuries have cruel way of leaving your mind intact so that you can think long and hard about the way you wanted to live ’ . |