Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , he or she may suggest that the inspection chamber is left in operation , fitted with an airtight cover bolted or screwed down so that it can be removed if necessary . |
| 2 | If possible , ask for it to be omitted or served separately so that you can help yourself — to a minimum ! |
| 3 | More important , the pores in some rocks are either large or join up so that water can flow through them easily . |
| 4 | Now you could have two buses doing that and forming fifteen minute service because one bus went out in thirty minutes another one fifteen minutes behind it , that came back so that the first bus was able to do the third one . |
| 5 | Now what I 'm saying to you is that there 's a big question mark as far as Goodey er report is concerned and they can talk about er the surpluses , they can talk about the trustees , but there 's no majority as far as the employees are concerned and this was the question mark that we we were saying that one of the reasons why they were saying you know that the employee should be in the minority because in the end paragraph of the summing up of the Goodey report that states quite clearly that all the responsibility and all the but the employer , now you yourself has said that er as far as the schemes and we 're talking of something in the region of a hundred and twenty eight thousand . |
| 6 | Another example , the Brazil nut ( Bertholletia excelsa ) has an operculum or lid that opens inwards so that animals have to get the seeds out , while in Gustavia the mesocarp is brightly coloured so that , once damaged , it is attractive to animals . |
| 7 | It was very quiet in the kitchen except for the clock in the corner that ticked so loudly that it sounded as if it would burst out of its case . |
| 8 | The following night Mr Newman went to the address , but was ambushed as he left his car and attacked so violently that half his face was battered beyond recognition . |
| 9 | Over at the manse the Reverend William McIvor , in a drab overcoat , let himself out by the back door and rode off to the north-east by a back path through the woods near Taymouth Castle , keeping his grey garron on a tight rein and stepping slowly so that the hoof-beats were nearly soundless . |
| 10 | Benedicta 's eyes rounded in surprise but she smiled and agreed so quickly that the friar wondered if she , too , felt the kinship between them . |
| 11 | Leese considered the initials of the organization to be unfortunate , and argued quite logically that it was misnamed , as its platform had little to do with fascism . |
| 12 | His head looked like that of a statue that someone had found and rolled home so that all the delicate parts had broken off . |
| 13 | The adoral shields are long with a straight proximal edge and widening distally so that they separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 14 | ‘ The wheel 's made in two parts and bolted together so that you can change a tyre without levers . |
| 15 | Themes in existence by 1950 were continued in subsequent decades but they have developed so extensively and changed so dramatically that their origins may now appear to be many years away . |
| 16 | The female , Vicky , came to me and bent down so that I could look again into her grey eyes . |
| 17 | His toes were contracted and bent downward so that his feet were very arched . |
| 18 | I heard the screech of protesting steel , then the powerboat bounced off our hull and accelerated away so that , within seconds , its powerful drives were swirling the sea into twin sprays of white water . |
| 19 | General Leclerc , as a soldier , was not , at least not to begin with , and believed not only that the reconquest of Tonkin , even in part , was impossible but that a negotiated settlement was essential even if it conceded independence . |
| 20 | If light of a certain colour shines on the surface , molecules on the surface will absorb the light and heat up so that they ‘ glow ’ in the STM picture . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you — ’ she began , but before she could finish , the little frog was leaping up and down , nodding its head and croaking so loudly that the girls were afraid someone would hear . |
| 22 | And with unnerving certainty she knew that something was in the corridor with her — something that blended its colour and shape so perfectly that it was invisible . |
| 23 | I had straightened up and moved aside so that the sun no longer dazzled me and I could see Sweetman properly , and what I saw I did not like . |
| 24 | They need stretching and filling out so that they reflect the fullness and adequacy of who God is . |
| 25 | A quiet , unassuming man , Geoffrey Thomas indulged a great fondness for nature and wildlife in the countryside around his house in Kent , and read so voraciously that his wife feared they might have to move house to gain access to a new public library . |
| 26 | In order to display particular native features , the traditional circle , chain and couple dance formations must be broken up and opened outwards so that the steps are seen clearly by the audience . |
| 27 | Now at the ages of 15 , 16 and 18 we speak to a lot more people , we know the staff a lot better and we take part in things such as karaoke and adult games etc , we do not go to the amusements and swim much now that we are older . |
| 28 | He would have preferred it had their arguments led directly to immaterialism , and showed not merely that we do not know what qualities material objects have , but indeed that they have none , or even that there are no such objects . |
| 29 | In this respect the exercise was a valuable learning experience , and showed once again that there is sometimes a tremendous gap to be crossed between the theory and the practice of soft systems ideas . |
| 30 | Burun cursed , and Rostov saw that the straw circle had been moved back and turned sideways so that it was no wider than a man 's forearm . |