Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] so [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His head looked like that of a statue that someone had found and rolled home so that all the delicate parts had broken off . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ The wheel 's made in two parts and bolted together so that you can change a tyre without levers . |
| 10 | The female , Vicky , came to me and bent down so that I could look again into her grey eyes . |
| 11 | His toes were contracted and bent downward so that his feet were very arched . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They need stretching and filling out so that they reflect the fullness and adequacy of who God is . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In fact , we discovered the problem and acted immediately so that there would be no danger to public health . |
| 19 | At first sight it is a pretty enough spectacle to see a matchbox made ; one motion of the hands bends into shape the notched frame of the case , another surrounds it with the ready-pasted strip of painted wrapper , which , by long practice is fitted instinctively without a wrinkle , then the sandpaper or phosphorous paper , pasted ready beforehand , is applied and pressed on so that it sticks fast . |
| 20 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 21 | to , to having a collectivization policy an and moving forward so that immediately into socialism . |
| 22 | He took hold of the collar of Lucien 's shirt and pulled hard so that the soft fabric ripped like parchment . |
| 23 | This first collar is made as high as you can work , just below the buds or branches , and tied firmly so that the hessian is not loose , which can lead to twisting and rubbing . |
| 24 | After much debate it seems that these were built for rabbits to live and breed in so that they could be caught for meat and fur . |
| 25 | And told to turn up the next morning , waited another four hours , finally a patient who 'd had an operation for a serious gall bladder operation two days before hand was kicked out of his bed and sent home so that she would be put in the bed , given the operation ! |
| 26 | But if you decide to separate , be firm and stay apart so that you can find out how to cope alone . |
| 27 | Deep carpet covered the floors and the stairs swept up to the showrooms and the warren of workrooms beyond , and though the window drapes and furnishings were ever-so-slightly faded , as if they had seen better days , they were of the finest silks and velvets and every corner was swept , polished and cleaned daily so that no single speck of dust , let alone a cobweb , dared show itself . |
| 28 | I bet I will get nice and fluffed out so that it |
| 29 | The snow is much worse as I finally move out , and the only consolation for the time it has taken is being alone , and arriving late so that the others have already begun on the tent and wood collecting . |
| 30 | There was a central spindle on the tyring platform , and the wheel was put over this and clamped down so that it would n't spring . |