Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adv] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upshot is that holiday/tour organisers who book hotels in this country are imposing stringent contract conditions on the hotels and may in some cases be looking for some performance guarantees or such-like so that they have some redress if your shortcomings result in them having to pay up to their customers . |
| 2 | Are there aspects of training that you find to have been missing or superficial now that you have had the chance of putting your technical skill to the test ? |
| 3 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 4 | I do n't like men that handsome then that they think this sounds awful bigheaded , they are prettier than me . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the first triticale was far too tall and weak so that it ‘ lodged ’ ( is flattened ) in a storm , and kernels in contact with the earth soon rotted . |
| 6 | Instead of Greece they went to Wyvis Hall because Adam was broke and Mary was close to broke because that first time it had been so beautiful and peaceful and private there that you could hardly see what advantages Greece would have had over it . |
| 7 | If drilling use a very sharp drill and hold it straight , drilling onto wood if possible so that it does n't crack the jar |
| 8 | Only the grip of his hand on her arm joined their bodies together , yet the union seemed complete and total so that she was no longer a separate entity . |
| 9 | " This Meeting consider themselves authorised to regulate the practice to be hereafter adopted in Smithies — and direct now that he who comes to the smithy first prepared for work shall have preference in finishing all his work of every kind before any other can pretend to interfere . " |
| 10 | The matrix is designed to be flexible and adaptable so that it can readily be adjusted to respond to needs identified by users . |
| 11 | The result of his planning so far is what he calls ‘ the R&D Initiative for the NHS ’ — something that he recognises must be visible and simple so that he can present it ‘ succinctly ’ to boardrooms and to nonspecialist health professionals , such as managers . |
| 12 | In fact it has been so hot and humid today that I have had to get an electric fan and put it on in my room . |
| 13 | And fortunate too that he should be so much in love … |
| 14 | It is almost certain that he would have had to take evasive action to miss Roddymoor 's houses and likely too that he tried to make a pond to douse the licking flames . |
| 15 | In principle it is impossible because skills are by their nature totally integrated and interactive so that they can not meaningfully be separated into independent parts . |
| 16 | I got out , feeling alone and rootless now that he had let go of my hand . |
| 17 | One of the girls , the plump one with the freckles and the missing front tooth , looked very plain and dowdy now that she had lost all her pretty blonde curls . |
| 18 | She would take home something special and beautiful so that she would not remember the Côte d'Azur only for the bad things . |
| 19 | Look for drive bays of both sizes , 3.5-inch and 5.25-inch so that you can fit extra peripherals such as CD-ROM , or another hard or floppy drive . |
| 20 | Similar rules may be constructed to examine the operation of processes of lengthening and rounding so that it is possible ( for example ) to compare in the two communities the distribution of vowel length in four phonetic environments ( see J. Milroy et al. |
| 21 | It was always the other way round , and when he found overnight fame , he clung to it with both hands and worried sometimes that it would go away again . |
| 22 | They must be presented , minded and mollycoddled if necessary so that they concentrate totally on their own performance . |
| 23 | In keeping with the emphasis on liberalism , there was the idea that party competition should be restrained and moderate so that it would involve gradual change and only limited state intervention . |
| 24 | The plaster work had been restored and gilded so that it glittered against a dazzling white ceiling and against walls hung with crimson wallpaper . |
| 25 | In return , we require the industry to become productive and efficient so that it can win the largest possible share of the future market for electricity generation . |
| 26 | Could media content continue to be exciting and enjoyable now that it was concerned with the mundane problems of national development in place of the heady business of attacking colonialism ? |
| 27 | I am by no means gloomy about the prospects for British Coal , but its future success and security depend on its becoming more competitive and productive so that it can secure a large part of the British energy market in years ahead . |
| 28 | She 'd been longing for peace and quiet so that she could get on with her carving , and , now that she had it , was standing here like a loon ! |
| 29 | We have tried to make the questions simple but comprehensive so that it wo n't take many minutes to fill in but your answers will give us a good idea of what is wanted and what is not . |
| 30 | Improvements are recommended in all of these studies such as shutting doors quietly ( and oiling them when necessary ) ; handling equipment carefully to reduce noise ; muting the alarm systems and telephones ; wearing soft-soled shoes ; providing soundproof covers for computer printout machines ; reducing conversations between staff and talking quietly ; providing earplugs if requested ; isolating ‘ noisy ’ patients from general wards when practicable so that they create the least possible disturbance to other patients — and , as Soutar & Wilson point out , most of these suggestions are simple and inexpensive remedies . |