Example sentences of "[conj] so [that] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 " Do n't know whether he 's showing us the gun because he 's afraid of us , or so that we 'll be afraid of him . "
2 We should stress that all the six bureau were hand picked , there 's another 30 or so that we could have used and which would have quite probably delivered similar results .
3 Or you might realise that you want extra money , say , in order to have more free time , or so that you can help a charity , or so that you can travel abroad .
4 Or you might realise that you want extra money , say , in order to have more free time , or so that you can help a charity , or so that you can travel abroad .
5 He is just , I suppose , primus inter pares , as a Prime Minister , and erm that 's it is , as we 've both said , the next hundred days or so that you will probably see the real John Major .
6 ‘ They got the other women to call me that so that they would n't like me .
7 They did all that so that we would have better opportunities , and they expected us to grab them when they came along .
8 and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this !
9 One 11 year old who was asked about the shape of the Earth replied that he knew he was supposed to say that it was shaped like a sphere , but that he thought people only say that so that it would fit easily on a globe :
10 Most anorexics have a low opinion of themselves and see losing weight as their most important goal in order that others will value them and so that they can respect themselves .
11 Such bodies are set up outside government partly so that they can attract skilled personnel who might not be prepared to work for the core of government ; so that they can develop a high level of expertise in the area they are responsible for ; and so that they can develop policy in an atmosphere divorced from direct party political pressures .
12 In view of what you , Mr. Speaker , have had to say about the Consolidated Fund Bill , can you give some assurance that , if this matter about Maxwell and him laundering money is raised , you will ensure that people such as Arthur Scargill and Peter Heathfield will be given special tickets to sit in the Gallery so that they can hear the debate and so that they can draw the attention of various channels to the fact that perhaps Mr. Lightman should investigate the missing Maxwell millions , and perhaps we can find out whether Roger Windsor , Mr. Maxwell 's nark , was paid £50,000 out of the Daily Mirror 's missing millions .
13 Sometimes the original number of volumes is found to be inconvenient and a work is compressed , and so that we can get ‘ four volumes in two ’ , ‘ eight volumes in four ’ , etc .
14 We also intend bridging to the other main RBGE network , so that Garden staff in Edinburgh , Dawyck , Younger , Logan , and other potential external sites may access the library catalogue , and so that we can provide library users with access to the plant record database .
15 Just erm before you do and so that we can all follow where we 're getting to erm what witnesses are you going to call ?
16 It 's just er a small section of foot of a footnote which gives an account of the history of the clause in er of the section in the er Police Act of nineteen sixty four with which we are dealing and of course Your Lordships will be well aware that we moved on from Section er from the Sections of the Police Act , we 're not dealing with them at all , we 're dealing with what has happened to those Clauses since and I thought perhaps Your Lordship might Your Lordships might be interested in the sort of guidance which is made available th so , so fortunately to us and so that we can have our minds very clearly focused upon the issues .
17 Mrs Reynolds will need to be involved in this process in order to help relieve her anxieties and so that she can also support her husband .
18 Right , and so that she can still move
19 And so that he might ensure that our island would be his for all time , he instructed his hordes to slaughter all the children on Møn .
20 Now can we look at his pay cos you all been busy on the directors ' pay and this chartered secretary is really important and so that he could be available on a Saturday afternoon if he was wanted .
21 When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 , Mussolini thought the war would be over in a matter of weeks , and so that he could claim a share of the spoils for Italy he offered to send troops to the Russian front .
22 Find another two people to be prayer partners with you once a week so that some of these prayer burdens can be shared and agreed on and so that you can be spurred on by each other 's zeal in prayer .
23 It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook .
24 It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook .
25 It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook .
26 The weaker way is to say simply that although there is a radical and obvious difference between the two hypotheses , it is not one which could make any difference to you , and so that you can be exempted from paying any attention to it .
27 It is important that they are kept in good working order so that water does not leak from the system and so that you can turn the water off when you want to . :
28 And so that you could send them the information about it all , and then James is just talking into the camera , saying , oh I 'm really glad that this is happening , the band 's gon na be really happy , finally we 're on our way , bla bla , and then it ends .
29 Organically grown produce is packaged so that it can be identified and so that it may be distinguished from other produce .
30 Apparently erm the compute software which controls the issues of orders to crac er contractor has a fault er last been erm spotted and so that it can be sorted out and er there 's going to be some reorganisation of the way in which erm erm faults are handled in the department .
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