Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , accidents in residential areas are widely dispersed so that the key is to find low-cost measures which cover the entire residential area rather than specific accident black-spots . |
| 2 | He argues that under capitalism the interests of workers and capitalists are fundamentally opposed so that the latter , in order to pursue their objective of profit maximisation , need to exercise tight control over the former . |
| 3 | Moreover , just at the time when the tape medium is losing its prime hold on the marketplace , the manufacturing technology has been vastly improved so that the best cassettes can now give aural satisfaction , even on the most demanding domestic equipment . |
| 4 | For instance , many of Amway 's products , such as fabric softener , bleach and window cleaner , are highly concentrated so that less packaging is required . |
| 5 | 1993 itself will undoubtedly be equally as difficult a year in many ways at 1992 but we are better equipped now that new foundations have been laid for building an effective and successful engineering and construction consultancy business for the nineties . |
| 6 | It is assumed that within a single erosional system all elements of the topography are mutually adjusted so that they are downwasting at the same rate . |
| 7 | ‘ Though the mechanics of it are so arranged so that on every odd hour the water plays and the fountain dances in snatches of classical music . ’ |
| 8 | From a train window the views are democratically arrayed so that basilica and hedgerow , back street and castle have equal viewing time and space . |
| 9 | It was belatedly discovered at Lemnos that the transport ships had been incorrectly loaded so that crucial material , required immediately on landing , had been packed at the bottom of the holds . |
| 10 | And if these random shocks in aggregate and relative demand are normally distributed so that larger ( absolute ) values are less likely to occur than smaller ones , it is rational to infer from an unexpectedly high price in any market that this is due partly to a positive aggregate demand shock and partly to a positive relative demand shock . |
| 11 | The progressivity of the tax structure has been largely undermined so that the poor pay a very high price for their welfare . |
| 12 | Since 1980 , the protection of the law against the closed shop had been progressively extended so that it now covered everyone in employment . |
| 13 | In the horse , the digits have been progressively reduced so that just the central core carries the load and the two adjacent ones are present as splints — remnants of the digits that once were there . |
| 14 | ‘ The rootzone is protected under the warmth of the polypropylene carpet and , although the grass can be kicked off during play , the roots are not damaged so that it recovers during the growing season . ’ |
| 15 | Sometimes walls are deliberately demolished so that the stone can be re-used elsewhere . |
| 16 | Animals that are too aggressive , too daring , or too timid for their own good in terms of reproduction are gradually eliminated so that in a stable environment the median values tend to become the population norms . |
| 17 | The computer methodology for probate inventories has been further developed so that it can now handle large numbers of complete inventories . |
| 18 | The civilian operators , notably the CEGB , have consistently tried to deny this , although at least one of the first Magnox reactors , Hinkley Point A , had been deliberately adapted so that ‘ weapons grade ’ plutonium could be extracted . |
| 19 | Those screens are specially designed so that only the driver can open them , in an attempt to prevent incidents like the one Mr Seymour experienced . |
| 20 | The teeth are specially grooved so that when the lizard bites , the venom runs down the outside of the teeth into the wound . |
| 21 | It has been repeatedly stressed above that OED is the ground from which all other dictionaries and English language reference books take their origin . |
| 22 | The units studied are carefully structured so that individual work , pair work and group work can easily lead into , or be developed out of , whole class discussions . |
| 23 | Structures and vocabulary are carefully graded so that children consolidate and build on their English in a motivating way . |
| 24 | Dampers are carefully designed so that this linear relationship is preserved over a wide range of speed difference . |
| 25 | It is vital that assumptions about volume of work are clearly stated so that the effects of changed levels of volume may be understood . |
| 26 | RIGHT Reconstructions of finds are often done so that they can be better understood , studied and recorded , and also so that they are more meaningful when put on display . |
| 27 | The Bill in the course of its transit through Parliament had been radically altered so that the eventual enactment bore little resemblance to the Bill which was originally drafted . |
| 28 | The coil springs are now tapered so that the more the load , the firmer the ride appears . |
| 29 | It is necessary to turn our prisons into workplaces in which the inmates do not receive parole but can work their way out of prison by dedicated activity , which should be properly paid so that they can compensate those whom they have wronged and pay something back into the system . |
| 30 | We want rights of way to be properly managed so that people who litter , trespass , leave gates open , or whose dogs kill sheep can be dealt with . |