Example sentences of "[noun pl] so that [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the unit had long since given up any pretence of cooling the room , it did turn out to have a curious talent for magnifying the pigeons ' footfalls so that their tap dance rang out like a drum-roll at six every morning . |
| 2 | In parts of Provence , though , farmers still keep green tree frogs under glass bells so that their croaking can warn of rain , and many people keep a piece of dried seaweed , claiming that it is as accurate as the human meteorologist 's forecast . |
| 3 | To hasten this process , Bakewell rented out his bulls so that their performance was proven elsewhere before he used them in his own herd . |
| 4 | Adjust your times so that your ETA at the holding point coincides with a time based on your last acknowledged position report , and flight plan for times for each section of the route . |
| 5 | PLEASE follow these guidelines so that your manuscript may be handled expeditiously . |
| 6 | Secondary schools are also keen to establish positive relationships with neighbouring primary schools so that their school becomes the automatic choice of child and parent for the next phase of education . |
| 7 | Right so on , on that er on that basis then what we 're saying is that erm you would need erm sufficient funds so that your wife would be able to have an income of s of twenty thousand pounds a year |
| 8 | All you need to do to avoid this reflex is to bend your hips and knees so that your body is balanced until you reach the chair . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd been advised to wait nine to 12 months so that my blood levels could go down , ’ she says . |
| 10 | I think the solution is certainly to breed animals in zoos but , if it is done , a great deal of effort must be made to ensure the conditions in which the animals are kept are good , and there are some zoos now which are successful in keeping animals so that their welfare is good . |
| 11 | Slide diagonally forwards as you do so and twist your hips so that your centre-line faces the opponent . |
| 12 | First a cow is pushed out of the way by the trained elephants so that her calf can be safely roped and led away . |
| 13 | It was a faculty common to all good sailors , the essential extra that enabled them to meet the seas whatever the conditions so that their craft ran straight rather than in the long zig-zags of the helmsman imprisoned by the compass and only reacting to the swing of its needle . |
| 14 | ‘ You must be good at listening and observing ; good at oral and written presentation of complex tax problems so that your client can understand them , and you have to know your accounting and you need a high level of commercial awareness . ’ |
| 15 | The rod can be kept in balance by adjusting forces and distances so that their product is a constant : |
| 16 | He is full of life an has brought home with him a number of foreign servants so that my house seems to have been removed to Paris . |
| 17 | A year or so later I chanced to meet him and he acknowledged that this was just criticism , but that he had been obliged to insert these names so that his book would look like a truly up-to-date , intouch work of scholarship . |
| 18 | For instance , Susan Trangmar 's slide installation can not be fully seen from the margins , but the act of walking to the centre of the four projector installation involves passing one of the projectors so that your shadow passes across the image . |
| 19 | She can also make sure that the more mature children have access to special tools and materials so that their creativity may progress . |
| 20 | When he finally moved back to lie beside her , he pulled her into his arms so that her head came to rest on his chest . |
| 21 | Or when I come down with psychosomatic diseases so that my wife babies me and Huxley and Hooker fight all my battles . |
| 22 | If you are not completely covered , hide where you blend into your surroundings so that your outline or the colour and texture of your clothes , hair and skin do n't give you away . |
| 23 | Smith looked to the discipline which he encountered in the Volunteer Force to be put to good use , while the programme of uniform , bands , drill , camps , recreation rooms , and religious instruction was intended to attract young adolescents so that their leisure time might be ‘ organized ’ . |
| 24 | Before the justices on that occasion the local authority had proposed that further attempts be made to improve the ability of the mother to care adequately for the children so that their future could be with her . |
| 25 | Awareness of the opportunity to earn the rewards must be made clear to the children so that their interest and motivation is increased . |
| 26 | The problem is compounded when we allow our leading businesses — Rowntree and perhaps Cadbury 's and others — to be bought up by foreign predators so that our muscle is destroyed . |
| 27 | She had a bad cold and he 'd dressed her in layers of clothes so that her coat buttons bulged and her boots were tight and hot . |