Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [noun] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So although agencies can now see what sort of approach they should be making in women 's development policy , and are looking at their lives in their entirety — not just as baby machines , the agencies are restricted by the IMF and World Bank conditions in what they can do . |
| 2 | So although lexicographers may purposely employ experts to contribute to the compilation of definitions in more esoteric domains , it is nevertheless the case that more everyday words will have more widely understood patterns of usage that are reflected in both the definitions they possess and the manner in which they are used in a typical business letter . |
| 3 | And to cap it all , in my front garden , a taxus that has already outgirthed Sir Cyril Smith was making a takeover bid for my car runway , so that friends would smilingly open their drivers ' doors only to get a mouthful of evergreen . |
| 4 | The economy demanded multinational States , so that nationality could no longer be a ‘ State-forming ’ principle . |
| 5 | In most cases the same result would probably be reached even without a provision to this effect , given that in international commercial transactions the application of mandatory rules is likely to be limited , so that courts will usually respect the autonomy of the parties in choosing the law which is to govern their relationship . |
| 6 | Such an outcome is possible if there exist contestable markets , so that firms can easily enter an industry when profits rise , and exit when they fall ( see McDonald 1987 ) . |
| 7 | Who will pay for the crossover still in use by the Stanlow tanks each week to be moved so that locos can still be run round trains ? |
| 8 | ‘ po ’ and ‘ pa ’ are of almost equal probability , so that statistics could never decide between pod and pad , for example . |
| 9 | In March 1917 when news of the Russian revolution reached Paris , Modi went running to find his writer friend Ilya Ehrenburg , embraced him and began ‘ screeching enthusiastically ’ , so that Ehrenburg could barely make out what he was saying . |
| 10 | If the surrounding web of reality which we perceive is partly true and partly false , then in order to get closer to the truth some things need to be doubted so that others can properly be believed . |
| 11 | Labour 's Minister for Science will develop a national strategy to promote high-quality science and technology , so that Britain can better anticipate and respond to the challenges of the future . |
| 12 | The tubes through which sperm travel from the testes to the penis are cut or blocked so that sperm can no longer enter the semen that is ejaculated when the man ‘ comes ’ . |
| 13 | In male sterilisation , or vasectomy , the tubes ( the vas deferens ) through which sperm travel from the testes to the penis , are cut or blocked so that sperm can no longer enter the ejaculate ( the fluid released when a man reaches climax ) . |
| 14 | Place them so that air can freely circulate around the back . |
| 15 | The reasons for a separation and its temporary nature can be explained to a ten-year-old child , so that anxiety can again be minimised . |
| 16 | A new car-park is being built further away from the house , so that visitors will no longer have their first impressions spoiled by large numbers of vehicles . |
| 17 | Richini gave the façade a concave curve so that carriages could more easily approach the doorway . |
| 18 | The function of the state was to plan the social environment so that individuals could more fully realize themselves . |
| 19 | We did n't want there to be any confusion so that people would automatically put us all into public services , because the majority of our members should n't be in that section . |
| 20 | Though God is totally free of culture he chooses to clothe his message in cultural form so that people will immediately see its relevance and feel its impact . |
| 21 | ‘ Our job is to provide some activities so that people can then choose whether or not they want to be involved . |
| 22 | We are also considering linking electronic mail systems so that people can quickly get operational messages to defined contracts . ’ |
| 23 | Child Benefit was to stay and a new benefit , Family Credit , was to be introduced for low-income families in work so that people could no longer be worse off in work than on the dole . |
| 24 | British Rail have refused to put lifts in , we 've managed to persuade them to put ramps in so that people could actually carry luggage up the stairs , and people could be wheeled up the stairs . |
| 25 | So that employees can truly assess the new country , some firms pay for short ‘ look-see ’ visits so that the executive and spouse can judge for themselves , first-hand , as to whether they should accept the transfer . |
| 26 | For example , as I indicated in discussing personal care , it is regarded as legitimate for children to think about their own interests when deciding whether to support a parent , but this is balanced rather delicately with the morality of obligation and duty , so that children can quite easily get into the position where they are regarded as too self-interested . |
| 27 | Page references were necessary for this so that pupils could quickly move from purpose to information . |
| 28 | A form of voice reproduction could be built into the on-line or packaged editions so that pronunciations could actually be heard instead of inferred from the phonetic transcription . |
| 29 | When the member of the team finds any colour she makes the sound of her team so that cows would always moo . |
| 30 | She also persuaded her local council to help adapt their Manchester semi so that Norman could eventually come home . |