Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A skilful negotiator will attempt to trade concession for concession so that ultimately an agreement which satisfies both parties is reached . |
| 2 | Martin Luther King had a vision as personal and private as the sleeping child or the cross-legged meditator , but he turned it outward as a prayer for peace so that it became shared . |
| 3 | Might the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) want more money for Derbyshire so that it can employ more people such as his brother , who is employed as a personnel liaison officer for Toyota , his sister-in-law , who is employed in the county publicity department — — and such as another sister-in-law , who is employed in the education department ? |
| 4 | These are factors such as education , training , language and responsibility which colour the thinking of people so that different impressions result from the same data . |
| 5 | As UK farm production rose , the economy became nearly self-sufficient in many foodstuffs and a net exporter of others so that between 1958 and 1983 the UK 's net imports of food almost halved in quantity . |
| 6 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 7 | It seemed much easier to sit and do nothing , to pretend that he did n't exist , to empty your mind of feelings so that you felt nothing , nothing at all … . |
| 8 | CFS maintain a wide stock of templates so that the profile of the blade can be ‘ retuned ’ and its performance brought back to optimum . |
| 9 | It would mean that British Gas would put a mileage rate on the transportation of gas so that regions such as Wales will suffer from higher gas prices , which will offset anything that we may do to achieve efficiency . |
| 10 | Shamanism , he explained patiently for the three idiot Brits , was a primitive practice of self-denial so that one could travel in the land of the dead and return unscathed . |
| 11 | The main thing is to get a piece of paper between each piece of glassware so that if it does move , And if you j you just pack a piece of paper in er er fold it over a little er and push it in , i i so you stop movement . |
| 12 | Before you try it on your garment , knit a test piece of band so that you can perfect the technique . |
| 13 | and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file |
| 14 | Where … as in a mature legal system , we have a system of rules which includes a rule of recognition so that the status of a rule as a member of the system now depends on whether it satisfies certain criteria provided by the rule of recognition , this brings with it a new application of the word ‘ exist ’ . |
| 15 | There should be clearer labelling of food so that people can determine what is best for them . |
| 16 | He was difficult sometimes — maddening sometimes — but he had , I always thought , a curious innocence of character so that you could n't be angry with him for long — and I found him always stimulating to be with — talkative , bursting with ideas and comments — and for a great deal of the time — just plain good fun to be with . |
| 17 | This is Albert 's entry to the solo ; I seem to recall Emmy playing this in E♭ , but I 've written it in the key of D so that you wo n't have to ‘ capo-up ’ at the first fret . |
| 18 | has always involved himself with the community and it was during his first term of office here that one of our cherished hopes came to fruition , a community centre for , called The Village Hall . |
| 19 | Some of these writers have taken the view that as part of this class war management , on behalf of capital , have been able to steer the direction of technological change along a particular path , stimulating certain developments at the expense of others so that the interests of capital are better served , and the interests of labour are countered . |
| 20 | Perhaps Singapore wants to make Indonesia a counterweight against Malaysia so that Malaysia will not exert too much pressure on it . " |
| 21 | ‘ We will build a partnership with tenants so that they can be represented on housing committees and housing association management committees and have greater influence over repairs and services and the local management of their own estates . ’ |
| 22 | The Secretary of State and I attach great importance to SCOTVEC working in partnership with NCVQ so that all students can gain full recognition for their vocational achievements throughout the United Kingdom . |
| 23 | The seventh prayer in the long version concerns the suffering before Annas , Caiaphas , Pilate and Herod , but more especially the moment when Christ looks at Peter after he has denied him ( Luke 22:55 — 62 ) : The short version , typically , focuses more sharply , concentrating only on the episode with Peter so that there is an identification made between him and the meditator and , by implication , all men who by their natures inevitably betray Christ : The Longleat version of this subject shows by comparison how much less effective than either of the others it is . |
| 24 | Mainly for reasons of security , firms can not afford to keep stock in warehouses so that confronted with sudden large requests , most can not compete with their better-connected rivals in the Russian capital . |
| 25 | For such people , the symptoms are indispensable and the best hope is to keep the condition within limits so that it causes the least possible disruption to the patient and his family . |
| 26 | As the first group approached sixteen years Salah tried to get the authorities to open a branch of the primary-school teacher-training college in Huaiwiri so that the girls could continue their education without leaving home . |
| 27 | Everton 's Peter Beardsley made a less optimistic assessment : ‘ When we get players injured there 's nothing like the depth of talent in reserve here that I was used to at Liverpool . |
| 28 | I will make that feedback to Jenny so that she 's clear , I think that 's a good way to handle it . |
| 29 | The energy which creates earth lights seems to have a sensitizing effect on people so that they are more likely to see things psychically , and there may be outbreaks of psychic effects , such as poltergeist activity . |
| 30 | Place six of the canes in the base holes and fit the roof on top so that it sits on top of the cake . |