Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cable which has a large reserve of strength is mostly used so that a weak-link device of some kind safeguards the structure on a fast launch in gusty conditions . |
| 2 | This belief , though not taught in the Old Testament , was widely held in the Jewish constituency among whom Paul worked : it is widely believed today that if only you try hard and do your best , God will accept you at the last . |
| 3 | To get over this problem the latter exit is gently angled so that from La Scala the exit/entrance is square to the Piazza . |
| 4 | In severe deafness so much effort goes into making sense of what is only heard imperfectly that there is more difficulty in remembering facts , so if in any doubt it is helpful to write a note of key points , one 's name , agency , and when a return visit will be paid . |
| 5 | The porcupine fish ( opposite , top ) inflates itself by gulping in water ( or air if it has been removed from the sea ) until its body is so puffed up that its spiny scales stand out rigidly from its body and defy any killer to devour it . |
| 6 | RIDDICK BOWE is so laid back that he does n't look like a man capable of starting a fight , let alone finishing one . |
| 7 | But the concern , in respect of the early years , is that we have never achieved consensus over what an appropriate early years curriculum should be ; besides which , provision is so varied nationally that some children are evidently disadvantaged from an early age . |
| 8 | She 's so grown up that she shouted herself hoarse through a bloody pantomime not two hours ago . |
| 9 | The middle phase is where this tolerance is progressively lost so that there is decreased control over use and over associated behaviour . |
| 10 | It is generally recognized now that a totally planned economy is no longer a desirable or viable option for socialists , in either the East or the West . |
| 11 | It is generally believed today that hyperinflations can be avoided by the maintenance of a reasonable degree of control over the supply of money . |
| 12 | It is generally accepted now that to speak of self-sufficiency in the face of such quantities of material is absurd . |
| 13 | At the least it is usually laid down that the amendment of the Constitution can take place only through a special process different from that by which the ordinary law is altered … |
| 14 | When the lossless line is short circuited so that the input impedance is apparently Under open-circuit loading , that is , when , the input impedance becomes Combining equations ( 9.92 ) and ( 9.93 ) gives from which it is apparent that the values of Z k and β can be determined for a line from measurements of and . |
| 15 | Each of these elements , in accordance with LIFESPAN 's broad view of what constitutes software , is deliberately defined so that LIFESPAN can accommodate many diverse approaches to software design , implementation technique , and project-management procedures . |
| 16 | The hull is deliberately shaped so that as soon as it is put slightly off course the veer will increase and increase until the boat is facing the other way . |
| 17 | Here one of the pair of reaction primers is deliberately designed so that its 3' terminal residue lies precisely at the point mutation site . |
| 18 | This is gradually learned so that , for instance , you know exactly when to gybe in choppy water to take advantage of the waves . |
| 19 | Two scales are provided for assessing language comprehension , one of which is specially modified so that only eye pointing is required . |
| 20 | When dressing practice starts , the patient is carefully positioned so that his hemiplegic arm and leg are well supported . |
| 21 | It is clearly stated there that , if the hon. Member who originated the question rises and states that he intends to seek to raise the matter on the Adjournment , that is the end of that particular question . |
| 22 | The electricity supply is also regulated so that ‘ surges ’ in the National Grid — which may accompany the beginning or end of certain television programmes and so affect domestic lighting and identify the passage of time — are smoothed over . |
| 23 | It is also pointed out that the danger of " hurrying " and teaching " more " is that time for gathering information and reflecting on practice and the implicit and explicit theories that guide it can evaporate easily in the busyness of increasing demands … |
| 24 | The house , moreover , has its relation to the industrial town as Engels describes it , which is also planned so that the paths of the separate nations need never cross . |
| 25 | Similarly , Marshall Sahlins 's work on the Hawaiian islanders in his Islands of History , though far more acutely aware of contending multiple narratives trying to ascribe different significances to the same happenings , is also organised so that it allows Sahlins to present a narrative wherein conflicting stories/histories are mapped out in a framework which explores these histories ' interpenetrations , their assimilations of each other rather than their refusals of each other . |
| 26 | These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 27 | The system is also designed so that when the text of an entry is retrieved from the Working-Set , a copy is written to a ( CMS ) security file before the lexicographer can edit it . |
| 28 | The position of Gaelic has deteriorated dramatically in the intervening forty years and it is now argued convincingly that a local language is itself a development tool . |
| 29 | It is now programmed so that the core course can be done by pupils working in pairs . |
| 30 | ESC C16 is often applied so that any distribution before dissolution is treated as capital on the recipients for tax purposes . |