Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are my shoulders hunched so that they are close to my ears ? |
| 2 | The 15 other boys in his class are having their heads shaved so that Mark will not be out of place when his hair falls out during his treatment . |
| 3 | She looked at Lowell , her eyes narrowed so that the sexual invitation was n't too overt . |
| 4 | Fran sat down , keeping her eyes lowered so that she would n't have to meet Luke 's eyes across the table , but she could feel him watching her . |
| 5 | Critics of the organization say it gave away money indiscriminately , whilst its supporters maintain fiercely that all projects were minutely criticized for viability . |
| 6 | I hope , however , that the hon. Gentleman will explain to the Leader of the Opposition that Welsh farmers could not afford to have their incomes cuts so that the money could be spent on Spanish , Greek and Portuguese farmers . |
| 7 | Her head did not precisely ache , but it felt hollow and somehow precarious ; and she found it hard to make her muscles work so that she felt as though she might trip over her own feet or walk into the furniture . |
| 8 | An analysis of their replies showed clearly that the great majority of them came from what are traditionally considered ‘ middle class ’ occupational groups , and that academics , students , and retired people ( the majority of whom were retired professionals ) accounted for just under half of all visitors . |
| 9 | Its auditors warned recently that difficulties over just one debt could have a domino effect throughout the organisation . |
| 10 | She tried to skim again , but her tears fell so that she could not do it . |
| 11 | The inspiration she gave to her staff and her friends continues now that she is gone . |
| 12 | The House of Commons Agriculture Committee put forward 43 recommendations for change but their conclusions suggest strongly that the Committee did not appreciate the severity of the conservation/agriculture conflict in the uplands and the impact of habitat loss . |
| 13 | His sons said later that he did n't know how to . ’ |
| 14 | Here his voice took on a devious note and his eyes slanted so that all light and expression were shut out . |
| 15 | Yes , he knew his face was finely made , his forehead broad , his gaze haunting , his lips sculpted so that even a sneer looked fetching on them , but he needed a living mirror to tell him so . |
| 16 | Thus instead of following the traditional linear progression of the allegory — a development towards contemplation based on Jacob 's union with Rachel after his marriage to Leah — Hilton is more interested in emphasising the coexistence of the two wives : In his reference to another facet of the story , that concerning Jacob 's change of name to Israel , allegorised as a man seeing God , Hilton does suggest a progression in contemplation for his pupil saying that he will become Israel , that is , fully contemplative , in the next world , certainly , and possibly even in this if his circumstances change so that he is relieved of worldly responsibility altogether . |
| 17 | Two of his partners protested promptly that the said Susy was fully deployed on their cases , and Peter Yeo settled down to reorganize the workload , emerging after ten minutes ' hard negotiation with more or less the conclusion he had wanted . |
| 18 | But in a terrible state and his hands shook so that he could not work the door-bolt . |
| 19 | He arrived in a dark suit and a black shirt buttoned down over his dog collar and kept his hands folded so that nobody could see if he had on a ring at all , let alone one like a winegum . |
| 20 | Which only gave the Duchess a new detail to worry over : how would the orchestra leader know when to stop his men playing so that the pipers could begin ? |
| 21 | We 've had our noses blocked so that we pronounce phrases differently . |
| 22 | And it 's So one of the first thing to do is to get your axes marked so that when you 're putting stuff in , you know which is which . |
| 23 | ‘ We believe that our results show conclusively that neutrinos do not undergo oscillation and thus are not mixed states in a quantum-mechanical sense . ’ |
| 24 | Our results show directly that the heat of adsorption is significantly increased . |
| 25 | But regardless of the precise predictive value of this threshold , our findings show clearly that patients destined to suffer recurrence presented a persistent upward shift in the proliferative pattern which could be detected before the relapse occurred . |