Example sentences of "the [noun pl] so that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plain English text displays are used on the keyphones so that if John Ward in Room 16 calls for room service John Ward 16 is displayed on the keyphone in the kitchen , enabling the call to be answered with ‘ Good evening Mr Ward , may I help you ? ’ |
| 2 | While your brain is doing that it will be storing the words so that when you look at your sheet of nouns you will recall what was said for some while after it was actually said . |
| 3 | Be flexible with the details so that if you are getting behind you can trim the programme . |
| 4 | Finding that their efforts are doomed to failure , what more natural than that they should cause the company to execute a floating charge in their favour to secure the loans so that if anything is left , after the claims of the prior chargees are satisfied , they take it rather than the unsecured creditors ? |
| 5 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 6 | So we 'll get that sorted out and been talking about it I think the best bet is if we can get a few lessons in during the holidays so that when he goes back to school he 'll be more or less up to date . |
| 7 | They did that with the neeps so that when the man came along with a cart they could throw them , you see . |