Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] so that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the old paradigm , companies are organized into a series of hierarchical tiers so that supervisors at each level can make sure that subordinates act according to plan . |
| 2 | The scientist Robert Boyle was looking for a method of preserving corpses so that they could be used for summer as well as winter tutorials . |
| 3 | Several groups of them specialise in this diet and each has evolved a long sticky tongue entirely independently : a marsupial , the numbat , in Australia ; a distant relative of primitive antelopes , the aardvark in Africa ; the pangolins of Asia and Africa which are covered in a mail of horny plates so that they resemble giant animated fir-cones ; and the three very different ant-eaters of South America , the gazelle-sized giant of the savannahs , the squirrel-sized pygmy from the forest canopy , and the monkey-sized tamandua from its mid-storey . |
| 4 | You should keep a copy order and make a note of due dates so that you can plan for the arrival of the stock . |
| 5 | The Ministero dei Beni Culturali , for example , arranges for army frogmen to take courses in underwater archaeology , while the Ministero della Marina Mercantile makes available the results of underwater surveys so that areas of archaeological interest can be identified . |
| 6 | They wanted to do lots of different ads so that they can vary them and the public wo n't get bored . ’ |
| 7 | She took a quick break for lunch , gulping down a couple of sandwiches and a cup of coffee , then spent the afternoon painting the dragon , using dozens of different shades so that he shimmered with colour . |
| 8 | The second , and much deeper , problem is that there is still far too little agreement about the themes and content in the curriculum of top juniors so that different primary schools which will ‘ feed ’ a secondary school are working on a degree of common curricular ground . |
| 9 | He is full of life an has brought home with him a number of foreign servants so that my house seems to have been removed to Paris . |
| 10 | So the true task of adult education these days ought to be first and foremost to equip a sufficient body of ordinary citizens so that they are capable of forming rationally grounded opinions upon matters of public importance . |
| 11 | erm I 'll like to deal with this in a if possible in a number of separate motions so that we can deal with the various bits of work that need to be done , but I 'll call Mr first |
| 12 | We are left with real problems of unemployment and all that goes with that with the drifting away of hospital care so that everything is centered outside the constituency ; with the drifting away of real jobs so that people have to move outside . |
| 13 | In 1983 Mr St John Stevas promoted a private member 's bill , The National Audit Bill , which sought to give the Comptroller and Auditor General access to the accounts of nationalized industries so that his staff could investigate them as they do the accounts of government departments . |
| 14 | Legislation has not only so multiplied that it is now the characteristic activity of the modern state , but it has been addressed to complicated matters which have increased the complexity and bulk of individual statutes so that they often go unread even by the legislators who pass them . |
| 15 | In July he slipped away by train to Dire Dawa and my father wrote despondently to the Foreign Office : " Lij Yasu , during his three months ' stay in Addis Ababa , has succeeded in destroying even the semblance of central government and is dragging down the prestige of individual ministers so that there is no authority to whom the Legation can appeal . " |
| 16 | Following a method which has been successfully piloted , children will be grouped on the basis of individual pre-tests so that their initial explanations are either in agreement or in conflict . |
| 17 | Five years ago , schools were asked to develop their programme of personal relationships so that the right sort of foundations could be laid at an early age . |
| 18 | Okay Now expect , farmer 's expectations of prices are assumed to be revised , right , each year , farmers revise their own expectations of future prices so that makes some sense . |
| 19 | Other measures proposed are global tree-planting programmes and a halt in the burning of tropical forests so that by 2005 , no carbon dioxide emissions come from deforestation . |
| 20 | While some manufacturers advocated the latter , a more popular approach has been to build computers out of conventional processors so that many current programs and , more importantly , programming concepts , can be recycled . |
| 21 | Engineers should also have an appreciate of the causes of human errors so that the reasons behind safe operation and design practices can be appreciated ( see Appendix 2 ) . |
| 22 | The intention is to give an appreciation of causes of human errors so that the reasons behind safe operation and design practices can be appreciated . |
| 23 | For example , Carson ( 1971 , p. 167 ) argued that an approach more firmly based in mechanics would lead to a more integrated understanding of geomorphological processes so that the student would be more impressed by unity rather than alarmed by superficial diversity . |
| 24 | They could be conventionally square or round or in the shape of long slits so that the adjoining room shows through and gives extra perspective . |
| 25 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 26 | Some organisations print a sheet of miniature photographs so that editors may choose which , if any , they would like to have . |
| 27 | I agree with the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington ( Mr. Forman ) that by far the most useful thing that we could do in the short run would be to fund a payments union among the commonwealth of independent states so that they could at least have a currency in which to trade with one another . |
| 28 | ‘ Many teachers are now suffering from or showing signs of stress-related illnesses so that they wish to take early retirement , some on the grounds of ill-health , or are eager to leave the profession altogether , ’ the Belfast secondary teacher added . |
| 29 | The three stages of the exercise are : examination of personal values of the participants ; evaluation of existing services in the light of values expressed ; and a focus on ways of changing services so that carers can have access to ‘ valued lifestyles for themselves , as well as for the people they care for ’ . |
| 30 | The policy of the United States regarding the defence of South Korea was to continue in 1949 with the withdrawal of American troops so that the process was completed by 30 June 1949 . |