Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole system usually depends on gravity — which means the cold water storage cistern must be above the highest point of the hot water cylinder ( usually the hot water draw-off ) , and the hot water cylinder must be above the boiler so that the heavier ( cooler ) water falls and the lighter ( heated ) water rises through the various connecting pipes . |
| 2 | He has used the old classical forms in the suite so that the music is reminiscent sometimes of Mozart , sometimes of Bach , or Handel , or Gluck . |
| 3 | She looked at Tommaso Talvi in her mind 's eye , she adjusted her image of him to fit with her sister 's , she inventoried his features , beginning with the eyes , and redrafted them in order to see them as ‘ pretty ’ , she scanned his caffelatte pallor and his big hands , grasping the bread she had cut for him , she looked at his mouth , the purplish fullness of his lips and the strong teeth that showed when he grinned , as he had done , often , but without laughter , when the men were disagreeing about the possibilities of change , the chances of the election on returning the Socialists , of bringing about improvements for the labourers now that the franchise had at last been widened to include some people who were n't bosses , like her father , a music teacher with a sense of honour , of justice . |
| 4 | Banks of muscles are attached to the backbone so that the tail can be beaten from side to side with unflagging strength throughout the fish 's life . |
| 5 | Harvey took a measure of the wind with a little spinner and then reparked the VW so that the lights would show the pilot the direction of the wind . |
| 6 | Although the guest may no longer be there — gone home — his name remains on the board so that the orderly upward progression might continue , thus ensuring fair distribution of fishing . |
| 7 | There was an air of concentration around the board now that the lesser players had been removed from the Game . |
| 8 | Nesri qualifies this with " in the beginning of [ Mehmed II " s ] sultanate " but joins Molla Yegan with Molla Husrev ( d. 885/1480–1 ) , Molla Zeyrek ( d. 879/1474–5 ? ) and Hocazade ( d. 893/1488 ) in the sentence so that the possible inference that he died earlier rather than later in Mehmed II's reign is rendered doubtful at best . |
| 9 | Or you can rewrite the sentence so that the plural pronoun is used : Readers will find their expectations satisfied . |
| 10 | Into the bowl the milkmaid milked the cow so that the new warm milk fell in a foam and froth on to the cider . |
| 11 | Now my Lord the defendants say of course , that they were never asked by the plaintiff to get him out of the contract so that the duty er never arose . |
| 12 | At the height of the inflation , prices were rising by the hour so that the price of a meal in a restaurant could rise by as much as 25 per cent in the time it took to eat it ! |
| 13 | The Senat ( parliament ) of Berlin is expected to give its stamp of approval to the decision so that the merger can go ahead . |
| 14 | Have the doctor check the ankle for injury to the bone and , if none is indicated , firmly bandage the foot so that the ankle is supported . |
| 15 | It is reported on the front page of The Times today that the common agricultural policy — that squalid policy which is costing British families an average of £18.50 a week each — will destroy the world free trade talks , which have been going on for four or five years , and involve just about every country in the world . |
| 16 | " I ca n't turn over The Times so that the pages lie flat , I ca n't fold up a map in the right creases , I ca n't draw corks , I ca n't drive in nails straight , I ca n't go into a bar and order a drink without wondering what everyone 's thinking about it , and I ca n't strike matches towards myself . |
| 17 | Is it really necessary for Mother to smell eternally of hens ? she wondered , and ushered her into the kitchen so that the unmistakable odour should not permeate her carefully prepared living-room . |
| 18 | That was what he meant to Luke Thackray , her son , who was to sleep in the kitchen so that the " candidate " might have the privacy of his tiny but spotless room . |
| 19 | Ayer 's position appears to be making the rules so that the theist can not win . |
| 20 | ‘ They are to remain in the Circle under arms and defend the Rorim so that the Hearthwares will be freed for duties beyond the wall . ’ |
| 21 | THEN you let go of the latch so that the first loop slides over and is cast off . |
| 22 | In essence the process consists of mixing vegetable and animal wastes , adding a base to neutralize acidity , and managing the mass so that the aerobic micro-organisms which break it down can work to the best advantage . |
| 23 | By telling his or her own story of drinking and its consequences , the recovering alcoholic is often able to get through the Protective denial system of the sufferer so that the sufferer himself or herself , through personal identification with many elements of that story and with the associated feelings , is gradually able to make his or her own diagnosis . |
| 24 | Mr Duncan Nichol , the NHS chief executive , told the Guardian yesterday that the Government 's negotiating position is that it wants to split the service so crews with medical skills can earn extra money and non-emergency services can be contracted out . |
| 25 | Then the instrument was relaid with the crosshead towards the west so that the lengthening shadow gradually moved back along the hour marks to the twelfth . |
| 26 | Second , the need to tackle the deficit so that the recovery will be sustained . |
| 27 | Snowy white in plumage , with a black beak and large jet black eyes , it lays a single egg on the bare branch of a tree , choosing a little hollow or crack in the bark so that the egg does n't roll off . |
| 28 | Push slivers of Flora margarine under the skin so that the flesh is prevented from drying out as it cooks . |
| 29 | ‘ A system owned by the Governing Body and operated by designated administrative and academic staff to adjust the income/ expenditure of the College so that the finance available tends to equal the actual direct and indirect costs of providing the statutory and desired further education courses ’ |
| 30 | At the opposite extreme , whenever the signals in a nonlinear network are small enough , the network is effectively linear with respect to the signals so that the methods developed for linear network analysis may be applied with advantage . |