Example sentences of "so that the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here is the detail of a world we may be glad to have lost : the constables listen at the keyhole to a flaming row , solemnly counting up swear-words so that the fine per oath could be calculated properly . |
| 2 | A long-term decrease in ozone might systematically affect stratospheric temperatures so that the beginning of winter could be colder than in our simulations . |
| 3 | Would you like that one again , In the afternoon when the sun half close his eyes , ants can be found not working , dogs in their cool places , vandal wall slice through heat , hold and let go of light in rays , in the afternoon when smoke curls like the back of a cat , people lean and braid hair , someone dressed like Christ looked in and said it was good now we have the dug out how food is presented erm can say so much , at least it does to me and , so that , so that the beginning of this poem became from er the food , piece of food held in the hand of the mayor in this picture . |
| 4 | For this type of block you slide diagonally forwards so that the angle of your advance takes you clear of the opponent 's front kick . |
| 5 | The boundary can be used as a reflecting surface so that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection . |
| 6 | the arrangement was placed low down so that the angle of view presented me this as interesting a set of shapes as possible . |
| 7 | Today , when facing the outside world , the strategy of senior civil servants is also frequently one of hedging ; programmes are often put up to three donors simultaneously , so that the influence of one can be offset against the influence of another . |
| 8 | The outer membrane can also be used to further manipulate diffusion/partitioning of the analyte into the biolayer so that the influence of external physical and chemical variables is diminished . |
| 9 | The greater understanding of the behaviour of commuters and the long term trends are being synthesised with information on the policies of transport operators and central and local government so that the influence of policy , such as that in the 1980 Transport Act , on the long-term trends can be better understood . |
| 10 | He was relieved of his duties as President , but elected " Honorary President " so that the benefit of his advice and service would not be lost entirely to the Association . |
| 11 | In addition to the projects , rows are provided for detachments , holidays , sickness , etc. , so that the total at the base of each column gives the full strength of the department , disposing of any arguments about resources not accounted for . |
| 12 | Adjust the size of the spaces fractionally so that the total of scallops and spaces equals the width of the finished curtain . |
| 13 | However , the Revenue limited their actual claims to fixed proportions so that the total of the overseas income was not taxed more than once . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , the greater forces would be assembled in the forest : the fire in the sloop should act as a decoy , so that the army of over five hundred warriors could fall on the settlement while its defenders were distracted , sweeping down on them , while they flapped around the burning ship , from the rainforest where they would be concealed till then . |
| 15 | However , with one eye on s 3 of the UCTA , it would probably be prudent either to delete the words " to the Seller 's satisfaction " and perhaps also " solely " , so that the test to be met becomes an objective one , or , at the very least , to provide that the test be " to the Seller 's reasonable satisfaction " . |
| 16 | The idea is to use the acrylic in a transparent form so that the colour of the paper shines through the layer of paint you are applying . |
| 17 | On-screen editing facilities include a zoom mode , so that the user can see part of a mind map in more detail , a colour palette so that the colour of branches and text can be altered , and cut and paste options to allow branches to be moved around . |
| 18 | On-screen editing facilities include a zoom mode , so that the user can see part of a mind map in more detail , a colour palette so that the colour of branches and text can be altered , and cut and paste options to allow branches to be moved around . |
| 19 | The false sensation of unconditional acceptance may come , however , when the sufferers from addictive disease are under the influence of alcohol so that the state of mind produced by mood-altering substances or behaviour is indistinguishable from the unconditional acceptance that they seek . |
| 20 | Policy-makers and commentators in many countries of the world have often assumed that small farmers and peasants in mountainous and/or environmentally degraded areas will abandon their hillside plots if given other opportunities elsewhere , so that the state by various means can ease population pressure on steep slopes by encouraging or at least not inhibiting colonisation of new areas . |
| 21 | The education and training of Health Care workers should include at least the possibility of working in partnership with people rather than for people , so that the experience of unlearning , deroling and relearning through which the family development nurses had to go in order to work effectively in this way with people , can be avoided . |
| 22 | The legal method involves the effort to apply rules fairly without regard to the comparative political and military strengths of the disputants , so that the goal of order is approached only obliquely or indirectly in the actual judicial process . |
| 23 | However , it seems that leave is refused for between a quarter and a third of all AJRs , and this might suggest that the leave requirement is performing some other function such as keeping the number of pending AJRs down so that the delay between the granting of leave and the hearing is not too great . |
| 24 | Of course this picture was taken at Tennessee , right before we went overseas to start our bombing missions so that the aeroplane behind us course does n't have a name , was one that was used for training . |
| 25 | We have the problem of defining and keeping er established limits so that the pursuit of a non-security objective does not lead you in to directly erm having to er fight a security war or a total war . |
| 26 | For example , in evaluating the yield of a particular hybrid plant , they had to be certain that all the factors which , taken collectively , and variably , affect growth , such as climatic conditions , fertility of the soil , moisture , disease resistance , and so on , were adequately controlled so that the yield of the hybrid could be stringently compared with that of the non-hybrid . |
| 27 | In manufacturing and business , the two grew very closely in parallel until the mid-sixties , so that the ratio of output to capital remained fairly constant ( figure 8.4 ) . |
| 28 | ( In an extreme case we might have a fairly constant number of 0-year-old children ( say 5000 ) in some population , yet averaging 100 deaths each week in the 0–1 age group , so that the ratio of deaths to mean population over a year exceeds 1.01 ) . |
| 29 | Now the probability of any one step being positive or negative is ½ , so that the probability of having , say , r positive steps and n — r negative ones is This is not the probability of arriving at the point m = r = ( n-r ) =2r-n , however , since the successive steps may be taken in different ways . |
| 30 | If that is true , as I hope it is , it may well be that the long-term trend of unemployment , which has seen troughs and peaks rising over the past 30 or 40 years with every trough and every peak getting higher , will turn round so that the peak of unemployment will be considerably lower than the last peak of unemployment . |