Example sentences of "so [conj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This word universal is never the name of anything existent in nature , nor of any idea or phantasm found in the mind [ my italics ] , but always the name of some word or name ; so that when a living creature , a stone , a spirit , or any other thing , is said to be universal , it is not to be understood that any man , stone etc. , ever was or can be universal , but only that the words , living creature , stone , etc. , are universal names , that is , names common to many things ; and the conceptions answering them in the mind are the images and phantasms of several living creatures or other things . |
| 2 | Like other trade unions , the MU negotiates with employers such as TV companies so that when a band appears on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ or ‘ Night Network ’ the members of the band will be paid an MU-negotiated fee . |
| 3 | The family who had owned and operated the mill continued to live in the imposing nearby mill house , but were unable to fund a restoration of the redundant mill , so that when a Repairs Notice was served on them by the local authority , they were obliged to sell the building . |
| 4 | Different minerals crystallize at different temperatures , so that when a basalt magma cools , a sequence of minerals appears . |
| 5 | Some frames are removable , so that when a lighter load is carried it is not necessary to carry the extra weight of the frame . |
| 6 | The colleague , having done so , chooses the added ‘ return ’ menu option and that 's all there is to it : the first person can , if required , specify a merge macro , so that when a button is hit , all of the delegated fields will be collated into the finished spreadsheet . |
| 7 | A high value tends to be placed on certainty and permanence , so that when a child is removed from his natural parents and rapid rehabilitation seems unlikely , he should not be confused by multiple parent figures or uncertain plans for his future . |
| 8 | Other restraints must also be removed , they say , so that when a suitable kidney is available it can be removed and transferred to the needy patient without delay . |
| 9 | He said , ’ Abroad , one should pursue policies so that when a citizen of one 's country travels abroad , he is admired by the rest of the world for the policies being pursued in that country . ’ |
| 10 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 11 | There the Welsh and English school timetables differ , so that when a morning of Medau was started at the town hall , English-speaking mothers came to the first session and Welsh-speaking ones to the second ; she was therefore obliged to give the former in English and the latter in Welsh — surely a triumphant example of good public relations and adaptability — though Wynne claims that she is still having a struggle to master Welsh . |
| 12 | Years away from clinical nursing can sap the confidence of nurses so that when an opportunity to return to work does come along , individuals feel inhibited from trying to re-establish their careers . |
| 13 | The information is fed into a computer so that when an inquiry is made to the centralised reservation service number the customer can be directed to the hotels with the available type of accommodation in the area they require . |
| 14 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 15 | It is applied to turn the wood into an alkaline condition , so that when the ‘ B ’ or No. 2 solution is applied , it will liberate oxygen , thus bleaching the wood . |
| 16 | They are also rigorously colour-coded , so that when the Wife ( Helen Mirren ) walks into the lavatory from the dining-room , the camera keeping pace with her all the while , she is miraculously redressed in identical tacky Jean-Paul Gaultier clobber , but now in white and not red . |
| 17 | The money from the sale of the products is put into a trust fund , so that when the youngsters leave at the age of sixteen to make their own way in the world they have the means to purchase a flock of sheep or a horse and cart , giving them a vital start in whatever activity they take up . |
| 18 | Fortunately , Thames Tunnel Mills adjoins the handsome early-eighteenth century church of St Mary , Rotherhithe , so that when the Department of the Environment designated the church and the surrounding buildings as an outstanding conservation area , the building became eligible for grant aid from the Historic Buildings Council and their help was crucial to the funding of the development . |
| 19 | However , it turned out to be a very relaxed meeting , so much so that when the private session was over and the press were invited in to take photographs , the Prince said to the Pope , ‘ Let me introduce you to my press corps . ’ |
| 20 | As you will have guessed , my attitude towards him changed , so that when the frank speaking happened that day it was in the context of love and acceptance of him as a person . |
| 21 | In return for her help , the spies strike a bargain with her : she must tie a scarlet cord in the window so that the Israelites can identify her house , and she must gather her whole family together , so that when the city is taken , they can all be spared . |
| 22 | I … well , I want to find a way to ensure that we have a method that will help us produce only the best and happiest of individuals , so that when the time comes for control to be applied , it can be done gainfully . |
| 23 | Because of this , wherever the Emperor was , there also was the government , so that when the Court moved , changes of residence did not in any way affect the running of the Empire . |
| 24 | Individual householders , faced with the prospects of a water rate , showed as little enthusiasm for the benefits of water ( and with it sewage disposal ) in the home , so that when the Empire ended only half the city 's houses had running water . |
| 25 | So often people will purchase a five-bedroomed house so that when the sons or daughters get married and have children they can all stay at the family residence at weekends and holiday times . |
| 26 | The interior is covered with plasterboard which is then skimmed with plaster so that when the house is finished it is impossible to distinguish visually between this and the traditional structure where the load-bearing walls are solid brick or concrete blocks . |
| 27 | Before this stage a large amount of messenger-RNA for the protein haemoglobin is made and stored in the cytoplasm , so that when the nucleus is lost synthesis of haemoglobin continues . |
| 28 | Deformed sperms , de-energised sperms and sperms deterred by the acid environment of the womb , were catalogued so that when the camera followed the successful ones on their journey it seemed a miracle that any got to their destination at all . |
| 29 | Beyond that , there are plans to make the pump pistons and footvalves in plastics and to devise a system so that when the connecting rods are removed they also withdraw the piston and footvalve . |
| 30 | The venom is held in small sacs near the tips of the spines , so that when the human foot descends on the fish the poison is squeezed into the wound by the downward pressure . |