Example sentences of "[vb -s] so [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you find it difficult to keep a rally going within the confines of the court , chase the ball wherever it goes so that you become accustomed to the habit of pursuing the ball . |
| 2 | Mains lights are available from good garden centres and d-i-y stores , and the most versatile type for creative garden lighting is a spotlight with a spike that can be pushed into the ground and a head that swivels so that the beam can be adjusted . |
| 3 | The roller is independent of the vehicle that it transports so that , if the rollers have a circumference of three feet ( or , say , one metre ) then the slab will move forward six feet ( say , two metres ) per rev . |
| 4 | No adult insect can produce silk , so these ants bring young larvae to the site , holding them between their jaws and giving them little squeezes so that the larvae will produce their silk . |
| 5 | This plan should be regularly updated as the design evolves so that at any moment in time it represents the best forecast of the final cost of the project . |
| 6 | When an active fang is ripped out , the next most mature one takes its place and quickly develops so that it is ready to fire . |
| 7 | It was just one of these regular lunch-parties he has so that he can keep in touch with people he would n't otherwise meet . |
| 8 | We assume that the orbital plane has so that the metric eqn ( 4.10 ) becomes where , M is the Sun 's mass , and r is the distance of Mercury from the Sun . |
| 9 | One allocation that would be both efficient and equitable in this sense would be an initial endowment at 1 where both A and B have the same X and Y. Since they face the same budget constraint , each can have what the other has so that any trades away from equal allocation to the contract curve must meet the reverse allocation test illustrated as part ( b ) of the figure . |
| 10 | Nor is there anything remotely convincing about its performance ; there is a feeling of some urgency from 4000rpm but the power stops as suddenly as it starts so that the 6500rpm red line is a merely a figment of someone 's imagination . |
| 11 | Chidzero announced some minor income tax concessions , raising the basic abatement and adjusting tax bands so that the top rate of 60 per cent would apply at Z$40,000 instead of Z$33,000 . |
| 12 | LABOUR has set up a confidential hotline for NHS whistleblowers so that staff who want to raise concerns about standards of care can do so in confidence . |
| 13 | Referring to Christ 's teaching in John 10 that he is the good shepherd and the door to the sheepfold through which alone salvation lies so that anyone " that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold , but climbeth up another way , the same is a thief and a robber " , Hilton remarks that anyone who thinks they can bypass the way of darkness is such a " a breker of wal " ( 27.97r. – 245 ) . |
| 14 | The way round it is to avoid making everything a priority , which is the great temptation in the health service , and establish what 's wanted by both ministers and users participating in a debate about what matters so that you limit the number of priorities , then get them refined so that they are easily understandable and structured . ’ |
| 15 | The issue really concerns whether we can capture the point where social reality actually alters so that people either side of that line have structurally different resources and social relations . |
| 16 | The publication stressed that children should be helped to develop as wide as possible a range of language uses so that they can ‘ speak appropriately in different situations and use standard forms when they are needed ’ . |
| 17 | And you eat in what is called messes so that you eat in a mess of four and the server comes in and puts a plate of it might be venison and a plate of which is a kind of erm corn and er in front of you . |
| 18 | With this second choice for eqn ( 9.8 ) is replaced by solutions Now the light cone of a source within the horizon tilts so that it points outward . |
| 19 | I particularly liked the seat , which unzips so that I can put him down in bed once asleep . ’ |
| 20 | He finds that although the globular bodies of the histone molecules no longer contact the DNA of heavily transcribed genes , their charged tails still do , leading him to suggest that they remain tethered by their tails while the polymerase passes so that they can rapidly ‘ snap back ’ into their former structure . |
| 21 | You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go . |
| 22 | One , one er stress in my , on what happens so that , that it 's companying it 's been manufacturing leg irons that 's been going out there to the Nile , has n't it , was n't it to . |
| 23 | He says transport is very very cheap for firms and it 's been made cheaper by successive governments building more roads to help freight and also by raising the weight limits so that we 've got bigger and bigger lorries . |
| 24 | Briefly , the organisation British Actors ' Equity exists so that only bona fide members of the profession may apply for work : and those members must abide by the contractual rulings established by the Union in negotiation with managements in theatre , television and film . |
| 25 | Science exists so that we can improve our understanding of naturally occurring phenomena . |
| 26 | FAO 's pest control programme is aimed at educating farmers in the way rice grows so that they can sharply reduce the amount of pesticides applied , leaving natural predators to keep the crop healthy . |
| 27 | ( The relocation package included an element for expenditure on house hunting and fact finding trips so that staff could explore the area themselves . ) |
| 28 | In every society human beings come together in groups and subgroups so that their social and physical environment can be modified to improve the quality of life ( in food , shelter and leisure ) . |
| 29 | Payments given to employees who have to replace children 's school uniforms or pay subsistence costs so that children can continue their education in the old location are usually listed separately from disturbance allowances in company relocation policies . |
| 30 | The new journal will encourage the publication of the essential information on screening performance and costs so that rational decisions can be made on screening practice . |