Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So although machines may beat us , there is no need to despair . |
| 2 | The adviser spelt out the details of the scheme , saying that the self-appraisal consisted of providing factual information , looking at what they were doing and describing it so that advisers could understand what they are trying to do . |
| 3 | She made her way to the small side gate that opened on to the alley and which in the daytime was kept permanently open so that tradesmen could make their way to the kitchens through the vegetable garden . |
| 4 | As the camera descends , processing is completed so that onlookers can see themselves from on high within minutes of launch . |
| 5 | I ask these questions so that dermatologists can provide me with evidence of their effectiveness , efficiency , and value for money . |
| 6 | activities are signposted , and every new stage of a lesson is indicated so that learners can focus their attention on the task in hand |
| 7 | Under the old system , which included rent in supplementary benefit so that tenants could pay it themselves , many tenants were able to shuffle their weekly budgets — this week buy some kids ' shoes , next week the rent , this week the gas bill , next week the rent . |
| 8 | All the Brownies agreed , and so Beegee promised to see what she could do about getting old-fashioned uniforms or photographs of them so that mothers could make them in the style of earlier days . |
| 9 | A five-year career break would be introduced so that mothers could restart their careers when their youngsters started school . |
| 10 | To do this they will need not only a knowledge of the vocabulary of steps through which dancers communicate , but an ability to explain their design so that dancers can give it depth of feeling ( see page 78 ) . |
| 11 | A spelling system should be reasonable , so that beginners can use their intelligence in learning to read , and learn in 18 months , as in some European languages , instead of taking three years plus , as in Britain and the US . |
| 12 | Normally the best way forward is to create a stable environment and to cut corporation tax so that businesses can make their own investment decisions , rather than to distort those investment decisions . |
| 13 | There have been well documented delays to SuperSparc and Sun has apparently built two crystals into its Mbus motherboards so that customers can upgrade their processor modules with higher clock-rate parts as they trickle on to the market , without having to dicker with clock timing and synchronisation . |
| 14 | IBM and AT&T , America 's behemoth computer and telephone companies , announced they are adapting their network-management systems so that customers can connect them more easily . |
| 15 | Therefore the restaurant manager and other front-of-house staff must use their skill to talk enthusiastically and intelligently about the menu so that customers will appreciate what the chef is producing , and dare to be adventurous . |
| 16 | Furthermore , since they are not directives but guidelines they must be flexible enough to allow for teacher participation and the exercise of initiative so that teachers can follow their course in reference to the bearings provided . |
| 17 | Lester Lefton and Laura Valvatne even use psychology to help the student with pep paragraphs about being motivated and a stream of ‘ progress checks ’ and ‘ selftests ’ so that students can monitor their mastery . |
| 18 | But the user request may alternatively be followed by advice on how users can themselves make use of facilities available , such as microcomputers , terminal access , query languages , and other packages , such as report generators , graphics , spreadsheet and file management systems , so that users can design their own technical system . |
| 19 | Principles of operation are described so that users can develop their own driver software if they wish . |
| 20 | All this mass of material must be written so that others may understand it . |
| 21 | How haughty it would seem to refuse the aid of a Brother … so that others must inconvenience themselves by fishing him from the void . |
| 22 | Better support for carers is an essential ingredient of good community care and we want to ensure that practical examples of how this can be achieved are well publicised so that others can emulate them . |
| 23 | After that Creggan often talked to her , sometimes in a barest whisper that only she could hear , and other times more powerfully so that others could share her dream and inner peacefulness . |
| 24 | It was a ritual that distressed Anna Essinger and her staff but , given the pressure to move the children out of the camp so that others could take their places , nobody was able to come up with a better alternative to what was known as ‘ the market ’ . |
| 25 | The plates in these volumes were hand-coloured , and the original ones , coloured by Swainson and annotated by him so that colourists could get them right , have recently come to light and are at the Linnean Society , where his correspondence is also . |
| 26 | Some organisations print a sheet of miniature photographs so that editors may choose which , if any , they would like to have . |
| 27 | Rather its relevance lies in the way it constrains the interpretation of [ 14a ] so that hearers can see it as an interpretation of the speaker 's thoughts about the state of the pound . |
| 28 | Working with the NI Industrial Development Board , Food from Britain organised a two-day ‘ export clinic ’ in the province , so that companies could pick their brains on the overseas potential for their products . |
| 29 | The latter are small individual tarts which the housewives of Ripon baked and placed just inside their front doors during Feast Week so that visitors could help themselves . |
| 30 | Hound Tor is a deserted settlement in Manaton parish , high on the east side of Dartmoor , which was excavated some years ago and has been left open so that visitors can see it . |