Example sentences of "so that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Entirely electronic amplifiers are arranged in banks , so that between eight and sixteen channels of EEG are transmitted to a bank of galvanometers . |
| 2 | As UK farm production rose , the economy became nearly self-sufficient in many foodstuffs and a net exporter of others so that between 1958 and 1983 the UK 's net imports of food almost halved in quantity . |
| 3 | Zambia became caught in a vicious circle because the mining industry is also heavily dependent on increasingly expensive imports , so that over time , output , investment and productivity fell . |
| 4 | Incidentally , Dubhe and Alkaid are moving across the sky in a direction opposite to that of the remaining five stars , so that over a sufficiently long period the Plough will lose its familiar shape . |
| 5 | Gradual decreases in pH with time lead to prolonged acidity which interferes with fish reproduction and spawning , so that over time there is a decrease in fish population and a shift to a smaller number of more tolerant older and larger fish . |
| 6 | These were men unmarked by battle who screamed indistinguishable news as they rode , so that over the river and through the trees you could glimpse the turning masks of grinning enemy faces , while on this side of the river the King put up his hand and Tuathal and his men came to a halt . |
| 7 | We decided to draw our internal auditors from operational staff across the board so that over a few years everyone would have the opportunity to be an auditor as well as being audited themselves . |
| 8 | The old process of commuting death sentences also remained in effect , and the result of these arrangements was that about half of all eighteenth-century felons were transported , so that about 30,000 were sent to North America in the next 60 years . |
| 9 | First , there has been a large increase in owner-occupation so that about three-quarters of farmland is now farmed by its owners ( see figure 7.4 ) . |
| 10 | With care , about 12 harmonics may be obtained so that about an order of magnitude of frequency range is available . |
| 11 | The scents are possibly modified to pheromones in mating , for bees carrying scent apparently attract other males , so that about five display together whereupon the female chooses her mate . |
| 12 | nearly thirty years ago , erm , we used to sell the old glass bowl fitting on er three chains , hanging from the ceiling and that , and I used to buy those in a crate of about fifty at a time , and er most of the houses had two lighting points in the lounge anyway so , and they 'd always wanted a pair and we used to have them in the shop on a display so that about eight of them could all be lit up at once and people could see them and if they did n't like those then the , we could always put another one under the set if we 'd got one in a certain colour , we could hang one of those up and er they could look at that and see what it looked like . |
| 13 | So that into the turn of the year , I ca n't be any more precise er than that , certainly we would hope to be seeing er the wood er from the trees . |
| 14 | Secondly , in some species the choice is remarkably finely tuned so that under certain circumstances familiarity may be preferred over novelty . |
| 15 | As of Oct. 31 Zhelev had not invited anyone to form a new government so that under the terms of the Constitution the Dimitrov government remained in office in a caretaker capacity . |
| 16 | Many of them are pioneers , characteristic of early successional sequences elsewhere , and are well adapted for long-distance dispersal , so that under isolated circumstances such pioneers can form ‘ mature ’ communities , even though the level of disturbance is low . |
| 17 | The structure has suffered little at the hand of man , or from the lapse of time , so that without much imagination it is possible to picture it as the builders left it about the year 1410 . |
| 18 | Adam sat at his usual lunchtime table in the Savoy Grill the one discreetly opposite the main entrance , so that without seeming to do so , he saw everyone who entered the restaurant . |
| 19 | And as each man died , old Mokosh dragged him down by his feet into the swamp , so that without a stroke of battle the whole army vanished . |
| 20 | Driver education had to be part of the strategy too , so that during the introduction of the Tempo 30 zone , drivers could monitor their own behaviour . |
| 21 | The ability of mother and child to form a bond with each other is not necessarily restricted to a blood relationship ; it is an urge , a power , a need that may & d other channels through which to operate , so that during our lives we may create more bonds of a similar nature , finding new ‘ mothers ’ or ‘ children ’ to attach ourselves to . |
| 22 | But the pressure was on , with state housing subsidies inciting the architects , builders and local councils to build ever upward and experiment with barely tested materials , to cram the maximum population onto the minimum land mass , so that during the twenty-year tower block boom nearly half a million high-rise homes were built . |
| 23 | This trend continued in succeeding years so that during the three-quarters of a century between the first ( 1719 ) and the fifth ( 1795 ) official censuses , the Russian population of Siberia increased by almost two and a half times , from 169,000 adult males to 412,000 , at a time when the population of the empire as a whole less than doubled . |
| 24 | The most effective strategy which has been found so far is to involve as many as possible of the key local service providers in the interpreters ' training , so that during the repeated role plays they learn to work together . |
| 25 | Women ratepayers , married or unmarried , had long been permitted to sit on urban and rural district councils and parish councils , so that during the late 1890s the number of women holding elected office in local government ( including Poor Law and school board work ) may well have exceeded the number holding office today . |
| 26 | This was reflected in admiration for the achievements of the Russian revolution and the Five Year Plans , so that during the interwar years socialist writers such as G. D. H. Cole advocated planning in contradiction to the chaos , irrationality and waste of the capitalist system . |
| 27 | Although Margaret knew I would not support her , I was on reasonable terms with her-so much so that during the battle for the Leadership I attended her constituency annual dinner and dance as guest of honour . |
| 28 | But the pressure was on , with state housing subsidies inciting the architects , builders and local councils to build ever upward and experiment with barely tested materials , to cram the maximum population onto the minimum land mass , so that during the twenty-year tower block boom nearly half a million high-rise homes were built . |
| 29 | A little outside Saint-Jean to the north-east , in fact , near the village of Ostabat , three of the main pilgrim routes across France met up , to advance as one towards the mountain passes , so that through Saint-Jean there went the pilgrims who had travelled from Paris , from Vézelay in Burgundy , and from Le Puy and Conques further to the south ; only those who had come through Provence took a different route into Spain , over the Col du Somport . |
| 30 | the wage system is fundamental to capitalist society , so that despite all the disadvantages of wage work , the way forward must be through furthering the process of proletarianisation of women and rescuing women from preproletarian dependence . |