Example sentences of "so [that] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | In every enchaînement each step an/or pose must be given its appropriate value by way of beginning , climax and end so that its place is justified by its importance to the whole sentence . |
| 2 | Only she can phrase her movement so that its rhythm speaks so legibly of high spirits or despair . |
| 3 | Take the Singles ' Society , which seemed to exist solely so that its smartly dressed president could chat up pretty girls ; or the Alice Society : ‘ You did n't sign up for that did you , ’ said one newcomer to his friend as they left . |
| 4 | He placed his hand on the plinth as one might lay a hand upon a sacred object so that its virtue might flow from it to oneself . |
| 5 | The goal is to renew the earth and to cherish it so that its fruits , its resources and its wealth may be shared by everyone — and without leaving a legacy of pollution and destruction for the next generation . |
| 6 | Such applications were prefigured by Michael Frayn some 20 years ago in his novel The Tin Men which features a computer programmed to pray , so that its orisons might bring down divine favour in accordance with Christian teaching : the computer having no selfish motives , its disinterested sincerity can not be doubted . |
| 7 | For political reasons as much as for economic ones , the government needs to come up with a scheme that is simple ( so that its essence can be explained in one sentence ) and seen to be fair ( the duke pays more than the dustman ) . |
| 8 | Elsewhere he describes women as having an essentially passive sexual function , ‘ … so that its course is determined by the treatment accorded by the man . ’ |
| 9 | Its top lip begins to extend and grow like some sort of elephant-horse , and the corners of its mouth pull up higher and higher so that its mouth looks longer and longer , as if a heavy-handed rider is pulling mercilessly at it . |
| 10 | One of the strangest things about the two Maus books is the way they subvert the comforting conventions of the adventure strip so that its familiar clear-cut division between heroes and villains , its technical short cuts and moral simplifications somehow make it easier , not more difficult , for the reader to grasp that these things actually happened . |
| 11 | Another spring masterpiece is a baby sole served on the bone so that its glutinous quality matches exactly a beurre blanc made of sherry and Madeira . |
| 12 | Waterways , a watering system designed for them , consists of a perforated funnel inserted when making up the basket so that its mouth is just above the compost level . |
| 13 | Because of economic constraints and the need to achieve cost targets , forestry has become increasingly mechanised so that its contribution to rural employment and local cash flow has been seriously eroded . |
| 14 | The government organisation concerned with food distribution was improved and expanded , so that its subsidised outlets could be found in many poor areas , both urban and rural . |
| 15 | We have to take great care to select the visual environment so that its effect can be measured . |
| 16 | These included shooting it into space on board a rocket so that its deadly payload would disappear into infinity . |
| 17 | Some tumours are indeed radio-sensitive , and some progress was made in therapy with x-rays and also with radium , which could be inserted into a tumour so that its effect was concentrated . |
| 18 | If a batch of a product is close to the specification limit in respect of any parameter at the time of manufacture then even a slight change may mean that it no longer complies with its specification , so that its effective shelf-life is very short . |
| 19 | For , since the Egyptians believed that Osiris had actually lived in their land long ago , his cult signified that a particular historical event , in this case the death and resurrection of Osiris , could be perpetually repeated by magical simulation so that its supposed good effects could benefit those persons on whose behalf the rites were performed . |
| 20 | There are many other examples in development of inductive interactions , one tissue signalling to an adjacent tissue so that its developmental pathway is altered . |
| 21 | Information about the target 's position passes automatically to the computer , which calculates where the gun should point so that its shell will hit the target . |
| 22 | Alternatively , the protein may be modified so that its activity is increased . |
| 23 | If the striped pattern breaks against the outline of the object so that its contours are discontinuous , its shape is disrupted . |
| 24 | Consequently , this year 's lead pollution will add to that of all previous years so that its environmental presence increases all the time . |
| 25 | Make sure the food is set out in an attractive way so that its appearance makes the children excited . |
| 26 | Diode D1 is also mounted on a small heatsink so that its two pins go through to the appropriate foil points and the ‘ sink itself , which has solderable pins , is mounted vertically and fitted to the holes ‘ E-E ’ . |
| 27 | With the scarf joint such breakages were minimised since the headstock section was grafted on so that its grain ran parallel with the neck 's pitch . |
| 28 | We now have to pass the wire all the way through the sleeve so that its bend or fold emerges at the other end . |
| 29 | The question is how should grammar be learned so that its intrinsic communicative character is understood and acted upon . |
| 30 | The impression arose , in his view , not because of anything ministers said , but because the Government began privatising and stopped handing out subsidies to smokestack activities , so that its role in running industry diminished . |