Example sentences of "so [that] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plant pests are herbivores , eating foliage or sucking the sap , while predators are carnivorous and live by feeding on plants pests , directly or by laying their eggs among colonies so that their larvae have a ready supply of food . |
| 2 | Party leaders should consider taking the major drug companies into public ownership so that their products were developed on the basis of need rather than profit . |
| 3 | The DSS gives NI numbers to all employees so that their NI contributions can be recorded on their personal NI accounts . |
| 4 | It is true that high-level Bolshevik theorists in Moscow and Petrograd tended to select , filter , and interpret evidence from the localities in the light of their prevailing general beliefs , so that their conclusions had little foundation in hard evidence . |
| 5 | The violence Moran had turned on her she chose to ignore , to let her own resentment drop and to join the girls as they stole about so that their presences would never challenge his . |
| 6 | In the high-angled sun the feet of some reflected the light so that their breasts appeared red too . |
| 7 | Soon PostScript ( and one of its rivals , called TrueType , which is the brain-child of Apple and Microsoft , two suppliers to the personal-computer market ) will be added to the nuts and bolts of computers so that their screens accurately display the page about to be printed . |
| 8 | Set them singly into 3in ( 8cm ) pots of gritty loam , peat or coconut fibre potting compost so that their seed leaves are about in ( 12mm ) above the compost 's surface . |
| 9 | The rod can be kept in balance by adjusting forces and distances so that their product is a constant : |
| 10 | At Luxor the cruise ships often lie four or more deep at their moorings so that their passengers ' view can be of the side of the next ship instead of the river and the Theban hills , and the desert air is replaced by their neighbours ' diesel exhaust . |
| 11 | The types of jobs provided may simply reinforce the marginal status of many of these workers , that is , maintain them in an essentially peripheral position in society so that their access to economic rewards , dignity , and power remain severely limited ( Scott , 1984 ; Larwood , et al . , |
| 12 | It was a faculty common to all good sailors , the essential extra that enabled them to meet the seas whatever the conditions so that their craft ran straight rather than in the long zig-zags of the helmsman imprisoned by the compass and only reacting to the swing of its needle . |
| 13 | Their remuneration comes from this position and takes the form of profits or high salaries and bonuses tied to profitability , so that their financial reward is linked very closely to the success of the firm . |
| 14 | These may shape the activities of unions , so that their political manoeuvring is based on clientelist relationships , rather than class relationships . |
| 15 | Secondary schools are also keen to establish positive relationships with neighbouring primary schools so that their school becomes the automatic choice of child and parent for the next phase of education . |
| 16 | Show some ability to use any available presentational devices that are appropriate to the task , eg handwriting , typewriting , computer printout , artwork , computer graphics , desk-top publishing , so that their finished work is presented clearly and attractively . |
| 17 | She did not think it necessary to tell him that the University administration had been obliged to circulate all members of staff with a memorandum asking them , if they had been on strike , to volunteer the information ( since there was no other way of finding out ) so that their pay could be docked . |
| 18 | Bruce Dern said Corman did him and Nicholson a favour by getting them a part because they both needed the money at the time ; Corman arranged it so that their shooting schedules would require them to be available for the first and last weeks of the four-week stint , thus , under union rules guaranteeing them a salary cheque for the full four weeks . |
| 19 | The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members . |
| 20 | is the problem of soil erosion perceived to be important enough for them to unite on this issue so that their combined power leads to a coherent response ? |
| 21 | She stopped trying to move herself voluntarily , and relied on nurses to move her arm and leg for her , so that their task was to ensure that she was always correctly positioned in relation to her spasticity , after they had performed the normal nursing duties of bathing her and helping her on and off the commode . |
| 22 | It would cease to be recognizable as the river which the local people enjoyed , but it would become a very efficient drain , so that their sitting-rooms would no longer be ruined periodically , and farmers with land adjacent to the river would be able to grow more and better crops to feed the very people who were complaining . |
| 23 | They had to travel with civilian number plates on the Land Rover , with civilian papers , and out of uniform , so that their military connections would not be known . |
| 24 | I think the solution is certainly to breed animals in zoos but , if it is done , a great deal of effort must be made to ensure the conditions in which the animals are kept are good , and there are some zoos now which are successful in keeping animals so that their welfare is good . |
| 25 | [ 6,7 ] They naturally concentrate on older children who begin to use words but who need translators and guides so that their words and behaviour are understood by adults and so that the actions of well-intentioned doctors and nurses can be made less threatening to the child . |
| 26 | To hasten this process , Bakewell rented out his bulls so that their performance was proven elsewhere before he used them in his own herd . |
| 27 | Henry went on to point out the evils of sweated labour and the pay make-up system , how it fostered a disinclination to work and how it encouraged landless men to marry just so that their income would be augmented ‘ in proportion to the number of their children ’ , and how it led to degradation of the character : ‘ The weak , the indolent , and worthless worker is now secure of the maximum payment settled by the standards you have determined from parish funds , and the industrious , skilful and honest workman can expect no more … the pernicious and demoralising practice of paying wages out of rates … ought to be suppressed and prohibited . ’ |
| 28 | Smith looked to the discipline which he encountered in the Volunteer Force to be put to good use , while the programme of uniform , bands , drill , camps , recreation rooms , and religious instruction was intended to attract young adolescents so that their leisure time might be ‘ organized ’ . |
| 29 | In the last hour the mist had cleared a little , so that their fires could be seen glowing as individual points of light : ruby studs upon a sable field . |
| 30 | The curriculum should help learners acquire and develop ( i ) knowledge and conceptual understanding , ( ii ) skills , ( iii ) personal qualities and attitudes , so that they will be able ( iv ) to take advantage of opportunities and cope with challenges in the various circumstances of their present and future lives — to enable and encourage them to contribute responsibly and constructively to society ( in its various facets ) and so that their personal lives may be enriched . |