Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [that] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the provoking incident of the previous week still fresh in his mind , Lefevre had taken the precaution of hiring a cab in advance of any possible need , telling the driver half-truthfully that he was waiting for someone . |
| 2 | This is wound round the threads in a clockwise direction so that it is forced in as the joint is tightened . |
| 3 | Both his hands grabbed at her thick , flowing hair so that she was trapped . |
| 4 | Finally , and significantly , voting rights exercisable by discretionary portfolio managers are attributed to them ( although member states are allowed to postpone the notification requirement in this last case so that it is tied to general meetings ) . |
| 5 | By December that year , James II had lost almost all his support so that he was forced to flee the country when William of Orange landed with his forces at Torbay . |
| 6 | The Gaijin who were with Sipotai had melted away from his side so that he was left alone in the middle of an escort of Merkuts . |
| 7 | It was not , of course , private — simply a patch of sand directly beneath four Winds , where the rocks jutted out on either side so that it was screened from the rest of the bay and , at high tide , sometimes cut off from it . |
| 8 | To feed the spider , throw the insect into the web so that it is caught by the sticky threads . |
| 9 | If you are working in a very technical field you should do your homework before the interview so that you are prepared for detailed questions about equipment and techniques you may have to deal with . |
| 10 | Ideally , you should adjust your eating so that you are meeting your aims for goal weights or are at least 2 to 3 lb ( 1 kg ) within your goal weight for any particular week . |
| 11 | The whale turns broadside so that it is lifted back into the sea . |
| 12 | ‘ Playing against a side at the top of their form and peak of their confidence ought to help this Welsh side now that they 're playing with commitment and determination . |
| 13 | Frequently , however , there is also an ingrowth of the sternum near their origin so that they are carried inwards and the whole forms a Y-shaped structure , the furca , whose internal arms may become fused with the pleural arms or are connected with them by short muscles . |
| 14 | Sufficient time to do the statistical work so that it is completed accurately and can be properly checked |
| 15 | Rows of silver and china objects filled the mantlepiece and the top of the dressing-table ; there were looking-glasses there and two , framed in mahogany , fixed to the wall , either side of a great gleaming wardrobe so that everything was magnified by reflection , the cushions , the lamps , the fire , the flowered fabrics , the rugs laid on the carpet . |
| 16 | Lamarr Dean stood with his side against the bar so that he was facing the first Apache . |
| 17 | We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows . |
| 18 | Most gasifiers are therefore designed to draw the tars through the combustion zone so that they are cracked or burned . |
| 19 | Higher , higher rate , rate , well you do n't start to pay that until you 've exceeded the twenty three thousand seven hundred plus your personal allowance , so y you your basic rate of tax goes to twenty three seven hundred then you can add , add on your basic allowance , and for most people if they 're earning er a single person twenty seven and a half and married person twenty eight and a half above that you 're paying higher rate tax . |
| 20 | ‘ But there is no question now that he is maturing . |
| 21 | Er erm I 'm sorry it is the question now that I 'm going to come to was going back to organisation how often does the board meet ? and who does it regard as ? |
| 22 | But , in my personal experience in America , not so much Korea , certainly Japan , erm , the , the first question invariably that you 're asked is communication . |
| 23 | If a sponge is forced through a fine gauze sieve so that it is broken down into separate cells , these will eventually reorganise themselves into a sponge , each kind of cell finding its appropriate place within the body . |
| 24 | Speaking for the Socialists , the largest single group in the assembly , British MEP David Bowe ( Cleveland and Yorkshire North ) said ‘ We should all be conscious of the scandals which have taken place in the past , whether it be the dumping of waste in the Third World or the scandalous sham recycling of some waste so that it is disposed of in extremely environmentally unfriendly ways ’ . |
| 25 | Brush one edge of the strips with a dampened brush and carefully place them against the cake so that they are supported by the cocktail sticks . |
| 26 | The drag of the loaded inflatable had slowed the catamaran so that they were making a bare five knots . |
| 27 | His mind had become detached from his body so that he was watching himself . |
| 28 | If doubt can be turned destructively against truth so that it is dismissed as error , doubt can also be used constructively to prosecute error disguised as . |
| 29 | Placing the egg in the palm of his right hand , Vic let it roll up his forearm and then jerked his elbow so that it was propelled into the air . |
| 30 | In situations where you do n't feel OK you can use your Adult to prevent the feelings ‘ surfacing ’ in your overt behaviour and to control your behaviour so that it is conducted on an I 'm OK — You 're OK basis . |