Example sentences of "that [pron] [modal v] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police .
2 Not that I can say either Derek or I have ever had any problems in the Bedroom Compartment .
3 Many books lay open , carelessly scattered about , so that I could see how Frankenstein had scribbled notes in their margins .
4 After the bizarre accuracy of 55 Days at Peking I was confident that I could predict when Brian and I would go home .
5 Her friendship with President George Bush is reflected in her interest in what takes place on Capitol Hill , and her wonderful skill at public speaking suggests that she might take up politics .
6 The first thing that he noticed was that the lights were out and that she 'd set up candles from his emergency supply in one of the kitchen cupboards .
7 ‘ But he promised Nicola that she 'd take over Jane Pargeter 's presenter 's job ? ’
8 If it kept her awake all night , then it was only right that she should wake up Jack for fresh hot-water bottles to be applied to the afflicted areas .
9 I am distraught to learn of the demise of your mother and shut my ears to the ugly rumour that you had her put to death so that you could take up ballet-dancing .
10 The database management interface has also been improved , so that you can carry out actions such as creating and modifying database structures , browsing , editing , and appending records , in a full screen interactive environment .
11 It also allows you to electronically access a group diary , showing when colleagues are free so that you can block out meetings and add notes detailing their purpose .
12 But this does n't mean that you can forget about calories .
13 Ab out the only other interesting facility promised by the manual is that you can pick up UDG 's but it fails to mention where from …
14 More often than not , an east or north-east wind is cold and detrimental to good fishing , so you will invariably find that you will do better fishing into a west or south-west wind , particularly where attractive bottom features can be reached from the north or north-east bank .
15 We pray that you will raise up men and women with the skills to assist them , and give them the care that they need .
16 Limited liability is such a useful asset to the person in business that one may wonder why partnership and sole trading still flourish .
17 The best season for an eastwards voyage was already past , though it was just possible that we might run far north and cross in the high latitudes where , even in summer , we could expect fog , rain and cold .
18 While we are on local government matters , perhaps Derbyshire county council could be included in the extraordinary audit so that we might establish why Mr. Reg Race has lasted only nine months and the pay-off has not been announced to the public ?
19 We look to price theory to elucidate the nature of the mutual influence exercised by decisions so that we may understand how changes in these decisions , or in the data which underlie them , systematically set in motion further alterations elsewhere in the market .
20 They would only say that we must eat otherwise things would be ‘ very bad , not good for you ’ .
21 If we decide , in the case of the baptism study , that we must carry out fieldwork to collect data which is not to be found in already published sources we must consider how best to utilize what resources we have .
22 No serious thinker disputes that we must clean up factories and cars removing the sulphur from coal , and the oxides of nitrogen from car exhausts .
23 ‘ We figured that we could bring in artists from the '90s to interpret Hendrix using the computer technology that was only a dream in the '60s , ’ explains Storey .
24 I believe that we should move forward step by step .
25 A further point is that I have been strongly advised that we should take out cover against the need to indemnify owners against not being able to occupy their units due to events such as fire , flood or damage by previous occupants .
26 ‘ We have been told that we will receive only £1,000 back from the insurance , ’ she added .
27 We know that we will have further battles in the future to fight but erm we wanted to avoid any statutory commitment in the structure plan and we will be happy if we achieve that today .
28 It is by studying the pattern of naming times across such different situations that we can understand where changes in size and orientation affect recognition .
29 We further assume that the demand for labour is a function of the real wage so that we can write where n t is the logarithm of the demand for labour or the level of employment at time t t w t is the logarithm of the nominal wage rate at time t t p t is the logarithm of the price level at time t t and α is a positive constant .
30 Mr Gloukhov told their hosts : ‘ We want to go to one of your garden centres so that we can take home seeds for flowers and vegetables . ’
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