Example sentences of "so [conj] [pron] [noun] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must time the laying of its eggs so that its chicks hatch when caterpillars are most abundant , and most palatable . |
| 2 | The policy behind section 6 of the Sexual Offences Act is presumably that Parliament considered that a girl under 16 is generally unlikely to be sufficiently mature to realise the full implications of sexual intercourse ; so that her protection demands that a belief by a man under the age of 24 that she herself was over the age of 16 should not be only an honest but also a reasonable belief . ’ |
| 3 | Her lips move in an anguished chewing motion , so that her mouth widens and closes , a fevered sea-urchin . |
| 4 | And he had bitten his nails so that his fingers hurt and ran with blood . |
| 5 | ‘ Sir , ’ said the lady , looking him straight in the eye as he paused in his task to glance at her , so that his hand stilled and his gaze remained on her serious face , ‘ I am no more the victim of circumstance than are you . |
| 6 | Iago is ‘ hardened ’ , as Cruden put it , in his hypocrisy , so that his refusal to repent or explain shows great psychological insight on Shakespeare 's part . |
| 7 | As she walked away from him he suffered a stroke , and Alizon was later arrested and tried on the charge that she ‘ practised , exercised and used her devilish and wicked arts ’ and that by these she ‘ had him lamed so that his body wasted and consumed away ’ . |
| 8 | so while our climbers rest and enjoy the sea air we can now catch up with the rest of the sporting action … |