Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again like Crowther , it strongly recommended the raising of the school leaving age to 16 [ this eventually happened in 1972 ] and the provision of a more stimulating and demanding curriculum so that pupils had a wider choice of courses , including some ‘ broadly related to occupational interests ’ , and others concerned with personal and social development , and ‘ imaginative experience through the arts ’ . |
| 2 | Er we moved over to using ASCII so that we could actually hand edit them and and look at them . |
| 3 | Take three breaths and then repeat the Energizing Breathing so that you do it three times altogether . |
| 4 | The whale turns broadside so that it is lifted back into the sea . |
| 5 | US AGENTS voiced disappointment yesterday that only seven members of a Texas religious cult left their barricaded compound on Sunday , saying authorities had been led to believe a significantly greater number would emerge . |
| 6 | When the captain discovered this little act of initiative he changed course so that the sea roared in through the ports and flushed passengers and their game of cards from the room . |
| 7 | Our needs change so that our motivation will change . |
| 8 | It was also to assimilate the various discontents and disaffections into the one comprehensive sense of outrage , and further to inflame opinion so that what had already been enthusiasm , to the point of violence , for reform , now became passion . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Plant tubers in a 6in tray of moist potting compost so that their tops are just covered . |
| 11 | Around it Willie had added rain so that it appeared to be flying against a great wind . |
| 12 | He also emphasised that future spending must be reduced below current levels if the company is to remain profitable at low oil prices : ‘ We must also preserve cash so that we can fund further ventures for the company , ’ he added . |
| 13 | They keep an eye on the youngsters and , with the experience and wisdom of their years , will whistle warnings if they sense danger so that all the babies can bolt down the communal burrow to safety . |
| 14 | Alternatively , p53 may interact more directly with the repair machinery , perhaps increasing its fidelity but delaying repair so that lesion-induced apoptotic signals are sustained . |
| 15 | We pause again and swap passenger so that Nathan takes Tony round the edge of the peak into a long and narrow , and steep valley . |
| 16 | " The custom of disguising reality so that it appeared to be perfect " had long been the tactic of the Franco regime . |
| 17 | Public schools have had hundreds of years to monopolize the best combinations of stripes , and T M Lewin & Sons will happily sell you anything you request by name — that you know what to ask for usually being deemed proof enough that you are entitled to it . |
| 18 | However , as the bitter winter weather approaches , I should like to concentrate my speech on the basic problem of enabling people to find shelter so that hon. Members do not again have to face the awful reality of stepping around people huddled under snow-covered tarpaulins , lying in shop doorways in the streets of our city . |
| 19 | It probably played only a small role in maintaining accumulation once that got going . |
| 20 | In Australia , the states of South Australia and Victoria have redefined rape so that it covers the introduction of the penis of a person into the anus or mouth of another person as well as penile penetration of the vagina . |
| 21 | They got a shock when , two years ago , Mr Nicholas Ridley told Parliament flatly that ’ the government does not stand behind local-authority debt ’ . |
| 22 | Worse news for complacent Germans is that Chancellor Helmut Kohl told parliament yesterday that Germany must overhaul its social , economic and educational systems if it is to remain a leading industrial power : Germany has the shortest working week , the oldest students and the youngest pensioners among industrial countries , and that this undermines competitiveness — ‘ a successful industrial nation , a nation with a future , can not be organised like a collective amusement park . ’ |
| 23 | The intention is to design equipment so that when the maintenance engineer then calls he , or she , should be able to read off from a display on the machine which circuit board has failed and then simply slip in a replacement . |
| 24 | He told Angel clearly that he was wrong in parting from Tess . |
| 25 | ‘ A society which inflates citizenship so that it expands to occupy the total area of an individual 's life is indeed in danger of becoming totalitarian ’ . |
| 26 | " But no one will speak German now that the war is done and they have been defeated , " the girl said seriously . |
| 27 | The second stage was to reinterpret difference so that women 's own activities would gain social value even though they were different from men 's ( ‘ radical ’ feminism ) . |
| 28 | New technology , for example the use of membranes , can also make it possible to clean water so that it can be recycled . |
| 29 | We need to develop a good strong home market , and for that we need relatively light taxation so that people have more money in their pockets to spend . |
| 30 | The dietician will give advice so that each individual is given adequate nourishment . |