Example sentences of "[noun sg] so that [prep] " in BNC.

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1 However , the Article dealing with special remuneration drew a distinction between the Board and a committee of the Board so that as a matter of construction ‘ the Board ’ in that context meant the Board and not the committee .
2 We decided to draw our internal auditors from operational staff across the board so that over a few years everyone would have the opportunity to be an auditor as well as being audited themselves .
3 At one extreme , the consumer could spend nothing in the present period and save all of his present income so that in the future period he can spend as much as Y t + 1 ; + ( 1 + i ) Y t ; that is , his future income plus his saved present income plus interest .
4 As you will have probably read from your QT notes , we need to have accurate information available in the office , ready to publicise classes for the start of the new season , and this year they are being put on the Word Processor so that in future only alterations need be notified .
5 He accepted that the function of the court was to construe the actual words enacted by Parliament so that in no circumstances could the court attach to words a meaning that they were incapable of bearing .
6 He leaned chummily on the bit so that after twenty minutes Theodora 's arms ached with the weight .
7 It is not necessary to show exclusive reliance so that in the Cammell Laird case ( 1934 ) , notwithstanding that the buyers laid down detailed specifications as to the propellers made by the sellers , there was still , in Lord Macmillan 's words , " an important margin within which the [ seller 's ] skill and judgment had scope for exercise " ( p419 ) .
8 One explanation is that the initial infection , acquired from the ingestion of overwintered larvae in May , involves so few worms that neither clinical signs nor immunity is produced ; however , sufficient numbers of larvae are seeded on to the pasture so that by July the numbers of L3 on pasture are sufficient to produce clinical disease .
9 Does he not think that , with a general election coming , if he is confident in his position , the least that he could do would be to put that forward in a general election so that at least people will have an opportunity to give a view before they are committed by the right hon. Gentleman 's signature of a treaty of this magnitude ?
10 ‘ Many seem to increase their speed so that by the time they take the left hand fork to Cuckoo 's Corner pick your own farm , they are often doing speeds over 50mph . ’
11 But Stanislavskian actors are nevertheless concerned in rehearsal and other preparation time with tapping their own reservoirs of emotional memories to find within themselves a sophistication , subtlety or depth of emotional engagement so that in concentrating on the character 's actions , a wider , deeper range of emotions may be released .
12 But there is also a common interest in the world of preserving fishing stock , not over fishing so that in fact you get the depletion of fishing stock , and therefore somehow you have to balance between your particular interests and the common interests .
13 Fortunately , with weight shift , moving forwards causes a nose-up rather than a nose-down effect so that at least it does not accentuate the pitching movement and make the sensation worse .
14 He said that where total headcount was 126,000 at the end of fiscal year 1989 , over the last two years , the company has added 11,000 employees , primarily through acquisitions while reducing overall headcount so that at June 30 , headcount was 113,800 , for a total reduction of more than 23,000 since 1989 .
15 Given the 74 years of Communist dictatorship and the long period of Tsarist dictatorship before that , is it not essential to provide aid and assistance so that at long last Russia and the countries associated with the former Soviet Union can become stable democracies ?
16 The number of part-time staff has grown in proportion so that in 1978 there were about 140,000 part-time teachers in further and adult education employed by local authorities .
17 Progress against German cipher traffic was less successful because Britain ignored developments in machine cryptography so that by 1939 GCCS was unable to read the German Enigma cryptograph .
18 By the next field , the river curved in almost a right-angle so that by running diagonally across , they were able to cross the road and approach a place where , at the far side of the bridge , the ground shelved gently down to the water .
19 NPI has reduced its pensioner trustee fees for hybrid SSASs so that in the case of premiums over £10,000 there is no annual fee and no setting up fee .
20 laughter so that by the time we came to do the five practical ev exercises you know everybody was in a very relaxed and jolly mood but I think that 's was it 's about but from the results that we were getting from the practical exercises clearly what he said had taken root you know roll key words , roll them around in your mind er try running through letters of the alphabet to match up with your key word chains and you know if if if the word is ball try roll see if you can get it to rhyme and ultimately the creme de la creme is if you can actually get the title of a song or
21 ‘ Matter is poured into our universe from some other and entirely extraneous spatial dimension so that to a denizen of our universe they appear as points at which matter is continually created .
22 Starting in September 1990 batches of new courses will be introduced in each session so that from September 1992 all entrants will be enrolled on new-style courses .
23 The withdrawal of the militias from greater Beirut , the main plank of the security plan , went ahead with relative ease so that by early December the Lebanese army , with Syrian support , was in control of the capital .
24 PAYE on salaries will be payable on a current basis so that on the bulk of the Corporation 's former partnership profits tax will be accelerated by some 28 months .
25 The existence of the floor , then , brings about yet another turning-point so that after point E on the graph , real output is rising .
26 American factories increased in number particularly between the wars , but the increase continued in the post-war period so that by 1977 they employed a total of 711,800 workers in the UK , or 70.2 per cent of all the employees of foreign-owned manufacturing firms .
27 The provision of art and design education has grown relatively slowly in the post-war period so that in November 1979 , for example , there were only 34,707 students taking courses leading to recognized qualifications in art and design of whom 19,988 were on non-advanced courses , and 14,719 on advanced courses ; these represented just over two per cent of all students in further education studying for recognized qualifications .
28 Accordingly , terms of reference should be agreed formally in writing and MAS should ensure that the investigations is given a tight , commercial focus so that for its cost it is of maximum use to the client .
29 First , there has been a large increase in owner-occupation so that about three-quarters of farmland is now farmed by its owners ( see figure 7.4 ) .
30 The Khan 's gaze started at his feet and travelled slowly up his body so that by the time their eyes met the Khan was leaning back and holding on to his knees to stop himself falling over .
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