Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] that their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the unit had long since given up any pretence of cooling the room , it did turn out to have a curious talent for magnifying the pigeons ' footfalls so that their tap dance rang out like a drum-roll at six every morning . |
| 2 | In no time senators were renaming themselves with longer and longer titles so that their seconds should be bigger than everyone else 's . |
| 3 | In parts of Provence , though , farmers still keep green tree frogs under glass bells so that their croaking can warn of rain , and many people keep a piece of dried seaweed , claiming that it is as accurate as the human meteorologist 's forecast . |
| 4 | To hasten this process , Bakewell rented out his bulls so that their performance was proven elsewhere before he used them in his own herd . |
| 5 | It seems clear that what has happened here is that Johnson has forgotten about the problem of finding ways of making meaning plain and has shifted to a different lexicographical problem , namely how to provide an exhaustive definition of words so that their entire meaning is made explicit . |
| 6 | Secondary schools are also keen to establish positive relationships with neighbouring primary schools so that their school becomes the automatic choice of child and parent for the next phase of education . |
| 7 | Soon PostScript ( and one of its rivals , called TrueType , which is the brain-child of Apple and Microsoft , two suppliers to the personal-computer market ) will be added to the nuts and bolts of computers so that their screens accurately display the page about to be printed . |
| 8 | More importantly , through good fortune and good management — as they played out their ‘ games against nature ’ : Gould ( 1963 ) — some cultures were able to control their environments sufficiently that their level of living far surpassed that needed for simple subsistence — even though not all survived . |
| 9 | I think the solution is certainly to breed animals in zoos but , if it is done , a great deal of effort must be made to ensure the conditions in which the animals are kept are good , and there are some zoos now which are successful in keeping animals so that their welfare is good . |
| 10 | Anxious that nothing should disturb her aunt , Alexandra had the hens moved to a small paddock the far side of the stables so that their greedy shouting for breakfast could not be heard in the house . |
| 11 | At Luxor the cruise ships often lie four or more deep at their moorings so that their passengers ' view can be of the side of the next ship instead of the river and the Theban hills , and the desert air is replaced by their neighbours ' diesel exhaust . |
| 12 | Heads of Department and staff were also asked to use the International Reading Association check list in relation to the most popular texts so that their responses could subsequently be checked with mine ( see appendix 2 for check list and annotation ) . |
| 13 | They do n't only help to sponsor Sky 's TV Soccer but close down a factory and various assembly lines so that their workers will have time to watch ! |
| 14 | Are the parent birds really putting themselves at risk for their offspring , laying down their own lives so that their young may live ? |
| 15 | Parents need help with their own lives so that their children do n't suffer from the unemployment and homelessness that contribute to ill health and an unsafe living environment that too many children have to live with today . |
| 16 | By establishing the practice of job rotation workers become generalists so that their skills and experience are specific to particular firms and therefore less transferable . |
| 17 | Some abhor variegated plants , considering their colours unnatural , others collect and treasure them , growing so many different kinds together that their gardens acquire a somewhat bilious overview . |
| 18 | The objective of segmentation is to group individuals so that their collective response to marketing inputs is similar . |
| 19 | It was a faculty common to all good sailors , the essential extra that enabled them to meet the seas whatever the conditions so that their craft ran straight rather than in the long zig-zags of the helmsman imprisoned by the compass and only reacting to the swing of its needle . |
| 20 | However , will the Minister assure the House that the new standing committees to be established by the UKCC will include committees for the minority professions so that their significant contributions to nursing are heard and they are consulted on the issues that concern them ? |
| 21 | The rod can be kept in balance by adjusting forces and distances so that their product is a constant : |
| 22 | Surely , in any specialisation , each consultant who is widely experienced , but a bit out of date , should form a team with one or two younger , more vigorous , more up to date ‘ apprentice ’ consultants so that their strengths complement each other . |
| 23 | Sometimes as they fly , they tilt their bodies so that their tails dip into the water , and beat a further few strokes , renewing their impetus and extending their flight . |
| 24 | Following a method which has been successfully piloted , children will be grouped on the basis of individual pre-tests so that their initial explanations are either in agreement or in conflict . |
| 25 | She can also make sure that the more mature children have access to special tools and materials so that their creativity may progress . |
| 26 | Firms aim to set prices so that their expected level of production is in each period ( in total ) Y n . |
| 27 | The culminating symbol of so much diverse activity was to be achieved in the thirteenth century , when the independent cities , led by those of Flanders , erected fine belfries so that their bells should rival those of the churches in summoning the flock to meet . |
| 28 | The strategic level concerns policy and the shaping of a " common vision " through clarifying system-wide objectives which will include commitments : — to increase the motivation of young people in schools and colleges so that their educational achievements are improved , and their vocational aspirations are raised . |
| 29 | Malatie and her husband were prepared to make sacrifices so that their children might get a decent education : they were paying for two of them to attend a special boarding school for Harijans . |
| 30 | [ 6,7 ] They naturally concentrate on older children who begin to use words but who need translators and guides so that their words and behaviour are understood by adults and so that the actions of well-intentioned doctors and nurses can be made less threatening to the child . |