Example sentences of "[be] [adj] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not want to be specific so that Tait could press her further . |
| 2 | When entertaining , much depends on the kind of entertainment you like , and what adaptations may be possible so that it is still a pleasure and not a strain . |
| 3 | If it is used too early , it can be confusing so that the reader has to ‘ count back ’ to find out who is speaking and readers are not generally prepared to do that too often . |
| 4 | It is difficult to see any reason why in civil proceedings the privilege against self-incrimination should be exercisable so as to enable a litigant to refuse relevant and even vital documents which are in his possession or power and which speak for themselves . |
| 5 | ‘ God of light and pervading wisdom , let there be light so that I can see . |
| 6 | ‘ It had to be light so as not to pull the fabric around but something like polystyrene would have fallen apart . ’ |
| 7 | Allow the neck to be free so that |
| 8 | Paula was not very clever with her needle but she soon learned to be careful so as not to incur the wrath of the seamstress . |
| 9 | and on that basis you believe that that would be , or do you believe that that would be adequate so that she could maintain and carry on and drive the family car and living in the house children |
| 10 | Each stage involves goals for the patient : while they have to be progressive , they should always be attainable so that the patient remains well motivated , and avoids depression . |
| 11 | Growth of sex i is assumed to be linear so that , where K i is the growth rate . |
| 12 | In his speech er in that debate the honourable member for Edinburgh central and the bench er in his place today , er welcomed the government 's acceptance of Sir Thomas ' and the select committee 's recommendation and agreed er that it was in his words , important that the statutory duty of auditors ought to be clear so that er to use his colourful phrase , if whistles are to be blown they 're to be blown without doubt . |
| 13 | This means that total injections will also be autonomous so that when plotted against income on a graph , we have a horizontal straight line . |
| 14 | If we assume that you are writing on the right-hand page of an examination book or on loose examination sheets , bound at the top left-hand corner , then the identifying number of the question should be large so that it is easily seen and should be at the top right-hand corner . |
| 15 | This particular one is called a rail turn and two half hitches it needs to be tight so that it does n't come undone when we 're out there . |
| 16 | The former assumption says that language behaviour in the classroom has to be natural so as to conform to the naturalness of language use : the latter assumption says that classroom behaviour has to be natural in conformity with natural processes of language learning . |
| 17 | f ) RAFFLE : ( ) is in charge of the raffle — please let her know if you have a gift , or money will be welcome so that she can purchase something . |
| 18 | I need to be fit so that I can stay awake in that Committee upstairs . |
| 19 | ( c ) Construction of partnership agreements The following general rules apply : ( 1 ) The agreement will not be presumed to be exhaustive so as to disallow evidence of actual practices of the partnership said to be inconsistent with the written terms or alleged to indicate how those terms should be construed . |
| 20 | Mrs Singh had been visited at home and the head had arranged for me to be present so that I could explain and reinforce any suggestions . |
| 21 | Thus , although the monies received are capital in nature they are deemed to be income for the purposes of giving the taxpayer deductions and reliefs and they are charged under Case VI of Schedule D. Thus , for instance , the remittance basis would not be applicable although there is no reason why general principles should not be applicable so that income arising overseas and received by a non-resident would not be chargeable under general principles whilst income arising in the United Kingdom could be chargeable under general principles regardless of who it is paid to . |
| 22 | erm , the one thing that I thought was under person who is who is talking he 's got ta be I think he 's got ta be firm so that the person understands that erm that what is required but he 's also got ta be fair at the same time has n't he ? |
| 23 | Asking them to be good so that she would n't get into trouble . |
| 24 | The class teacher 's general class management and discipline must be good so that the support teacher does not have to work in an atmosphere of excessive noise , nor for that matter in one of silence . |
| 25 | Nails had hoped Biddy would have foregone her offer to meet him out of school the next day , or at least be late so that he would have a chance of escaping her clutches , but when he came out she was there outside the gate on her motor-bike , and there was no escaping . |
| 26 | It is not intended that this plan should be ‘ cast in concrete ’ but , rather , that it should be flexible so that the school looks ahead but remains responsive to future changes in circumstances . |
| 27 | Again , wherever possible , it was hoped that the nature of the role the local workers fulfilled and the hours they worked would be flexible so that they could respond to any changing needs of their client . |
| 28 | Therapists should also be flexible so that they can modify their therapeutic approach according to patients ' needs . |
| 29 | Goals should be flexible so that failure in one term does not preclude redemption and success the next . |
| 30 | Proceedings should be informal so that no one need feel inhibited from taking part even if not professionally represented . |