Example sentences of "[adv] that they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we want parents to enjoy meetings so much that they will want to repeat the experience then a number of basic issues need to be addressed : |
| 2 | And , Tim , you and I ought to have a we 're not actually going to have a formal session on self-study , but we have another we have a rather loosely structured session when we can bring up any other matters for erm basically that they 'll want to plan the video session rather carefully as well basically I think we want to follow in on yesterday 's meeting — we want to find out why we 're not selling more videos basically and use the whole of that session if necessary for exploring with the area managers why we 're not doing twice or three times as well as we are . |
| 3 | The apostle Paul , while encouraging the Corinthians earnestly to desire spiritual gifts , especially that they might prophesy , has another conviction about what will build up the church , namely , the preaching and teaching of scripture . |
| 4 | If these players are so involved in league games why on earth are entering individual championships knowing rightly that they will run into the inevitable date clash ? |
| 5 | They probably do have a bit put away — but not enough that they can afford to risk it . ’ |
| 6 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 7 | She swept them out , following them , fearing perhaps that they would add to Harry 's fatigue , and he and I looked at each other across the suddenly empty room in a shared fundamental awareness . |
| 8 | Nor to be reminded of their smouldering resentments against this girl of their of age who was so ‘ lady-like ’ and ‘ nose-in-the-air ’ so that they might feel that she needed to be brought down a peg or two . |
| 9 | Their objective was to lure Beatty to the scene so that they might trap and destroy some small portion of the British Fleet before retiring to sanctuary in their harbours on the German mainland . |
| 10 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
| 11 | The state of confusion surrounding such issues was such that he was obliged to allow forty days ' grace to many of his ninety or so loyal vassals assembled at St Sever in September 1273 , so that they might consult their title-deeds , old charters , relatives and aged kinsmen . |
| 12 | To medieval man it meant a process reserved for the preservation of the corpses of the important , so that they might sleep uncorrupted in their tombs until the Last Day , when body and soul would be reunited to appear before God for His judgement . |
| 13 | The controversy surrounding the work of Telman Gdlyan and Nikolai Ivanov , chief corruption investigators with the USSR Procurator General 's office , came to a head on April 18 when the USSR Supreme Soviet voted to refuse a request by the Procuracy that it rescind the mandates of the two men to sit in the Congress of People 's Deputies , so that they might face criminal charges relating to coercion of suspects and witnesses . |
| 14 | While they were at the mercy of erratic weather or changes in the migration routes of reindeer , so that they might suffer famine from time to time , they were generally well fed , more or less comfortably adapted to their environment , and enjoyed a surplus of resources sufficient to allow expenditure of time on the decoration of clothing and utensils on story-telling and dancing . |
| 15 | For example is there something similar happening in their own country so that they might compare and contrast practice in one country and another ? |
| 16 | Willie , meanwhile , not only remained silent during these conversations , but picked his berries slowly so that they might forget that he was there , but he reckoned without Zach . |
| 17 | Rawlinson wished to attack at first light , or even earlier ; the French insisted on waiting until daylight so that they might gauge the effect of their all-night artillery fire . |
| 18 | The best time to see the Lakes he felt was not necessarily high summer , and he recommended people to come at all times of the year so that they might appreciate the great torrents of water after rain and misty light on cloudy days . |
| 19 | It was the fancy of the good Doctor to bring together , from time to time , a considerable number of men whose lives were devoted to the advancement of science , and to entertain them , not for a day merely , but for several days , so that they might discuss together , without hurry or excitement , those matters of practical and theoretical science which were at the moment engaging the attention of the scientific world . |
| 20 | Zuwaya style and etiquette required that people in polite company should not set out arguments of principle , arranged in a hierarchy of priorities , so that they might read off right courses of action from agreed schedules of value . |
| 21 | The university had one college , Birkbeck , which awarded degrees to evening students so that they might work at their jobs during the day . |
| 22 | The boys were to be given a certain amount of trust in their activities so that they might have the opportunity to make themselves moral , which in turn could help them become good and valuable members of the community . |
| 23 | It is an important innovation in Hungarian law that a one-man company may be created , and according to the ministerial reasons it was introduced in order to allow the foundation of one-man companies by state enterprises so that they might have the advantage of carrying on trading with limited liability . |
| 24 | Their concern is to understand the mechanisms that keep capitalism going and make it resistant to challenges — so that they might strengthen those challenges . |
| 25 | On receipt of the summons , he sent a copy to Edward ( who was in Wales ) , and immediately wrote to the nobles and communes of the duchy , ordering them to prepare themselves to serve ‘ with arms and horses ’ ( cum armis et equis ) , and to make ready so that they might obey Edward 's command when it was known . |
| 26 | Several of the teachers used ‘ group building ’ activities to help children to feel good about one another and about themselves , so that they would want to enjoy the social benefits of working together , as well as the benefits of sharing ideas . |
| 27 | To adopt such a pedagogy is to follow the example of Procrustes who , it will be recalled , would either stretch his guests on a rack or cut pieces off their lower limbs so that they would fit his bed . |
| 28 | Darting Grimm a cautioning glance , Jaq paid off the hired guards in local Voronovs , plus a retainer so that they would continue on call if need be . |
| 29 | Billington , however , was a master of his trade and fixed the arms with ropes so that they would absorb some of the shock . |
| 30 | It seemed that everyone had to be classified according to height and weight so that they would compete against boys of roughly the same size in the school sports at the end of the year . |