Example sentences of "[noun] is [vb pp] so [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | The second premise is a description of the experimental set-up , including the statement , ‘ This sample of bats is blindfolded so that they do not have the use of their eyes ’ . |
2 | It is in the interests of each individual therefore to proclaim clearly among the confusion of swarming fish , that its particular niche is occupied so that no other individual of the same species will poach its territory . |
3 | Third , the direction of state organizations is structured so that accumulation functions are ranked higher than legitimation functions . |
4 | But the images of beauty may be lost and forgotten and a mnemonic is needed so that they can be recalled to the mind easily . |
5 | The honours programme is structured so that , in addition to their language studies , students take a selection of options , covering areas of Russian literature , including some study of art and film ; recent political , social and cultural developments ; and the possibility of acquiring another Slavonic language , Polish or Serbo-Croat . |
6 | For this reason it is vital that the new structure behind the facade is designed so that it can be dismantled without damaging the earlier structure . |
7 | Sit-ups , crunches , leg raises and knee tucks are all possible on this simple piece of equipment , and as the stomach muscles become stronger the angle of incline is increased so as to bring gravity into play . |
8 | Rather , an exponentially decreasing set of weights is used so that the more recent values receive more weight than older ones . |
9 | They enjoy sharing their pleasure in their work with visitors and the Showroom is designed so that they can see the work in progress . |
10 | This light is tuned so that the photon energy exactly matches the desired atomic transition energy . |
11 | They are generally operated on a fixed cycle , so that , when a known volume of water has passed through the plant , a valve is turned so as first to backwash the bed to cleanse the zeolite , and then to pass in brine for a fixed time to regenerate the material . |
12 | The Act is drafted so as to apply to any foreign State , a practice followed in the criminal context by the Criminal Justice ( International Co-operation ) Act 1990 . |
13 | But a further extension of welfare citizenship is required , and a reform of the pension law is required so that workers are not prevented from entering the scheme on grounds of the numbers of hours worked . |
14 | ‘ Its development , ’ says Holyoak , ‘ would not necessitate the great cataclysm of demolition ; the plan is designed so that parts of it can be built independently in phases . ’ |
15 | If a cube is orientated so that three of its sides are viewed symmetrically , then three VP 's will be equidistant . |
16 | Each department , centre , or faculty is described so that its particular academic strengths are identified . |
17 | The heater at the bottom is wired so that it will operate on the cheaper tariff at night to heat up the whole cylinder ; the heater at the top can be used during the day ( on full-rate tariff ) for ‘ topping up ’ when necessary |
18 | Much depends on how the question is formulated so that the answer is yes or no . |
19 | For permanent magnets a wide hysteresis curve is needed so that demagnetization should not easily occur . |
20 | The major difference is that whereas in Popper the decisions concern the acceptance of singular statements only , in Lakatos the device is extended so as to be applicable to the universal statements that make up the hard core . |
21 | In patients with this type of depression , their critical period is advanced so that it falls during sleep . |
22 | Erm Nick has obviously talked about the er , the phasing of the estate erm , just to point out that the reason for it , perhaps seeming a bit of long drawn out er affair , it 's , it 's a , a minimum time as far as erm , all the people who have been negotiating feel it 's achievable in if we are to make sure that the estate does n't remain a building site as as a as a total entity fo , at any time , so this site here will not commence until this site is completed so that there will be some er , rest bite for the bungalow residents and of course , somewhere to park their cars in the in the interim . |
23 | Each side may be ten feet across and the hill is aligned so that the thin edge of the crest points north and south . |
24 | There is hardly any modern authority which suggests , as did the judges in Clarence , that either a wife can unilaterally in certain circumstances withdraw her consent , or else that the ambit of consent is restricted so that a wife is not deemed to consent to her husband where his conduct is egregious . |
25 | The idea is to try and develop a steady build up of air play before the record is released so that on the week of release there is a good demand for the record and this reflects in your chart position . |
26 | The probability distribution function P(u) of a velocity component at one point is defined so that the probability that the fluctuation velocity is between u and u + du is P(u) du . |
27 | Studying voice production does not mean that a voice is artificially manufactured , but that the body is trained so that the voice may be ‘ uncovered ’ . |
28 | A quiet , empty room is needed so that the testing can be undisturbed , a check must be made for absent children , and the eye charts to be used must be left in a place where pupils will not be able to see them beforehand . |
29 | Where a behaviour has been established under conditions of reinforcement , if the contingent relationship between the behaviour and the reinforcing event is broken so that the one does not consistently follow the other , then the strength of the response will gradually diminish . |
30 | Higher Education is defined so as to include Universities , Central Institutions , Colleges of Education and advanced Further Education . |