Example sentences of "[noun sg] so that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allow a maximum of 30 minutes per question ( if it is a 6-in-3-hours paper ) , using your stop watch so that you do not need to remember the time you started . |
| 2 | That is one reason why we look forward to some progress being made with the Milk Marketing Board so that it becomes a real marketing institution . |
| 3 | That is , the relevance of the reformulation lies in the way it constrains the interpretation of the first segment so that it matches Carver 's own initial impressions . |
| 4 | Of course Luiza should n't be paired with the lanky and very young tenor ; they 'd have to replot the run-up to that part so that she came into the ballroom with someone else . |
| 5 | A great deal of time and energy has gone into dealing with anomalies and revising the formula for funding so that it distributes more fairly on the basis of need . |
| 6 | It should actually have a clip so that you stick it in your inside pocket |
| 7 | The pluralist perspective makes no attempt to criticise British politics , and it chooses to bend democratic theory in a conservative direction so that it justifies and defends the established order . |
| 8 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 9 | If you have not , will you use your good offices to nudge the Home Secretary in that direction so that he apologises to Winston Silcott and his family ? |
| 10 | A breeze sprang up , playfully teasing the chestnut curls of her hair so that they fluttered and tumbled against the banner . |
| 11 | She had changed into a loose gauzy nightdress and released her hair so that it fell , witch-like , over her shoulders . |
| 12 | Craig ran his hand through his hair so that it sprung into small curls giving him a rakish appearance . |
| 13 | The tears were moistening her hair so that it clung to her cheeks , and they did n't look like stopping . |
| 14 | A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace . |
| 15 | Rescuing a piece of the frill from the dress , Ellie cut it to the shape she wanted , attached it with pins to the back of the headband , laid it down , picked up Terry 's brush , backcombed the other girl 's hair so that it stood further out from her head , giving a similarity of the style she thought she should have , carefully arranged the head-dress , and turned Terry back to the mirror . |
| 16 | He muttered something unrepeatable under his breath and wiped an exhausted hand upwards over his forehead , a distraught gesture which ruffled the short dark hair so that it stood on end . |
| 17 | All she has to do is slip the Mickey Mouse earrings in the pocket , smooth down her short hair so that it looks less like Just William and more like Tony Slattery , and the personality change is complete . |
| 18 | Hubble found that the starlight of distant galaxies was ‘ Doppler shifted ’ along the spectrum so that they appear red , which means they are receding . |
| 19 | Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ? |
| 20 | Catch their interest and spark their enthusiasm so that they begin to see the product 's potential . |
| 21 | Leo was sitting at the kitchen table , his large frame almost dwarfing the little wooden chair , arms folded across his massive chest so that it pulled the material of his shirt impossibly tight . |
| 22 | He gave the impression of vulnerability by sitting with his chin on his chest so that he had no alternative but to look up through his eyebrows . |
| 23 | Trim the edges so they are straight and even , and cut the strip so that it measures the circumference of the cake . |
| 24 | She watched him nervously and then he casually stretched up and removed his damp shirt so that it took all her powers , her resolutions , to appear composed in sight of his taut , powerful torso . |
| 25 | And , finally , here are some thought-starters on ways of replacing unrealistic thoughts and beliefs that provoke feelings of worry so that they become more realistic and less likely to hinder your behaviour : |
| 26 | She began to take a different route so that she approached her home from the other end of Magdalen Street and avoided a meeting with John . |
| 27 | Well the light has got to come off and you 've got to drop a perpendicular so that you know , cut the paper straight , it helps if you put it up straight instead of wonky . |
| 28 | Here they secrete a membrane from their skin so that they resemble a plastic-wrapped fruit from a supermarket . |
| 29 | Where the inner band had stuck to the hair all around the sides and back , she had to chop the hair off right to the skin so that he finished up with a bald white ring round his head , like some sort of a monk . |
| 30 | Without consideration he ripped the tape from her skin so that she winced with the searing pain . |