Example sentences of "so that [pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of the couples is dividing the babysitting so that she stays at home and he goes out to do the babysitting . |
| 2 | The ballerina here is cleverly perched on a matchbox so that she looks as if she is standing up , but you might find it easier to omit her feet and just stand her flat on the cake board . |
| 3 | Some fall in behind her , and follow her to the lecture theatre , so that she appears to be leading a little procession , a female Pied Piper . |
| 4 | This should be sufficient to put a purchaser on notice so that he insists on paying the purchase monies to two trustees or a trust corporation so as to obtain a good receipt ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s27 ) . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | A leader of one group is also a subordinate member of a group higher in the hierarchical structure , so that he acts as a link between his subordinates and a higher authority . |
| 7 | Give the horse plenty to think about so that he concentrates on his work rather than other exciting stimuli . |
| 8 | It is important to plan the evaluation process at the outset so that it relates to the stated objectives . |
| 9 | It means that you can spot irrelevancies and be better at controlling your behaviour so that it contributes to the achievement of your objective . |
| 10 | ‘ The club is unique , and we want to see it develop so that it compares with the Queen 's Rugby Club , that is serving as a platform to provide some of the country 's top players . |
| 11 | We need not a tinkering with security policy — a change here and a change there — but a root-and-branch change in security policy so that it changes from a reactive one to a proactive one and becomes a policy of going after the IRA , of taking the fight to the IRA . |
| 12 | Profiles of Development presupposes a common developmental path , and thus encourages the control of pupils ' learning experience so that it conforms to that path . |
| 13 | Secondly , I would point out that it is unusual for the Committee to be able to assert with confidence that legislation which is changed so that it conforms to their views , was changed solely because of these views . |
| 14 | Certainly there appears to be some sense in restricting any changes in the law of incest so that it continues to be an offence for a parent or grandparent to have sexual relations with a child aged 16 or 17 , because children of that age are often dependent and living at home , and so the conditions for exploitation are still present at that age . |
| 15 | To shoot your cannon first turn it on the spot so that it points towards your intended target . |
| 16 | Place six of the canes in the base holes and fit the roof on top so that it sits on top of the cake . |
| 17 | How can you praise people authentically so that it functions as an encourager ? |
| 18 | Before the fungus kills the fly , it attacks its nervous system , changing its behaviour so that it climbs to the top of the plant , puts its head down to attach its proboscis to the leaf , and sticks its abdomen up into the air , ready for the passing breezes to take the spores away when they are released . |
| 19 | This was in the mid 1560s , when Mary was still in power , so that it reads like Knox 's wishful thinking rather than anything else ; and it was then recast into the famous phrase by the Protestant chronicler Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie , writing in the 1570s , by which time the representative of the house of Stewart was the child James VI , and the lass had long gone — into English captivity . |
| 20 | Can it be mixed with half peat so that it goes to er |
| 21 | Funding for care in the community will be ‘ ring fenced ’ so that it goes to the elderly , infirm and those with disabilities to enable them to stay in their own homes if they wish . |
| 22 | and put it so that it goes over your feet |
| 23 | This first capacitor is then connected to the second one in the chain via a buffet stage so that it passes on the sampled voltage . |
| 24 | They pump oxygen into the bloodstream , so that it passes through the heart and reaches the working muscles . |
| 25 | Place BCD so that it passes through A and cuts the fixed straight line at C . |
| 26 | It needs to be recast , so that it extends beyond academic staff to embrace the student body . |
| 27 | ‘ The rootzone is protected under the warmth of the polypropylene carpet and , although the grass can be kicked off during play , the roots are not damaged so that it recovers during the growing season . ’ |
| 28 | Thus I may define ‘ propaganda ’ , which usually has an unfavourable valuational meaning , so that it refers to any vigorous attempt to change people 's outlook . |
| 29 | Y I mean local Manchester Evening News issues that they put out in they put out where where we live in Kearsley , there 's a lot of people in Kearsley buy the Manchester And er we 've got to feed the candidate with all these things so that it gets into the into the Your local newspaper , the local free paper goes out in every area , you must get the name in as from tomorrow . |
| 30 | The rate of breakdown of organic detritus is only modest in the temperate grasslands , so that it accumulates in the soil . |