Example sentences of "of [noun pl] so [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formal observation techniques and equipment are designed to reduce this discrepancy to a minimum but the nursing process depends on much more than can be obtained by this means ; therefore it is important for the teacher to have some understanding of the factors that affect the formation of percepts so that she can help the nurse to make accurate judgements where these are possible and to be sufficiently receptive and mentally flexible to consider more than one possible judgement as basis for action . |
| 2 | You have the right to accurate , informative labeling of products so that you can make your own decisions about what to buy . |
| 3 | It needs a very large orchestra and I needed a lot of rehearsals so that I could have time to explain the piece fully to the orchestra . |
| 4 | I had to repeat it a number of times so that there could be no misunderstanding . |
| 5 | I only knew because he 's had to change his shifts at Conway House a couple of times so that he could be with her after her chemotherapy sessions . ’ |
| 6 | It seems clear that what has happened here is that Johnson has forgotten about the problem of finding ways of making meaning plain and has shifted to a different lexicographical problem , namely how to provide an exhaustive definition of words so that their entire meaning is made explicit . |
| 7 | He was clever in a bubbling , sideways way that Masklin distrusted ; he always seemed to be bottling up excitement about something , and when he spoke the words always rushed out , with Nisodemus putting ‘ ums ’ in the flow of words so that he could catch his breath without anyone having the chance to interrupt him . |
| 8 | Soon PostScript ( and one of its rivals , called TrueType , which is the brain-child of Apple and Microsoft , two suppliers to the personal-computer market ) will be added to the nuts and bolts of computers so that their screens accurately display the page about to be printed . |
| 9 | She worked fastidiously , squaring the little stacks of bills so that they alternated : first lengthwise , then breadthwise . |
| 10 | And give me a pair of tongs so that I can take one out of the water at a time . ’ |
| 11 | And he tossed the bunch of keys so that they flew sparkling through the air and landed in the princess 's lap . |
| 12 | As the Minister does not deny that there are enough women from which to choose , would not a little concentration on that issue , and the provision of targets so that we can all see what is going on , be very welcome ? |
| 13 | Reorganisation of classes so that they contain children of more than one age range , changes in swimming or peripatetic music provision are typical of matters which can generate a great deal of heat . |
| 14 | It is true that personal ownership of some kinds of wealth is declining — but our focus is on assets under the control of individuals so that we can understand the effects of wealth on class position . |
| 15 | But associated with the prohibition is the education and training of workers so that they are aware of the dangers and understand the reason for preventive action . |
| 16 | Apparently Chéron hid Modi 's clothes to keep him in , for Brancusi claimed to have rescued the stranded painter by buying him a jersey and a pair of trousers so that he could go out into the street . |
| 17 | In this series of articles we examine the performance profiles of a range of applications so that you may better define and refine your system . |
| 18 | Organisation development ‘ is a complex educational strategy intended to change the beliefs , attitudes , values and structure of organisations so that they can better adapt to new technologies , markets and challenges and to the dizzying rate of change itself . ’ |
| 19 | If you want to stay on starboard tack after the start , it is usually better to tack just in front of a group of boats so that they are safely to windward once you start . |
| 20 | Also , previous versions of OS/2 have not been that well received either by the press of users — it was , to say the least , memory and disk hungry , and came in a number of flavours so that it was difficult to know quite which one you needed . |
| 21 | ‘ John went behind the counter at Selfridges for a couple of days so that he would understand what assistants have to cope with . |
| 22 | She says you have to have evidence of continued use over a period of time and in a variety of sources so that it 's not just very specialised and short-lived . |
| 23 | All flies possess these little structures but they are particularly noticeable in the crane flies , the daddy-long-legs , in which the knobs are placed on the ends of stalks so that they look like the heads of drumsticks . |
| 24 | They show the possibility of identifying themes vital to national development like ‘ saving our soil ’ , ‘ clean water ’ or ‘ feeding ourselves ’ ; of designing carefully selected units of material to cover perhaps two weeks ' learning with teachers trained to handle them ; of arranging the school programmes of studies so that they allow in every term , a period , two weeks or so , available for such common projects . |
| 25 | It seemed much easier to sit and do nothing , to pretend that he did n't exist , to empty your mind of feelings so that you felt nothing , nothing at all … . |
| 26 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
| 27 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
| 28 | The day was a continuous series of interruptions so that it was difficult for clients to have any real period of rest and quiet . |
| 29 | When you feel you have achieved your weight and inch loss to an acceptable level , you can work out your own routine of exercises so that you specifically tone and improve your problem areas . |
| 30 | Much of the $50 million of software exports in 1980 consisted of what is called conversion work : the recoding of programs so that they can be transferred from one computer to another . |