Example sentences of "the [noun] of [noun pl] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | Particular attention was paid to the concept of coherence , that is , the way in which the different parts of the curriculum , the subjects , hang together in the experience of pupils so that the curriculum has meaning for them . |
| 3 | The great merit of the UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali 's Agenda for Peace report to the Security Council summit last year is its tough-minded and realistic assessment of the kind of reforms so urgently required . |
| 4 | encourage movement in your opponent 's position by : summarizing the course of negotiations so far , suggesting that the time has come for mutual concessions suggesting a new position which represents a different point of departure for both parties linking two or more issues since ‘ it might help us get nearer a settlement ’ suggesting an adjournment indicating the exact area to which you want your opponent to pay attention |
| 5 | The value of this constant has been chosen so that the lists of collocations so produced are comparable in size with the definitions taken from machine-readable dictionaries . |
| 6 | Some of these writers have taken the view that as part of this class war management , on behalf of capital , have been able to steer the direction of technological change along a particular path , stimulating certain developments at the expense of others so that the interests of capital are better served , and the interests of labour are countered . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In it , he describes numerous man-made intrusions into the natural environment which have had disastrous side-effects , making the point that the connections within natural systems are often so complex , and the effects of changes so unpredictable , that it is wise to ensure the good imitative ‘ fit ’ of any intervention . |
| 9 | It is intriguing , of course , to speculate upon the intelligence of creatures so apparently alien to ourselves as tigers , whales and dolphins . |
| 10 | But that is in the nature of art and artfulness : the establishment of laws so that we can break them . |
| 11 | It is not about the promotion of one particular kind of experience over another , for this only creates the kinds of divisions so obvious in the political and religious systems of today . |
| 12 | Years away from clinical nursing can sap the confidence of nurses so that when an opportunity to return to work does come along , individuals feel inhibited from trying to re-establish their careers . |
| 13 | Even a prescription of the wrong remedy can sometimes affect the picture of symptoms so as to make the right remedy more obvious and easily discerned . |
| 14 | Memories take the place of regrets so that they can become comforting things , whereas regrets usually emphasize the emptiness . |
| 15 | Three times she stopped before reaching Charing Cross , abruptly breaking the current of pedestrians so people stepped around her , glancing , while she said , ‘ No … ’ and turned back from where she had come , only to turn again , move on . |
| 16 | Our aim is to minimise the inconvenience of delays so far as possible . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The teacher of history will need to plan the use of resources so that some parts of the scheme of work are delivered through computers . |
| 20 | Why is the paying of dividends so important , when there are so many advantages to not paying them ? |
| 21 | The Government was deeply unhappy about criticism from the press , so it introduced a new tax on newspapers which forced many to close and cut the sales of others so that circulation was restricted to the better-off . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Beside the heap of guineas so recently the property of your new employer , Mr Wood . |
| 24 | BMP extension ) and by selecting WORDCNT.SSM from the list of macros so that it appears in the Run Macro box and the summary of what it does appears in the Description box . |
| 25 | To think that I have contributed to the felling of trees so that the myopic gropings of a pseudo-intellectual can be printed ( History of the World NI 196 ) . |
| 26 | We know that niello is a metal sulphide , made by heating metal filings with sulphur , but could there be a continuity of tradition amongst the metalworkers of cultures so widely separated by time and geography ? |
| 27 | ‘ Walking is the progression of steps so taken that unbroken contact with the ground is maintained at each step . |
| 28 | He pounded the desk with a large fist , shaking the vase of freesias so that a single crimson flower detached itself and dropped to the shiny mahogany surface . |
| 29 | If more output is obtained from the same manpower — which it is here contended could and should happen — then the allocation of resources so far as manpower is concerned will be unaffected . |
| 30 | The allocation of rooms so that the hotel achieves the maximum occupancy is a task that requires skill and experience . |