Example sentences of "so that [pers pn] [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why we need windows of the soul , such as desire , happiness and joy , so that we do not lose sight of what our lives are truly all about . |
| 2 | Our responsibility is to filter information so that we do not over-influence the situation and create self-fulfilling prophecies of our own devising . |
| 3 | We ask indirect questions so that we do not cause offence or impose on other people . |
| 4 | In fact , the event was even more profound than that , because it was also an explosion of the four dimensions ( as well as , it is thought , a number of others , which almost immediately ‘ rolled themselves up ’ so that we do not recognize them as such — the matter and energy involved being only a secondary consideration ! |
| 5 | ‘ If we take off the reedbed 's top 30cm of vegetation — just enough so that we do not kill off the reeds — and put in some new dykes to give a good water flow we will restore the reedbed to its former glory . ’ |
| 6 | Ciccolini is better in the more vigourous pieces , but even here he tends to play less softly than he should where Debussy marks pianissimo so that we do not get the full dynamic range needed . |
| 7 | Jump on condition " always " is an unconditional jump , so that we do not need a special operation code for this ( although the assembler language may have a special mnemonic for it ) . |
| 8 | Behind and above — a gaudy striped umbrella , on a pole stuck into the deck , tilted so that we do not see behind it — one of those huge six-foot diameter jobs . |
| 9 | The challenge is for consumers to control the movement so that we do not end up its victims . |
| 10 | However , we shall be satisfied only when no more such arrests are made , so that we do not have to go through the same business all over again . |
| 11 | It is suggested that we should develop in co-operation , or at least in parallel , with similar organizations , so that we do not paint ourselves into a corner with incompatible technologies . |
| 12 | Erm , amateur societies just ca n't exist without loyal officers and those officers have shown their loyalty by s standing again and we know the special circumstances appertaining to the , which brings us to the nitty- gritty now erm you said we have , Tracy , five erm perhaps you 'd better read those names out for us and then I think the best thing to do is to have a closed vote , where we give you all a piece of paper on which you state your nomination folded up so nobody else can see we 'll put them in a bag and then we 'll appoint a couple of to count the vote so that we do not the chairman . |
| 13 | To keep the example simple , assume that there is no depreciation so that we do not need to worry about replacement investment . |
| 14 | What is required , he wrote , is to find an outlet for those energies , for those needs and desires , so that they do not turn inward and rend you to pieces , an outlet , he wrote , but never to imagine that what we do is ever going to be an everlasting achievement . |
| 15 | Lay the fruit stem uppermost on shelves or in shallow boxes so that they do not touch each other . |
| 16 | He said the NHS should address itself more to the needs of cancer patients so that they do not feel they have to go outside the system . |
| 17 | Insert sausage-shaped rolls of acid-free tissue paper in folds , so that they do not become permanent — caused , as a microscope would show , by fibres cracking . |
| 18 | But the parishes , and the parish missions , were central to the care of souls ; and their ministers ought always to be refreshing themselves in the truths of the Christian faith , so that they do not slip ‘ into versions of it which miss its height and depth and wonder ’ ; and those ministers ought always to make room in their lives for silence and the chance of realizing their nearness to eternity . |
| 19 | Meals also have to be modified so that they do not produce a rhythmic input to the body . |
| 20 | Dips should be fairly thick so that they do not drop off accompanying crudités , and fillings for pastry parcels and buns should be firm if the food is likely to be bitten and not eaten in one mouthful . |
| 21 | If you grow clematis on roses , choose varieties like C. viticella which can be cut back so that they do not inhabit rose pruning . |
| 22 | Most bivalves with siphons develop a gape at one end of the valves , so that they do not close entirely in the region from which the siphons protrude . |
| 23 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
| 24 | The occupational therapist 's main role is to assess the patient 's physical needs , and provide appropriate equipment to make daily life easier for both patient and carer , so that they do not expend unnecessary energy on functional tasks which would make the patient 's condition worse , and possibly harm the carer too . |
| 25 | About half of the people detained under Immigration Act powers in general do not wish to challenge the decision that they should leave but they need help winding up their affairs here , contacting their friends and families and pressing the Home Office to process their cases quickly so that they do not have to spend unnecessarily long periods in prison . |
| 26 | These must not be sung in the unfamiliar acoustic of the Church hymn , but suitably doctored so that they do not make shoppers stop their trolleys to listen . |
| 27 | By having Alexander lessons an individual would be able to learn how to sit , stand or pick objects up so that they do not put so much strain on the back muscles , thus bringing instant relief to their back . |
| 28 | Yet there is a place for drinks and slippers , and many younger and older couples can know about their mutual ordinariness so that they do not have to strive , posture or compete ; and yet they still keep a specialness and excitement in each other alive . |
| 29 | Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education . |
| 30 | There is quite an art in scattering the pennies so that they do not hurt the children . |