Example sentences of "so that they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having spent himself , he had still found the will and strength to move away after he had withdrawn from her , so that they lay without touching , the space between them painfully eloquent , the gleaming coppery curve of the shoulder that he presented to her even more hurtful . |
| 2 | She made no protest when Travis removed her boots and jumper , nor when he lay down beside her , turning her so that they lay spoon-fashion before zipping them up into the quilted cocoon . |
| 3 | The rubber takes a grip on the shell and forces it between the rollers , which are set at just the right distance apart so that they crack the shell without damaging the kernel . |
| 4 | This can be formalized into a rule when dealing with contingency data : Construct the proportions so that they sum to one within the categories of the explanatory variable . |
| 5 | Notice that they are standardised so that they sum to 1,000 . |
| 6 | They stopped at the end of the harbour wall , and Miguel gently drew Shelley against him , so that they walked back linked together . |
| 7 | We resist change because of fear of the unknown and because change can threaten our fragile sense of identity — when my self-image is indistinct , I must hold on desperately to those parts I can see , so that they survive . |
| 8 | Hostel staff , poorly paid and untrained , were under pressure from the subcommittee , the school and the local community , so that they erred on the side of caution in everything , thus frustrating the pupils . |
| 9 | The night of December 16th 1943 , became known as Black Thursday , because a real pea-soup fog descended on eastern England while the squadrons were out , so that they came back to find every air field shrouded in gloom and had to land all over the place . |
| 10 | But in the 1950s the first wave of modern consumerism transformed people 's lifestyles so that they came to expect it to be right and natural that they should have consumer durables ( and increasingly non-durable goods ) . |
| 11 | But she stuck her feet out sideways so that they came against the wall of the hearth . |
| 12 | Sympathetic stimulation ( mainly left ) caused by physical or emotional stress could periodically increase the amplitude of EADs that were present because of the intrinsic repolarisation abnormality , so that they reach threshold and provoke ventricular tachyarrhythmias . |
| 13 | This produces the intense flux of neutrons ; heavy water flows through the reactor to slow down the neutrons so that they react better with the lithium . |
| 14 | I got to the changing room first and was already stripping off as the sixteen other boys in the class barged in flinging satchels and blazers everywhere and kicking their shoes off so that they landed underneath the slatted benches that ran along each wall . |
| 15 | They erm , what they do they drive these big Tugmasters now with these lorries so that they plant all these erm forty foot trailers with er with er erm with a container on and place them on the ship . |
| 16 | The problem is how to link them so that they become like sentences in a play or poem . |
| 17 | The variety Nottingham has the best fruits , which must be left on the tree as long as possible so that they become ‘ bletted ’ — dark brown and softly squidgy . |
| 18 | Teachers should use texts of increasing difficulty to develop pupils ' powers of discrimination and perseverance so that they become confident and efficient in their use and interpretation of such material . |
| 19 | ( iii ) In the context of their own writing and reading , they should learn about some of the frequently occurring words and roots that have been absorbed into English from other languages , so that they become familiar with the common word-building processes and spelling patterns that derive from them . |
| 20 | Nowadays , however , we are capable of transforming rivers so that they become quite unrecognizable . |
| 21 | Nor can I accept that it is my duty to reform hawks and pigeons so that they become well-behaved social humans where the hawks stop grabbing baby pigeons and the pigeons stop nicking my peas . |
| 22 | And , finally , here are some thought-starters on ways of replacing unrealistic thoughts and beliefs that provoke feelings of guilt so that they become more realistic and less likely to hinder your behaviour : |
| 23 | And , finally , here are some thought-starters on ways of replacing unrealistic thoughts and beliefs that provoke feelings of inadequacy so that they become more realistic and less likely to hinder your behaviour : |
| 24 | And , finally , here are some thought-starters on ways of replacing unrealistic thoughts and beliefs that provoke feelings of inhibition so that they become more realistic and less likely to hinder your behaviour : |
| 25 | And , finally , here are some thought-starters on ways of replacing unrealistic thoughts and beliefs that provoke feelings of jealousy so that they become more realistic and less likely to hinder your behaviour : |
| 26 | 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 : |
| 27 | The fall in oestrogen levels during the menopause affects the layers of cells in the vagina so that they become thinner , with less lubrication and elasticity and intercourse can become painful , making the vagina sore ( a condition called dyspareunia ) . |
| 28 | They wear these muzzles from time to time so that they become accustomed to the restrictions imposed upon them . |
| 29 | The Stock Exchange plans to publish revised listing rules in May 1993 so that they become effective in July 1993 . |
| 30 | While the key features of each — the limited liability company , the use of collective bargaining and the state provision of welfare — all have something of a Christian basis in terms of providing outlets for savings , strengthening the family , and correcting injustice and providing for those in need , nevertheless it is easy to see how they can become taken over by humanistic philosophy — so that they become unlimited freedom to create wealth , the use of collective power and the denial of individual merit and the state as the alternative for the family and private charity . |