Example sentences of "altered [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | All shelters had to be altered so that queues faced the trams , new signs were erected and the traditional round stop-signs disappeared . |
| 2 | The architecture of triticale was altered so that it would grow shorter ; in this way more photosynthetic effort would go into seed production rather than stems . |
| 3 | Some may be relatively recent , like urban belief tales , but others are much more ancient , altered so that we no longer have any idea of their origin . |
| 4 | The story was also altered so that the servant had to remove the iron ring from its mouth , whereby the town would be walled around with brass . |
| 5 | These will determine , for instance , whether the present 50–50 split between the narrower range investments ( only in fixed interest ) and wider range investments ( fixed interest plus shares and unit trusts ) will be altered so that more money can be made available for fund mangers to invest . |
| 6 | Mrs Seale , long departed after her disgrace over losing Dinah years back , had been replaced by a dresser who was less vigilant , and the Chinese puzzle of the dressing-rooms had , in the days of the departed Mrs Asshe , been altered so that admirers could come and go . |
| 7 | If the contingent environmental events are then altered so that certain ways of performing the skill are preferred to others , then some ways of performing the behaviour will be selectively reinforced at the expense of others . |
| 8 | In almost the first 12 months the locomotive is back together again in one piece although some parts had been re-engineered and considerably altered so that the whole locomotive would take on the appearance of its British counterparts . |
| 9 | Not for Lexandro the dubious privilege of being surgically altered so that he could operate a lathe more speedily ! |
| 10 | If the stimulation conditions are altered so that a red coloured area is presented , illuminated by red , green , and blue light , that area will look strongly red to the observer but the cell wo n't fire ! |
| 11 | In this situation the circulation was altered so that a cold polar vortex remained until the end of the simulation , thereby maintaining the presence of PSCs for a much longer period . |
| 12 | A number of people would have their wages reviewed immediately , and the wage structure would be altered so that people on the lowest wages would get proportionately higher increases . |
| 13 | Largely as a result of these influential criticisms , the law was altered so that the requirement of intent was abrogated . |
| 14 | The Bill in the course of its transit through Parliament had been radically altered so that the eventual enactment bore little resemblance to the Bill which was originally drafted . |
| 15 | The proprioceptive position of the arm is altered so that it ‘ feels ’ as if in a different spatial location . |
| 16 | Returning to Fig. 6.2 for a moment , whenever the parameters are altered so that one of the solid lines ( representing homoclinic orbits to the origin ) is crossed , there will be a bifurcation similar to that described above . |
| 17 | I must give this to the Prime Minister , explain the strong feelings and see whether the guidelines can be altered so that it becomes more usual to impose a stiffer sentence . |
| 18 | Rates are altered so that the new price reflects the desired new rate of interest . |