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In order that, as in I stopped so that you could catch up.

With the result or consequence that, as in Mail the package now so that it will arrive on time.

so ... that. In such a way or to such an extent that, as in The line was so long that I could scarcely find the end of it. All three usages date from a.d. 1000 or earlier, and the first two are sometimes put simply as so, as in I stopped so you could catch up, or Mail it now so it will arrive on time.

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But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.
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“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.
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It also demonstrated that the so-called “trend” of natural went beyond trend.
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In recent years news outlets have documented the rise of so-called “birth tourism” here in America.
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Many so-called "humming tones" are given for practice, but in accepting them observe whether the foregoing principle is obeyed.
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"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
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In future years the poor-rate (so-called) will include, in addition to these, all other rates levyable by the Corporation.
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Perhaps his almost perfectly spontaneous love of tiny flowers is already a considerable advance on his so-called prototype.
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The so-called war credit banks are designed to serve this purpose.
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