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so that

Conjunction

Meaning

Indicates purpose; in order that, with the result that.
He must die so that others might live.

Indicates purpose; in such a way that, with the intent that.
He tied a complex knot so that others would find it hard to undo.

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This is how you pray continually, not by offering prayer in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so that your life becomes one continuous and uninterrupted prayer. Basil of Caesarea

When people are empty of Christ, a thousand and one other things come and fill them up: jealousies, hatreds, boredom, melancholy, resentment, a worldly outlook, worldly pleasures. Try to fill your soul with Christ so that it's not empty. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain

Give a horse to the one who likes the truth so that on it he can escape. Armenian Proverb

One man's house burns so that another may warm himself. Hindi Proverb

If you want to give a sick man medicine, let him first be really ill -- so that he can see how well the medicine works. Nigerian Proverb

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